The Long Drive V2024.10.17b May 2026

To access these features, you must opt into the beta branch through the game's Steam properties. Be aware that these beta builds often break older save files. UPDATE V2024.10.17b_test and previous patchnotes

The update for The Long Drive is a hotfix focused on item interactions, lighting, and physics polish within the game's beta branch. Here are the key changes and fixes included in this patch: New Features & Improvements The Long Drive v2024.10.17b

The Long Drive is a survival driving game set in a procedurally generated, post-apocalyptic desert. The core gameplay loop involves maintaining a dilapidated car (the Laika 601) while driving across an endless, random terrain to reach various destinations. The (culminating in the 10.17b build) represent a significant shift in the game's atmosphere, focusing heavily on audio overhauls, radio mechanics, and subtle graphical enhancements that deepen the immersion of the "lonely road" experience. To access these features, you must opt into

What changed and why it matters

: Critics point out that the game remains "hilariously unfinished" with frequent desync issues in multiplayer and terrain generation bugs (like roads floating in the sky). Here are the key changes and fixes included

Since this is a test build, it is not on the main game branch. To play it, you must opt into the beta through Steam: Right-click in your Steam Library. Select Properties > Betas . Choose the "upcoming version test" from the dropdown menu.