Starters Orders 7 Horse Racing

Released May 2019

Starters Orders 7 is the latest in the acclaimed horse racing management series from Strategic Designs Ltd. New features include in-depth breeding stats and lineage, realistic dynamic commentary, newspaper style race and form cards, new racecourses, old-school style betting shop race modes and more.

77% positive · 175 reviews

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All announced content has been released

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Done

All announced content has been released

Medium confidence

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Evaluation

Starters Orders 7 launched on May 2, 2019 and received a steady stream of bug fix and feature patches through its early life. The developer maintained a consistent update cadence from launch through December 15, 2021 (version 1.055), which is the last recorded communication of any kind. Since then — now nearly four and a half years ago — there have been no further updates, announcements, or developer posts of any kind. The game's store description includes the line "Starters Orders 7 continues to be developed and updates will continue to be made available on Steam," but this appears to be evergreen marketing copy rather than a current commitment, and it has not been substantiated by any developer activity since December 2021. Across 19 total news posts, none were tagged as major content releases, announced DLC, or developer statements about the game's future. All updates were bug fixes and feature patches. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no roadmap, and no outstanding content commitments. The update activity simply tapered off and stopped after December 15, 2021. Given the absence of any sustained major content releases and the long period of silence, the game appears to have reached its finished state as of the last patch.

Evidence

Version 1.055 patch released — the last developer communication on record, adding minor USA claiming race eligibility changes and a league mode bug fix.

news post · Dec 15, 2021 source development ending

medium

Version 1.053 patch with foreign race fixes, US mode improvements, jockey AI changes, and performance optimisations.

news post · Nov 9, 2021 source development ongoing

low

Media

Details

Developer

Strategic Designs Ltd.

Publisher

Strategic Designs Ltd.

Achievements

Platform

Windows

Controller

partial support

Steam Deck

Playable

Players

Single-player

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About this game

Starters Orders 7 is the latest in the acclaimed horse racing management series from Strategic Designs Ltd. Train your string of horses and take part in races around the globe. Breed new stable stars. Build your stables and even take the role of the jockey.

Starters Orders 7 adds a number of new features including in-depth breeding and lifetime stats and lineage, realistic dynamic commentary, Newspaper style race and form cards, new racecourses and locations, etc. There is also an old-school style betting shop racing mode.

If you own Starters Orders 6 you can view the list of new features here: . Please note that SO7 focuses primarily on simulation improvements.

Starters Orders 7 continues to be developed and updates will continue to be made available on Steam.

Vast horse racing game world with thousands of horses, hundreds of jockeys and trainers.
The most realistic races ever in a racing game.
Permeant horse records with historical stats.
The only game ever to accurately simulate UK jumps racing.
Train, own, breed, bet and race in a realistic horse racing world.
Cutting edge real time commentary engine.
Alternative betting shop race mode.
Jockey mode. Ride your own horses!
Oculus Rift mode for the VR race experience!
Dynamic never ending horse racing game world.
Breed your own race horses or start a stud with your best stallions.
Sales. Buy yearlings, race horses, breeders from game trainers.
View any horses lineage and data back over 100 years!
Stewards enquiries, non-triers, fines, photo finishes, accurate handicapping etc.
Vast form book detailing previous form!
Offline management game. Pay once play forever!
Build a stud and put up your best stallions for offers from AI trainers/owners.
Improved jockey AI for the most realistic horse races ever in a game!
Hundreds of world-wide premiere races such as the Melbourne Cup and Grand National!