Tornado: Research and Rescue
Steam News 2 December 20255mo ago

Tornado Impacts Truck, Off-roading More Difficult

A few more fun changes with this update! The tornado can now push/drag your truck along the ground and even loft and throw it if strong enough The different surfaces now have different sound effects, grip, and speed lim…

Update log

Full Tornado: Research and Rescue update

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Extracted changes

0 fixes2 additions2 changes0 removals
  • UI and audio
  • Gameplay
  • Maps
addedThe different surfaces now have different sound effects, grip, and speed limits: 40mph off-road, 60mph on dirt roads, and 90mph on paved roads
addedThere is now additional noise/turbulence cut away from the underside of the parent supercell, just to add some variety visually and help it blend with the tornado funnel a bit more
changedThe vegetation renderer has been updated, simulated sub-surface scattering in leaves, and there is now a slight sway in the wind
changedThere is a small icon to visually help locate the probe once you're near it using the map

A few more fun changes with this update!

  • The tornado can now push/drag your truck along the ground and even loft and throw it if strong enough

  • The different surfaces now have different sound effects, grip, and speed limits: 40mph off-road, 60mph on dirt roads, and 90mph on paved roads

  • There is now additional noise/turbulence cut away from the underside of the parent supercell, just to add some variety visually and help it blend with the tornado funnel a bit more

  • The corn reacts to the vehicle driving through it now

  • The vegetation renderer has been updated, simulated sub-surface scattering in leaves, and there is now a slight sway in the wind

  • The lights on the truck can be toggled with the 'L' key

  • CosmeticThe tailgate is interactablesimply click & drag
  • You can rotate the probe while holding it with the 'R' key

  • There is a small icon to visually help locate the probe once you're near it using the map

Here are some screenshots from the latest live play test!

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Source

Steam News / 2 December 2025

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