A small contest has started in the Retro Racing Point Discord,
inside the NFS Underground channel, in a thread called y'all like my ride?.

Players are invited to show off their cars to the community.
If enough people join, a voting round will be launched to decide which car looks the best.

It doesn't matter whether you styled your car using the in-game customization options
or created your own custom vinyls and edits - both are welcome!

If you're already part of the Retro Racing Point Discord, you can join the thread directly here:
External Link to y'all like my ride? thread

Let's see who's got the cleanest, wildest, or most creative Underground ride!

Another player has completed the challenge to qualify for the Free Run leaderboard.
defunk uploaded his final missing track today, officially earning a place among the ranked drivers.

His first upload dates back to September 15th, 2025 (19:34) - meaning he managed to complete all tracks in a relatively short time.
He currently sits at position 41 out of 45 players who have ever achieved a full set of uploads on NFS.onl.

Congrats, defunk - well done on reaching this milestone, and best of luck moving forward!

The NFS.onl website has received a visual update to its leaderboard display.
As most players know, appearing on the Free Run leaderboard requires a full set of uploads
- every track driven both forward and reverse.

With this new update, even players who haven't yet completed all tracks are now visible.
They appear below the regular leaderboard and are ranked by how many tracks they have already uploaded.
This makes it much easier to see who's still working toward full completion and which tracks are still missing.

The same feature now applies to the National Leaderboard as well.
Below the list of fully qualified nations, you'll find nations that are still missing a few uploads before being officially ranked.

In short, both players and countries are now listed by the number of uploaded tracks,
giving a clearer picture of everyone's progress and making the leaderboard more transparent for the whole scene.

A new update for the NFS.onl launcher Kickstart is now available.
Version 2.82 brings a few useful improvements and refinements.

Changes:

Better network connectivity - If the NFS.onl domain is blocked on a system
(for example at schools, workplaces, or by certain ISPs),
Kickstart can now automatically use alternative domains and a proxy connection when needed.
This ensures leaderboard data and record uploads continue to work smoothly.

New graphics renderer options - Added support for DXVK and dgVoodoo2.
These options can help on systems where the default DirectX 9 mode doesn't work properly
or for players who want to experiment with performance or visual quality.

Players Online button - A new button in the main Kickstart window
now shows which players are currently active on the multiplayer servers.

The update can be installed directly via the Upgrade button in Kickstart.