If you slept on Parking Garage Rally Circuit when it dropped in 2024 (don't worry, it's still available now!), you missed one of the most specific, charming racing experiences of the decade. With its jagged low-poly visuals and upbeat ska-punk soundtrack, it was a love letter to anyone who grew up playing the Sega Saturn. But if you’re late to the party, don't worry.
Developer Walaber Entertainment just announced a massive expansion that effectively doubles the size of the game. Whether you are a veteran looking to shave milliseconds off your ghost times or a newcomer curious about the buzz, the new "DX Edition" is a massive evolution of the formula.
Taking the Drift to Europe
The original game was a tight, focused experience set in a fictionalized US championship, but the DX Edition blows that wide open. This isn't just a small DLC pack to keep you busy for an hour; it adds eight completely new tracks, bringing the total roster to sixteen. Developer Tim ‘Walaber’ Fitzrandolph noted that this update turns the indie gem into a "sequel-sized experience," creating a "European Tour" that leans heavily into architectural chaos.
The new locations are genuinely wild, reading like a travel brochure for a drift-obsessed tourist. Racers will tear through the high-culture "Art Car Park" in Paris, drift around medieval stone aesthetics in York, and navigate the rooftop test tracks of the "Turin Car Factory", a massive nod to The Italian Job.
The variety continues with the dizzying "Double Loop" in Montpellier and a musically themed concert hall in Hamburg. Perhaps most intriguingly, tracks in Copenhagen and Naples introduce environmental hazards, forcing players to dodge industrial machinery and navigate claustrophobic caves filled with stalactites.
Comparing DX to the 2024 Original
To understand the value proposition of the DX edition, it helps to look back at what was launched in 2024. The original Parking Garage Rally Circuit was a focused, lean experience. It featured eight US-themed tracks, including standouts like Seattle, Mt. Rushmore, and a killer ska soundtrack by The Holophonics. It was praised for its "just one more try" gameplay loop, using a seamless leaderboard system where players constantly raced against "ghosts" of rivals slightly faster than them.
The DX Edition retains all of this DNA but significantly expands the scope. You still get the original eight US tracks, the distinct Light, Heavy, and Ultra car classes, and the retro visual filters that let you mimic everything from a crisp PC port to a fuzzy CRT TV connection. The difference is simply more: more tracks, more variety in environments, and more opportunities to perfect that drift.
Multiplayer 2.0: Instant Links and Couch Chaos
The DX Edition creates a fascinating divide in how you play because it’s launching as the flagship title for Wavedash, a new browser-based gaming platform. This allows for some very cool tech, specifically regarding lobbies. Because the game runs in a browser, inviting other players is incredibly simple. You can start a race lobby, paste the link into a Discord chat, and friends can join instantly without launching Steam or updating a client.
For those who miss the 90s, the update also brings back local 2-4 player split-screen. Unlike the online mode, which is strictly non-contact, local play lets you trade paint and bump your friends into pillars just like the old days. The game also refines its "just one more" loop by automatically downloading ghosts from players just slightly ahead of you on the leaderboard. This ensures you are always racing someone beatable, rather than hitting a brick wall against world record holders.
Authentic Retro Vibes
The aesthetic has always been the game's calling card, designed to look exactly like a lost game from 1998, and the DX Edition doubles down on this. We’re talking low-resolution textures, chunky models, and a UI that avoids modern bloat.
To truly capture the spirit of the era, the game even includes classic cheat codes, a lost art in modern gaming. Combined with an expanded soundtrack by The Holophonics, it feels less like a modern indie game and more like a remastered classic you rented from Blockbuster twenty years ago.
Release Date: The "Browser First" Launch
The release strategy is a little unconventional. As of right now, December 2025, the DX Edition is available exclusively via Wavedash for $14.99. You can jump into the browser version immediately; it uses WebAssembly and WebGPU to run natively with no latency, meaning this isn't game streaming, but actually running on your machine via the browser.
If you prefer to keep your library on Steam or play on a console, you will have to wait until early 2026. Reports indicate that the eventual console release will cover PlayStation, the Nintendo Switch, and the upcoming Switch 2, making this a true cross-gen title.
Whether you click the link to play today or wait for the console drop next year, Parking Garage Rally Circuit DX is shaping up to be a well-deserved victory lap for a fantastic indie racer.
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