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Steam News3 August 202616d ago

Devlog: Getting closer on College update

Feeling good about the progress on the College update, this will be ready to roll in the near future. Game still has room to grow but this is solid. Here's a look at what I've been working on.

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What changed

8 fixes3 additions1 change0 removals
  • Gameplay
  • Events
  • Fixes
  • UI and audio
addedYou can now declare soft recruiting preferences (prestige, region, program culture) that shape which offers come your way.
addedAdded new in-game college achievements.
changedDoubled the pool of college narrative beats and world events.
fixedFixed graduated rivals sometimes showing as a garbled internal ID instead of their name on the career-ending Hall of Fame screen.
fixedFixed the achievements sidebar/checklist showing high school totals instead of college totals while playing the college arc.
fixedFixed a bug where a flawless college career couldn't reach 100% on the achievements score, due to relay/team achievements being counted against builds that could never earn them.

Track Star changes

addedYou can now declare soft recruiting preferences (prestige, region, program culture) that shape which offers come your way.
addedAdded new in-game college achievements.
changedDoubled the pool of college narrative beats and world events.
fixedFixed graduated rivals sometimes showing as a garbled internal ID instead of their name on the career-ending Hall of Fame screen.
fixedFixed the achievements sidebar/checklist showing high school totals instead of college totals while playing the college arc.

Feeling good about the progress on the College update, this will be ready to roll in the near future. Game still has room to grow but this is solid.

Here's a look at what I've been working on.

Recruiting tweaks

  • Recruiting offers now consider every program in the game instead of a narrow tier slice, which was a holdover from earlier game version.

  • Offers are now framed as Reach / Fit / Safety picks.

  • You can now declare soft recruiting preferences (prestige, region, program culture) that shape which offers come your way.

College Career Content

  • Added new in-game college achievements.

  • Doubled the pool of college narrative beats and world events.

  • College now shows a weekly training results recap after workouts, matching the high school experience.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed graduated rivals sometimes showing as a garbled internal ID instead of their name on the career-ending Hall of Fame screen.

  • Fixed the achievements sidebar/checklist showing high school totals instead of college totals while playing the college arc.

  • Fixed a bug where a flawless college career couldn't reach 100% on the achievements score, due to relay/team achievements being counted against builds that could never earn them.

  • Fixed field-event (jumps/throws) results boards missing team color tags, player highlighting, and rival badges that the running events board already had.

  • Fixed Hall of Fame screen content getting cut off with no scrollbar; College entries now list before High School.

  • Fixed thrower qualifying rounds sometimes displaying only a single competitor in the field.

  • Fixed the "All Out Effort" race strategy underperforming "Push the Limits" in college despite being intended as comparable options.

  • Fixed Hurdlers being unable to actually earn their relay invite.

  • Slowed down the 5000m and 10000m race animations so the pacing better reflects the distance and added a fast forward button.

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Steam News / 3 August 2026

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