SuperTuxKart 0.7.3 RC1 Out : New Tracks, Karts, Weapons and More

SuperTuxKart developers are hard at work, bringing new features and fixes in upcoming 0.7.3 release. After teasing us about new stuff in last two posts, they have finally released first Release Candidate, showing us all new karts, tracks, weapons and many other improvements.

Changes in this Release

• New Zen Garden and Subsea tracks
• New Island battle arena
• New Suzanne kart
• New graphical effects
• New weapons 'Swatter' and 'Rubber Ball'
• Added Thunderbird as race referee
• 3 Strikes Battles now displays lives as spare tires
• Improved bubble gum
• See progression during Grand Prix
• Improve physics for tall karts (e.g. Adiumy)
• Lots of bug fixes
• Improved kart control at high speeds
• Better placement of rescued karts
• Transition track-making to blender 2.5/2.6

Check out the video below showing new Subsea track:

Download SuperTuxKart 0.7.3 RC1 for Linux

If you find any issue or bug with release, report it here.