okay holy fuck i was expecting there to be like 4 highlights at most
no this is all massive stuff

they might be forcing me to be less aggressive here

ring bail is such a power move holy shit

Item Boxes no longer spawn until you’ve crossed your first Checkpoint.

Everyone has one chance to earn EXP by pure driving, without items to worry about.

hmmmm. okay. we'll see how that plays

ooo duels have a fighting game map striking system

A 12-player netgame with several players excited and loud can quickly become overwhelming. Conversely, being able to hear your victims scream in stereo as you drive past them is funny. We think the latter is better as a default.

"hear your victims scream in stereo" is a great quote

thank god

YES the acid drop will make my incorrect muscle memory correct now

i can finally fastfall out of a wall transfer without bouncing

brain: fastfall here! extra speed down into a slope will transfer into extra horizontal speed!
game: b o i n g (removes all your speed)

The Item Roulette no longer uses fixed tables at fixed distance brackets. Your item odds will smoothly change as your position and distance changes, and most reels will have a more consistent level of power.

I wonder if this means that I can't have an accurate item roulette in the tourney tracker. I might make a PR to expose the current item roulette for a player to lua if this is the case

Most item reels are now signficantly shorter, and a new cue has been added to when a reel “loops”, allowing you to catch target items on the second go-around.

This is still a deterministic system, but you can no longer memorize specific reels to blind-guarantee specific items; instead, players will need to read their reel as it spins. Also, that reel that contained a single Double Jawz in a sea of Invincibility and Triple Sneakers? Gone. What was that even about?

sweet. also lmao

Damage and respawning no longer reset Item Lockout.

Damn I used this a lot while testing various interactions (but not in actual races). Too bad ig
It is kinda bad that it exists in actual races so it makes sense to get rid of

If two players make contact with an Item Box at almost the same time, they’ll both receive an item. (Same for Ring Box!)

YES

Stairjank is such a silly mechanic

"No more shortcuts in first place, get a life"

Dramatically increased the minimum duration of Sonic Boom, making Tripwire crossing more reliable.

Sweet.

Damn they're calling me out

wait I'm only like 20% into the changelog holy shit

i still need to read the entire changelog, of course.