Disney Speedstorm adds five racers and introduces Super Karts in update

Five new racers and a new kart class is the kind of update that can actually move Disney Speedstorm’s needle. The next season is set to expand the roster again, and the headline change is not just another batch of characters. Gameloft is also bringing in Super Karts, a new type of kart for select racers with extra Passive and Active Skills, which is the sort of systems-level tweak that can change how races feel instead of just who you pick at the grid.

That matters because Disney Speedstorm has built its live-service rhythm around meaningful seasonal drops, not tiny trickles. Since the free-to-play launch in September 2023, new seasons have generally landed about every two months, with between five and seven racers added each time. Gameloft said the roster had already reached 75 racers in a November 18, 2024 update, and it also flagged that longer seven-racer seasons would stretch to roughly three months and include one Premium Golden Pass per month with a new seasonal racer attached. In other words, this has been the game’s business model from the start: keep the garage growing, then give each season enough weight to justify coming back.

The roster itself is where Disney fans will likely feel the biggest pull. Disney’s video tease has already put Jasmine in the spotlight alongside Belle and Mulan, which points toward a princess-heavy content wave that broadens the game’s appeal well beyond the usual competitive crowd. For lapsed players, familiar faces like Jasmine can be the cleanest on-ramp back in. For regulars, the bigger question is whether these additions slot cleanly into the meta or just pad the collection. Super Karts suggest Gameloft is aiming for the first option, since extra skills on select racers should create new build choices and matchups rather than another cosmetic chase.

The update also fits into a broader 2026 run that already includes Season 18, inspired by Disney and Pixar’s Cars, and Season 19, Villainous Ever After, inspired by Disney Villains. Gameloft has done this kind of expansion before, including Season 11, which brought five seasonal racers plus two mid-season racers. That track record makes the coming drop feel more like a real season-defining shake-up than a throwaway character pack. Whether it revives engagement next month will come down to how strong the new racers and Super Karts are in practice, but this is the rare live-service update that looks built to affect the way Disney Speedstorm is played, not just the way it is collected.