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• Real asset loading — progress bar tracks fonts and audio instead of faking it
• Loading status text — shows LOADING FONTS → LOADING AUDIO → BUILDING WORLD → READY
• Font preload — Google Fonts moved from @import to link tag for faster load
• First track preloaded — road runner uses rel=preload instead of prefetch
• Top bar font normalization — all text 11px, all icons 14px, consistent letter-spacing
• Music controls — zero-gap clickable regions, no dead space between buttons
• Scrolling track name — max 220px, long names marquee-scroll left to right
• Settings icon in top bar — dedicated cog between notifications and fullscreen
• Memory/ping moved to settings overlay — positioned top-right, out of the top bar
• Notifications bell dropdown — empty state with NO NOTIFICATIONS
• Navigation dedup — pressing the same screen button twice no longer stacks history
• Default volume raised to 30%

• Homepage keyboard/controller toggle — segmented KEYBOARD | CONTROLLER switch, auto-detects input
• Keybinds controller tab — Xbox-layout button icons for gameplay, menu, and replay sections
• Top bar reorganized — perf stats moved left, settings cog in perf section, notifications bell dropdown
• Top bar hover fix — hover highlight covers full vertical slice, not just icon
• Now Showing icon fix — film icon no longer renders as solid cyan block
• AI overhaul — smarter steering, trail-cutting, space denial, ambush maneuvers, escape logic
• AI demo 30s cap — menu demos reset instead of going in circles
• Shared drawing — mouse trails synced between all players via Firebase, fade over 8s
• Local trail color — matches selected bike color instead of hardcoded gradient
• New colors — Blue (#4488ff) and Orange (#ff8800) added to color picker
• Changelog popover closes on outside click
• Pause button desync fix — inner SVG clicks no longer break state
• Section label opacity bumped from 0.4 to 0.7, settings carets bolded

• Repeat/shuffle toggle fix — active state now applies correctly when clicking SVG icons
• Keybind keys restyled — purple theme with glow box-shadow on hover
• Top bar icons enlarged +2px, fullscreen gap widened, more spacing between controls
• Full-height click targets — top bar buttons activate from anywhere in their vertical column
• Quick start row toggles widened (+4px padding each side)
• Home screen buttons normalized to consistent width
• Playlist drag reorder — reduced magnetic snap with dead zone hysteresis
• Track name display no longer wrapped in quotes
• Announcement panel repositioned below volume slider

• Lucide icon pack — 36 inline SVG icons replace all Unicode/emoji icons across the entire UI
• Top bar normalization — consistent 11px font size and unified button opacity (0.45 base)
• SVG hover glow — filter:drop-shadow replaces text-shadow for crisp icon effects
• Replay keybinds — all replay controls added to keybinds tab (8 rebindable + 4 readonly)
• Menu font weight boost — headers and labels bolded for readability
• Zoom range increased ~75% for in-game camera and replay
• Changelog is now draggable — only X button closes it
• Dropdown padding and user submenu margin fixes

• Replay overhaul — full keyboard shortcuts (Space, Q/E, arrows, H, J/L, number keys)
• Reverse playback — -1x and -2x speeds with proper trail rebuilding
• Speed presets reordered — [-2x, -1x, 0.25x, 0.5x, 1x, 2x, 4x] linear progression
• Death markers on timeline — colored dots at elimination points
• Smooth camera transitions — 0.4s interpolation when switching camera modes
• Auto-pause at death — playback pauses on elimination with status text
• Gamepad replay controls — LB/RB cycle camera, LT/RT adjust speed, X play/pause, Y toggle UI
• D-pad skips time during replay instead of changing songs
• H key / Select / Y button hides all replay UI for clean viewing
• Free cam: left-click drag, slower turning, 20% faster movement, 15% more momentum
• Free cam: WASD disabled for menu nav, controller stick inverted to match expected direction

• Music overlay redesigned — chat-style tab bar replaces toggle for Default Tracks / Your Playlist
• Shuffle is now a toggle — when on, next track is random; current track keeps playing
• YouTube URL auto-detects on paste — no button needed, just paste a link
• Speaker icons replace checkmarks for track enable/disable (matches top bar audio)
• Drag-to-reorder handles on all playlist items with smooth animation
• Custom playlist tracks now have mute toggle and remove button
• Music overlay now has all playback controls: prev, play/pause, next, repeat, shuffle, mute
• Default track order: Road Runner, Start The Engine, Rainbow Dance lead-in; rest randomized
• Rommii link uses magenta color pulse instead of bounce
• Audio error recovery — resume instead of skip when track already playing
• Drag grab offset fix — item stays pinned to cursor position
• Settings section carets doubled in size
• Settings toggle fix — proper box-sizing and flex-shrink

• Navigation stack — unified menu system with dynamic back buttons, open any screen from anywhere
• Removed 9 hardcoded back buttons, replaced with stack-driven dynamic injection
• Centralized screen hooks for enter/exit logic (radar preview, keybind listeners, data loading)
• ESC and gamepad back now use single navigateBack() instead of per-screen handlers
• Announcement panel more transparent and subtle
• Skip button glyphs no longer overlap (letter-spacing fix)

• Expanded default playlist — 9 tracks including 4 new Rommii songs
• Default tracks list in Music submenu — disable/enable individual songs with checkmark toggle
• Disabled tracks are skipped during playback with dimmed strikethrough appearance
• Static playlist lead-in: Road Runner, Rainbow Dance, Start The Engine, Valor play first
• Shuffle button in top bar audio controls
• Announcement panel on home screen — top-left, changelog-styled, auto-hides on game start
• Rommii credit announcement with glowing animated link
• Replay exit button repositioned with equal padding from top bar

• Line Ride Assist — course correction gently aligns you with nearby trails for boost gathering
• New Gameplay settings section with Line Ride Assist toggle
• Distant galaxies added to skybox with procedural spiral arms and music-reactive glow
• Star twinkle effect across the sky
• Brighter spectator camera lights
• Discord invite link added to loading screen and bottom bar
• Galaxies now glow through arena walls correctly

• Music overlay title restyled to match stats/leaderboard (larger, bold, scanline effect)
• Music EQ anchored to bottom of panel like home screen
• Your Playlist section now full width
• Improved AI wall avoidance with speed-scaled multi-distance lookahead

• Killcam slow-motion — 0.5s slow-mo before orbiting the crash site
• Death-frame lag fix: deferred particle creation, pre-warmed materials, pre-created flash lights
• Music panel restyled — larger labels, better spacing, chat-style thin scrollbar on playlist
• Audio-reactive equalizer added to music overlay
• Volume slider grows on grab with sparkle particle effects
• Smoother settings collapse/expand with cubic-bezier easing and rotating caret
• All settings groups collapsed by default
• Audio controls glow cyan on hover
• Countdown number centering fix ("1" no longer off-center)
• Top bar dropdowns no longer clipped
• Removed username dropdown caret and settings gear from top bar
• Settings section headers reduced 25%, carets match arrow selectors
• Keyboard/gamepad nav skips hidden match options when panel is closed
• Overlays no longer overlap bottom bar
• "ENEMY" → "OPPONENT" in controls hint

• All overlay menus scroll and never overlap the top bar
• Top bar frosted glass with blur, radial gradients, and scanlines
• Settings gear icon in top bar (left of username)
• Changelog tab sized to content instead of full-width
• Removed Match History button from Stats (already on home screen)
• Main menu nudged upward 15px

• Graphics quality settings — 4 presets (Low/Med/High/Ultra) with GPU auto-detect
• Per-setting overrides: bloom, render scale, arena detail, rave lights, audio react, trail glow, player VFX, lighting
• Quality preset as segmented toggle [LOW|MED|HIGH|ULTRA]
• Control toggles restyled — frosted glass, cyan glow, menu-button depth
• Tooltips on all graphics and camera settings
• Collapsible settings sections with animated expand/collapse
• Settings panel vertically centered, scrollable, 15% wider
• New SERVER settings section with Auto Submit
• Changelog restyled to match chat panel — tab header, scrollable body, draggable
• Color allocation optimized — reusable THREE.Color instances in palette functions

• Replay scrub preserves play/pause state
• Loop button for replay playback
• Freecam starts positioned near first visible character
• Compass resize handle flipped to bottom-left
• Timer bar moved to top as drag handle for compass
• Radar UI refactored to match chat panel style

• Google Analytics integrated
• Volume and playlist dropdowns open downward with configurable direction
• Top bar UI scaled up ~20%, pushed closer to screen edges
• Mute button always shows speaker icon
• Compass drag-to-resize synced with settings slider
• Killcam spin slowed 20%, extended 0.5s
• Playlist mode swap updates music overlay
• First custom track auto-plays on add
• Replay controls widened, all buttons on single row

• Music files included in build (fixed missing audio after deploy)
• Audio error recovery no longer rapid-cycles through all tracks
• Audio controls moved left of track name in top bar
• Menus disabled during game transition — no more multi-start on spam click

• Fixed audio not playing on click to start
• Fixed countdown beep missing on "3"
• Volume slider dropdown on top bar mute button
• Removed playlist settings from settings overlay (now in Music)

• Frosted glass blur on all menu backgrounds
• Normalized menu system — only one screen visible at a time
• Smooth fade/slide transitions between menus
• Previous track button + playlist dropdown in top bar audio
• Unified dropdown styling across all menus (20% larger rows)
• Background auto-switches to replays if player has any
• Fixed time played formatting (days support, centered)
• Fixed changelog popover opening off-screen

• Resizable chat with drag handle, viewport clamping, size persists
• Right-click CHAT toggle resets position
• Invite button disabled with Coming Soon tooltip
• Fixed gameplay blur — stripped CSS filter/backdrop-filter from loading transition
• MediaSession API — keyboard media keys control music player
• Track metadata shown in browser/OS media controls
• Lowered EQ sensitivity for YouTube simulation and real audio

• Cinematic focus-in polish — loading text fades instantly, canvas unblurs over 2s with saturation sweep
• Fixed chat drag — switched from pointer capture to window mouse events
• Gentler momentum — lower friction, softer bounce, velocity cap
• Fixed min-width on perf stats to prevent top bar layout shift
• Player icon replaces username in time played section

• Cinematic focus-in — blurred 3D scene behind loading screen, smooth unblur on click to start
• Fixed user dropdown — hover bridge eliminates gap, inner wrapper for styling
• SVG trophy icon for leaderboard buttons (monochrome, matches UI)
• Player icon and globe icon in time played section
• Real-time seconds ticker on global time played
• Tooltips skip empty data-tip attributes
• Chat drag follows cursor in real time, reduced momentum 15%

• Top bar breathing room — wider padding, increased separators
• Username hover submenu — Friends and Sign Out on hover
• Polished chat drag with momentum, bounce physics, and edge snap
• Auto-scaling overlay panels for small viewports
• Memory and ping tooltips with detailed stats (heap, avg/min/max ping)
• Global time can never regress — monotonic transaction guard
• Fixed null classList errors, tooltip errors, ping using CDN HEAD

• Titan Panel top bar — full-width gradient bar with all items omnipresent
• Memory usage and Firebase ping in top bar
• Physics-based draggable chat with momentum and edge bounce
• Smart tooltip positioning and YT EQ boost
• Quickstart options panel shrunk — smaller arrows, labels, color dots
• Leaderboard column widths and paging refinements

• Omnipresent draggable chat with tab bar, close button, unread count
• Leaderboard — paging, wider columns, trophy icon, removed RANKED tab
• Smooth camera transition from menu to game start
• Audio & visual controls moved to top bar
• Friends moved to top bar (visible when logged in)
• Smart tooltips — auto-flip below when near top edge
• Boosted YouTube EQ simulation for visible equalizer animation
• Compass shows in-game position during settings
• Favicon added

• Omnipresent chat with tab bar and X close button
• Chat visible on all screens, not just main menu
• CHAT toggle and badge always in top bar
• Custom styled tooltips — Orbitron font, glow effect, smart positioning
• Replaced all native title popups with JS-powered floating tooltips

• Custom YouTube playlists with playlist import
• Music overlay on homepage
• Chat toggle in top bar with unread badge, persisted show/hide
• Loading screen version matches bottom bar glow style
• Replay panel: removed bottom EXIT, added SPEED/CAM labels
• Leaderboard query fix with client-side fallback
• Bottom bar audio overflow fix

• Server-synced time played — Firestore delta-based global counter
• Friends button moved below Character
• Online stats synced from Firestore leaderboard data
• Replay fav star uses purple secondary color
• Compass lowered 20px from top bar

• Bottom bar grid layout — center section always dead center, sides push outward
• Top and bottom bar visual parity — matching margins, separators, spacing
• Universal UI click sound on all interactive elements
• Replay panel raised 20px with backdrop, more padding and breathing room
• Keyboard controls moved below time section

• Friends system — add by username, accept/deny requests, real-time notifications
• Boost meter hidden on game over screen, resets to full before countdown
• Auto-submit no longer flashes button when enabled
• Replay fav star flush-attached like Quick Start

• Fixed game over screen not showing (broken #now-playing/#credit refs)
• Top bar (auth, online count, fullscreen) always visible
• Settings toggles redesigned as segmented OFF | ON controls
• Compass moved below top bar, max size doubled to 440px

• Submit to Leaderboard button on every post-game screen
• Auto Submit toggle in Settings for automatic leaderboard submission
• Global rank shown after submission (RANK #X)
• Centralized bottom bar (audio, visual, credit in one row)
• Fullscreen button inline with top-right auth bar
• Duplicate submission protection (client + server)
• Matchmaking promoted to full menu button

• Removed play icon from Quick Start
• Wider menu buttons

• Merged matchmaking & invite into Quick Start row
• Removed arrow icons from Main Menu buttons

• Deploy script with auto version bump, changelog & chat announcement
• Sound & visual icons replace NOW PLAYING / NOW SHOWING text
• Clickable now-showing row to cycle background modes
• Fullscreen toggle button (hover top-right corner)
• System chat messages for release announcements
• Match options panel flush-attached to quickstart button

• Leaderboard with wins, win rate, streak, fastest, and time metrics
• Per-settings filters (series length & opponent count)
• Post-match auto-submission to global leaderboard
• Click your entries to replay the match

• Private lobbies: invite friends via shareable link for direct matches
• NOW SHOWING toggle: switch menu background between AI matches & saved replays
• Glowing sweep animation on version number

• Live total time played counter on home screen (persists across sessions)

• Cinematic slow-mo death zoom on background replay with shatter effect
• Vignette & bloom surge during slow-mo for dramatic impact
• Consistent button widths & heights across all menu sections

• Code hygiene refactor: shared utility module for deduplication
• Fixed netcode using hardcoded dt instead of actual frame delta
• Fixed audio gain ignoring user volume setting on init
• Arena audio reactivity now uses real frame delta

• Background replay on victory screen with cycling camera views
• Music controls on pause & victory screens
• Controller support for settings menu & match options
• Quick start options dropdown with gear icon toggle
• Asset preloading on initial load
• B button / back closes dropdowns

• Fixed netcode death sync across multiple rounds
• Fixed matchmaking ghost queue entries
• Wireless controller detection & non-standard input support
• Camera zoom defaults increased, max range extended