[]The moment your car leaves the track, a round recover button appears and its outer ring closes in about 1.5 seconds. []Hit it right on "NOW!" and the car drops back on with speed: "Clean re-entry!" Press too early and you fumble it, so the car comes back late. []You can press Space instead of clicking. []While your car sits off the track its motor cools down. Under the button you can see the motor temperature and how long until the car behind passes you.
New: sneak into the scrutineering bay
[]From the 2nd stop on, a paddock rumor may come in before race day: your top rival may be running a back-alley part. []Sneak into the scrutineering bay, go through their parts, and if you find a back-alley part, take a photo and report it. They have to swap it out.
Walking around is fine. Get seen by Arthur Stern with a hand on someone else's car and it's a 200-coin fine. Some rumors are false.
Every track redrawn
[]Every track has a new layout, ordered by difficulty, with banked corners: banked-in corners carry speed, banked-out corners throw you wide. []Cloud Loop now has booster gates. []Scenery at every stop has been re-laid: zones, landmarks, overhead arches, each stop's own sky and clouds, plus windmills, flags and neon that move. []A new start/finish gantry with start lights on every track. []Jumps are now ramps you can actually see. Washboards are ribbed white plates. Low-grip sections are waxed wood floor, high-grip sections are blue rubber crumb. []Car paint has a clear coat and looks glossier. Sunlight is warmer, skylight cooler.
Race intro
Before the lights, the camera circles the whole track from above, then drops down to the grid. Click or press any key to skip.
Brawls
[]Smashed parts are no longer random: the most expensive part goes first. The matchup card shows exactly which parts get smashed if you win or lose. []After the brawl you get a close-up of the damage, with the spare that went on and the repair bill.
Smarter race review
[]After a loss, the review tells you where the gap was: your lane, wear on your car, or one type of part, and how many seconds fixing it would gain. []A bigger motor is no longer misreported as a gear ratio or tire size problem.
Other
[]Driver look now has a Random button, in the garage and when starting a new career. []Fixed: the chase camera clipped through the start/finish banner every lap, filling the screen for a frame.
Fixed: changing your look while the 3D preview was loading on the new career screen left the old look showing.