Water, Handling & Tropical Update

Water, Handling & Tropical Update

Preview of changes coming in the next build.

Dive into the turn

• Tight turns now build as the bow digs into the water, with smoother steering buildup and recovery.
• Feather your forward lean to control dive pressure. A deeper carve tightens the turn but costs momentum.
• Overcommitting can slide the stern out. Ease toward neutral or countersteer to recover.
• Neutral lean provides predictable cornering; leaning back opens the turn radius and preserves speed for straightaways.
• AI riders account for the revised handling and ease out of submerged corners before accelerating.

Spray & splashes

• Added a rear jet rooster tail with a translucent water stream and fine spray, building with throttle and speed.
• Added gentle engine-idle ripples and light aeration behind the jet outlet, blending into the travelling wake as speed rises.
• Replaced the old spray particles with curved water sheets and finer droplets.
• Added expanding splash crowns for landings and breaches.
• Spray responds to speed, immersion and cornering, using the active water's colors and scene lighting.
• Unified spray presentation across the player, AI riders and online riders.

More water interaction

• Reduced resistance when initiating dives and allowed deeper hull immersion.
• Deeper dives produce higher rebounds, with lift carrying through the surface exit.
• Wave landings respond to approach angle and water-surface movement.
• Added surface spray for deep entries and breaches, including other online riders.

Tropical free ride refresh

• New island textures, palms, coastal vegetation, rocks and cliff faces.
• Rebuilt the sea cave with connected cliffs and a clear riding passage.
• Added denser palm groves, grass and underwater reef gardens.
• Added animated volumetric clouds.
• Multiplayer Tropical Free Ride now loads the refreshed tropical environment.

Rider fit

• Revised overall proportions with a fuller chest and shoulders.
• Lowered the seated position and relaxed the handlebar reach.
• Adjusted knee positioning and refined boot placement in the footwells.