SoundController (client):
- Looping engine sound on the car body: pitch 0.7->1.9 tracks speed
(curved so low speed feels torquey), volume swells with throttle
- Tyre squeal loop faded by lateral slip (velocity along body RightVector)
and hard braking from speed; always playing at 0 volume to avoid pops
- 3D sounds with rolloff so other players hear cars pass
- Asset IDs from safe sources (Roblox Resources engine loop,
ProSoundEffects squeal); swap in SOUNDS table after audition
Ambience (server):
- Atmosphere (purple-grey haze, glare) so neon reads in the air
- BloomEffect for neon pop + subtle cool ColorCorrection
- Slow ClockTime ping-pong 22:00->03:00 over 10 min: always night,
but the sky breathes
CameraController (client):
- Scriptable chase cam only while in the DriveSeat; restores default on exit
- Frame-rate independent damped follow with look-ahead aim point
- Flat horizon (ignores car pitch/roll) so bumps don't shake the view
- Speed-based FOV kick (quadratic ramp) for sense of pace
- Cleans up on Died/despawn
MapBuilder v2:
- Highway extended 2400 -> 3200 studs with distinct feature zones
- Gantry arches (seg 2), enclosed neon-lit tunnel (seg 3), jump ramp +
landing pair on the right lane (seg 4, left lane stays flat)
- Procedural neon skyline towers flanking both sides (deterministic seed,
same city every server)
- End kill-wall so you can't sail off the far edge
- New shared Chassis.luau: geometry constants + per-car tuning from stats
- CarManager.buildCarModel rebuilt: prismatic+spring suspension per corner,
servo-hinge steering on front knuckles, motor-hinge driven wheels,
hidden dense ballast for anti-roll; VehicleSeat kept as input device only
- New client ChassisController: drives motors/servos from seat
ThrottleFloat/SteerFloat per Heartbeat; speed-sensitive steering lock;
engine braking on throttle release
- Driver gets network ownership of every unanchored part (constraint
assemblies are separate; missing one causes stuttery physics)
- Docs: MESH_SWAP.md rewritten for shell-on-chassis workflow; ROADMAP updated
Per user direction, the MVP is now simply driving cars on the expressway.
- Removed RaceManager and Economy modules entirely
- Slimmed Remotes to DataUpdated / SpawnCar / EquipCar
- ProfileTemplate now just remembers the last driven car (v2)
- Cars: dropped price/rep/upgrade fields; kept identity + driving stats
- CarManager: stat-based tuning only; RX-7 allowlist via GameConfig.canDrive
- DataManager: assign default car on join; downgrade RX-7 if de-allowlisted
- Client: replaced garage/economy UI with a simple car picker + respawn
- Docs: GDD/ROADMAP/README rewritten for drive-only; added docs/MESH_SWAP.md
- Gates: stylua clean, selene 0/0, rojo builds
jesse