Latest Rising Star 2 updates

Fixed clothing texture glitches

2.98.405 Fixed texture glitches on some clothing items that were introduced when upgrading to Unity 6.3.

Project upgraded to Unity 6, including MacOS Silicon Version

2.98.403 Upgraded project from Unity 2020 to Unity 6.3, mainly to enable MacOS Silicon builds and extend longevity of the project. • Fixed some UI issues with the print shop's graphic designer controls when on a screen…

Minor bug fixes, and Pittsburgh gets some love

June 17, 2026 Fixed position of "Add Text" button on CD designer screen. • Fixed bugs that prevented properly leaving a bar/club or studio when traveling to a different city by using the map. • Increased text size in se…

"Plastic Surgery Disasters" DLC now available

No longer compromise on your band's appearance of hired musicians.

Bug fix and new "Notes" feature.

2.98.396 - May 17, 2026 • Fixed bug with loading an auto-saved game if a gig was played in a theater or arena on Saturday, then you immediately traveled to a different city using the map button (not driving to the edge…

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!

Rising Star 2 Viva Mxico 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 bug whe…