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Minor update for bugs reported through in-game bug reporter
2.98.393 - May 14, 2026 • Player.log files are automatically included with bug reports, so players no longer need to hunt them down in the file system when troubleshooting bugs.
v2.98.390 Update - New tour options
November 8, 2025 Added tour options: "Minimum distance between cities" & "Maximum gigs per area". Fixed a building model in Mexico that wasn't displaying properly.
Latin American Spanish language added, Mexico DLC released
Rising Star 2 Mexico Expansion DLC Coming Soon!
[dynamiclink href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/4079860/Rising_Star_2__Viva_Mxico/?beta=0"]I'm just waiting for the translations to be delivered, and then you'll be able to bring your band to the land of the sun!
Unity devs forced to release unstable updates due to security hole
20 Years of Shady O'Grady's™ Rising Star Cover Art
I recently came across the original CD-ROM in which artist Hugh Jamieson delivered the original Shady O'Grady's™ Rising Star cover art. It's dated 9/22/05, which means as of two days ago it's been 20 years since he crea…
Update fixes "no touring bands" issue.
• Adjusted logic for finding touring bands, allowing touring bands to be found when player band popularity is less than 1.0.
v2.98.380 Update
August 26, 2025 Fixed bug that happened if pressing a keyboard shortcut to view a band member during the landscaping or busking cutscene. Fixed bug that could erroneously show an extra travel day for flying to a city wh…
Minor Update v2.98.378
Pause timed jobs while loading location interiors, so you don't lose job time on computers that load slower. No longer include locked regions (such as South America) as additional regions in contract offers.
Rising Star 2 turns 5 years old on August 12
Update v2.98.377
August 3, 2025 • Added local names for Lithuania. • Fixed minor display bug that resulted in missing supplies in a musician's equipment list when changing the displayed config and scrolling the equipment list. • Fixed b…
v2.98.373 update notes
Added search box to music store equipment list to help you find certain brands or models. Fixed bug that prevented the "evil fingers" song tag from loading properly from save games. Immediately hide selected equipment f…
Performance fix related to South America DLC
I improved performance when checking whether the South America DLC has been unlocked. Now the actual call to the Steam API is only done once per session, and then cached for future lookups.
Custom band T-Shirt limit raised from 30 to 1000
A lot of manual setup is required to allow for the custom t-shirt designs, which is why it was limited to 30. I decided to write a tool to automate this process and have raised to limit to 1000. That should be more than…
Please, Come to Brazil!
Minor localization fixes
A couple of rarely encountered localizations were missing. This fixes those.
Rename bands
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJxHaE0Pa8
Anytime Attitude Adjustments
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fYlqHBHPDM
More cheats by request
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Pyg-227X0
We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'n' Roll
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyho9D1b35w
