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Pinyon Shift v0.8.2

Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

for Windows

Pinyon Shift 0.8.2

0.8.0 and 0.8.1 broke setup in three places: Windows setup from a disc image, every Linux build, and the Android build on PCs without Git. This release fixes them, fixes a Rally crash with database mods, and adds a mod manager to the launcher.

Each launcher still builds the game on your machine from your own disc; none of the downloads contains the game. Older launchers offer this update from Update to 0.8.2; the game is built again after the update, and saves, settings and DLC stay where they are.

Fixed

“can’t open file … tools\copy-disc-executables.py: No such file or directory”: Windows setup from a disc image stopped while copying the game files, because the launcher download left that script out (#1014, #1016, #1018, #1020). It is shipped again. The extract-xiso workaround is no longer needed.
Linux: “relocation R_X86_64_64 cannot be used against local symbol; recompile with -fPIC”: every Linux and Steam Deck build from the prebuilt ShiftGlue kit failed to link, because the build picked up the toolchain’s own SDL3 library instead of the kit’s (#1001, #1005, #1009, #1017). It now uses the kit’s libraries.
Android: “The Android build stopped. Git is not available.”: since 0.8.0 the PC build no longer installs Git, which the Android build still needed. The Android build now installs the pinned Git itself.
Crash when starting a Rally championship with mods: on the base game, any enabled mod that changes the game database (Hidden cars, for example) hid the Rally database, and choosing a championship from F6 > HORIZON RALLY ran the game out of memory (#1024). Database mods now build on the Rally database when Rally is installed.
macOS: “No Vulkan GPU found” in Settings after a finished build: the launcher’s hardware check didn’t find MoltenVK in a build made from the prebuilt kit, so it couldn’t name the GPU or recommend a preset for it.
macOS: building from source with Xcode 16 on Apple silicon failed with “’to_chars’ is unavailable”; Apple silicon builds now target macOS 13.3, as Intel builds already did (#918).

New

Mods panel in the launcher: install mods from a ZIP or a folder, switch them on, change their order, remove them, and set the options a mod offers (#878). The same is available as pinyon.py mods. See Modding.
Festival pacing mod (built in, off by default, base game only): scales what cars, upgrades and rims cost (0.25x to 3x) and the credits, wristband points and XP you earn (0.5x to 5x) (#879).
Head tracking with opentrack turns the driver and hood cameras of the immersive camera mod; off by default (#817).
Field of view goes up to 200 % (was 130 %) under Display > FIELD OF VIEW (#927).
For mod makers: pinyon.py import-mod turns a folder or archive of changed game files into a mod that keeps only the files that differ from your own game (#917), and archives a mod adds are now listed in zipmanifest.xml, so the game opens them.

Known limitations

The limitations listed for 0.8.0 still apply. The Intel Mac launcher remains experimental.

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Pinyon Shift v0.8.1

Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Source code, for Windows

Pinyon Shift 0.8.1

0.8.0 setup on Windows stopped before building the game. This release fixes that and adds an experimental launcher for Intel Macs.

Each launcher still builds the game on your machine from your own disc; none of the downloads contains the game. Older launchers offer this update from Update to 0.8.1; the game is built again after the update, and saves, settings and DLC stay where they are.

Fixed

“Cannot bind argument to parameter ‘BuildDirectory’ because it is an empty string”: with the prebuilt ShiftGlue kit, which 0.8.0 uses by default, Windows setup passed an empty folder to the step that notices a moved build folder, and stopped there (#1000). Setup now leaves out the ShiftGlue build folder that a kit build does not have. Linux, macOS and Android setup were not affected.

Intel Macs (experimental)

PinyonShift-Launcher-macos-x86_64.zip is a launcher for Intel Macs on macOS 13.3 or newer. Install and play it the same way as the Apple silicon launcher; it downloads a ShiftGlue kit built for Intel. It has only run under Rosetta on an Apple silicon Mac, where it reached free roam and drew it correctly. It has not run on an Intel or AMD Mac GPU yet, so expect rendering bugs and low frame rates on integrated graphics, and please report what you see. Details in macOS.