Quality Update - 0.1.38.9e

🚀 New Features & Improvements

• Epic Combo & Tricks System! 🎉 Get ready to show off your skills! We've implemented a brand new system to track and display your incredible drift, airtime, and air roll combos. Chain your moves together for maximum style points! As a bonus, picking up nitrous will now refill it instantly, keeping you in the high-speed action.

• Next-Level Drifting! Get ready to master the slide! You can now initiate exhilarating drifts simply by braking 🛑. We've also refined wheel rotation and traction to give you much better control while in a drift, and made activation more intuitive overall!

• Enhanced Car Handling! Experience a more responsive and engaging drive! We've tweaked the traction for multiple car models, especially improving handling at lower speeds. 💨

• Car Makeovers! 🌟 Our 'Kuntash' and two other fantastic cars have received stunning visual updates with brand new models, improved materials, and better detail levels. Plus, the 'Bae 86' car now glows brighter with awesome new emissive textures! Look fantastic while you dominate the track.

• Smarter Aerials! 🚀 Your jumps and air tricks will now be registered instantly and more consistently thanks to the removal of a minimum air time requirement. Get creative and execute those aerial maneuvers with newfound responsiveness!

• Enhanced UI & Menu Navigation! 👆 We've polished various UI elements across the game. Expect smoother lobby interactions, more contextual info panels, a refined 'Quick Race' button, and snappier menu transitions. We've also added a hardware back button functionality for easier navigation, and general button improvements like autosizing and clearer text.

• Lobby Life Improvements! 🎮 Joining or creating a lobby is now a smoother experience with clearer information displays and a more reliable back button. We've even added a "Create An Event" button for multiplayer, making it easier to set up custom races!

• More Stable Multiplayer! 📶 We've made significant under-the-hood improvements to how race sessions are managed and synced in multiplayer, leading to more stable online play and better handling of players joining and leaving.

🤖 Smarter AI Racers!

• AdjustedHighly Intelligent OpponentsBrace yourself for more competitive races! AI bots are now significantly smarter, boasting improved cornering and dynamically adjusting their personality and risk-taking based on race position. 🧠

• Dynamic Catch-up Mechanic: Bots will now intelligently adjust their speed and acceleration to keep the race tight and exciting, ensuring every match is a challenge!

• Varied & Natural Paths: AI racers now utilize more varied paths, making races feel less predictable, and their airborne flight paths have been refined for more natural movement.

• Track 1 AI Rework: Bots on Track 1 now use splines for even smoother, more natural racing lines.

💥 Abilities & Gameplay Tweaks

• Echo Slam Mastery: We've fine-tuned the "Echo Slam" ability, reducing its jump height for better balance and allowing for more controlled jumps. 💥

• Responsive Trick System: Our combo and trick tracking system has been revamped! All air time durations are now registered for tricks, making trick detection more responsive and rewarding.

• Strategic Nitrous: Nitrous now auto-fills at a slightly slower rate, encouraging more strategic use. But don't worry, you'll still get a quick nitrous refill on pickup! 🔋

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• No More Ghost Rolls! 🚗💨 Fixed an issue where your car would sometimes unexpectedly roll a little after landing, even if you weren't touching the controls. Your air roll input now resets properly when you hit the ground!

• Accurate Trick Tracking! ✨💯 Improved the trick tracking logic to ensure your awesome tricks are recognized more accurately, especially after respawning. No more missed trick points during invincibility frames!

• Explosion Recovery Fixed! 🔥➡️🛬 Squashed a bug where your car might think it was still exploded even after landing safely. This should prevent strange behaviors after a fiery crash.

• Collision Course Correction! 💥 Fixed a pesky car collider error that could sometimes cause weird interactions, ensuring your rides feel much more stable.

• Air Tracker Reliability! ✈️ Further improvements to air tracking have been implemented for smoother and more reliable aerial control.

• Lobby Stability! 👋 We've fixed issues with player count updates and ensured proper network disconnections when leaving a lobby, making your online experience more consistent.

• Race Start Refinement! ⏱️ The car selection countdown has been refined for a smoother and more reliable start to your races!

Thanks to everyone for the awesome feedback and suggestions! Your input helps us make the game better every day. We're constantly listening and working to bring you the best racing experience possible. If you want to chat directly with us and other players, share your coolest combos, or provide feedback, join our Discord server! 🎮 We can't wait to hear from you. Happy Racing! The Cosmic Race Team (Psypher Interactive)