Game update

Hotfix: oil & mud puddles

Velocrash · published 9 Aug 2026, 20:47 UTC

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Small launch-day fix:

- Oil and mud puddles were drawn as hard-edged squares instead of proper splats. Fixed.
- The Bumper card is now named consistently in all five languages.

Thanks to everyone playing on day one - keep the reports coming.

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