I assume it's a bug that when you get to the end of the 1st season and it starts the 2nd season and beyond that the ability to go to car shows of any level just stops working. Because I'm like 5 seasons in and I still can't go to any car shows of any level after the 1st season and I just got to regional car shows as the end of the 1st season and refreshing the browser tab doesn't fix it.
Hey — thanks for the detailed report, this was a real bug and you nailed the description. What happened: at the end of your first season, the game got stuck in a half-started "heading to a show" state (most likely from clicking a show the same weekend you'd already used your Saturday), and it saved itself that way — which is why refreshing never helped and it followed you through five seasons. Every show button was silently hitting that stuck flag and giving up.
It's fixed in the latest build, and the good news for you specifically: you don't need to restart or touch anything. The update detects the stuck state in existing saves and clears it automatically — just reload the game on the new version and your shows will work again, with all five seasons of progress intact. Since you're sitting on a garage that's had five seasons of wrenching, you should be walking into Regionals loaded. Sorry for the lost show time, and seriously — reports this precise ("refreshing doesn't fix it" was the clue that cracked it) are gold. If anything else feels off, send it our way.
I'm glad I could help squash a bug and I'm surprised at how fast it was fixed. Also, you where very right about being loaded I drove away having won 1st place at the Regionals and Buck got dead last. I also got hit with 5 seasons worth of events when I loaded my save. But, somethings I forgot to mention in my last comment was during the whole I can't go to shows bug is that events, loans and part selling stopped working too, sorry for forgetting to add that too.
This was a huge help — thank you. That extra detail actually pinpointed the whole thing.
Turns out shows, events, loans, and part-selling all run through one shared "is anything blocking right now?" check behind the scenes. The show bug left a flag stuck on, and that single flag was freezing all four systems at the same time — which is exactly why they all went down together. The fix that got shows working again cleared the rest too, which lines up perfectly with your save catching up on five seasons of events the moment you loaded in. 😄
On top of that, I've now added a safeguard so the game automatically clears any leftover stuck states every time it loads — so this kind of freeze can't sneak back in, even in weird edge cases.
And ha — I did tell you that you were loaded. First at Regionals with Buck dead last is a great way to come back from a bug. 🏆
Seriously, thank you for the reports. Fast fixes are only possible because you took the time to describe what you were seeing so clearly. Owe you one.
Well, I'm glad I could help but, I think I found either another bug or an issue with my save file where I can't advance to next week, the button is grayed out and refreshing the browser tab doesn't fix it (just like last time just my luck lol). If you'd like I can send you my .json save file to see if it's actually a bug or I got unlucky and the save file broke.
P.s I started a new save after backing up my previous save and the advance to next week button works again seems like my save bit the dust. R.I.P My save file started yesterday and bit dust today. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VRYOfVDPglDyIRFtAh0pGjI9KoBy20R0/view?usp=shari... here is the link to my save file encase a bug did cause the save to brake.
You found a real one — and this one was my fault, not your save's. When you finish a show and hit "Back to Garage," the game was switching screens but forgetting to clear the show result behind the scenes. A safeguard I'd just added (graying out Advance Week on the results screen so people don't skip a week by accident) was then reading that leftover result and locking the button forever — and a refresh couldn't clear it. The Family Saturday timing threw us both off; the real trigger was a show you'd done earlier.
Good news: it's fixed, and the fix also cleans up already-broken saves automatically — so your backed-up file should load and work again once the new build is up. You don't need to start over. Thanks (genuinely) for the repro steps and the save file offer — "grayed out instantly after X" is exactly the kind of detail that makes these fast to squash. You've got a real knack for bug reports. 🍺