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- 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
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# Roadmap — realistic solo-dev plan
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Assumes **one part-time developer learning as they go**. The MVP is intentionally
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tiny — *just driving* — so there's a fun, testable thing FAST. Everything else is
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layered on only after the driving feels good.
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> Expect **months, not weeks** to a polished full game. That's normal. This order
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> guarantees you always have something that runs.
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---
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## ✅ M0 — Drive-only MVP (DONE — this repo)
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Spawn on the neon expressway, drive a car, switch cars, respawn. RX-7 demo-locked
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to owner + son. Cars persist between sessions. CI green on a self-hosted runner.
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## M1 — Make driving feel GOOD (the real work, do this next)
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- [x] Adopt a **constraint chassis** for real suspension/grip instead of the raw
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VehicleSeat: springs + prismatic suspension, servo steering (speed-sensitive
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lock), motor-driven wheels, engine braking, ballast anti-roll. Shared tuning
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in `src/shared/Chassis.luau`; client-side `ChassisController` drives it
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(driver owns network physics). **Needs a Studio playtest to tune feel.**
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- [ ] Import the **real RX-7 mesh**; weld the shell onto the chassis `Body`.
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See `docs/MESH_SWAP.md` for the exact steps (needs Studio for asset upload).
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- [ ] Tune acceleration curve, grip, and the chase camera (after first playtest).
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- [ ] Sound: engine loop, tire screech, boost.
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**Exit test:** the RX-7 is genuinely fun to just drive around. Ship nothing else
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until this is true.
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## M2 — More cars + polish (still no racing)
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- [ ] Import a few more real car meshes.
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- [ ] Better map: more expressway sections, ramps, tunnels, scenery.
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- [ ] Day/night, weather mood.
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## M3 — Racing (the first "game" layer)
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- [ ] Checkpoints + timing (a new RaceManager — the old one was removed in M0).
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- [ ] Personal best times.
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- [ ] Simple point-to-point and drag modes.
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## M4 — Progression & economy (only once racing is fun)
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- [ ] Money from races, a garage, buying/unlocking cars, upgrades, reputation.
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(These systems existed as scaffolding and were cut for the MVP; reintroduce
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them deliberately when they have a purpose.)
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## M5 — Systems hardening & monetization
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- [ ] Leaderboards, anti-cheat pass 2, DataStore backup drill.
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- [ ] Performance pass (StreamingEnabled, part budget, mobile).
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- [ ] Fair gamepasses/products — never pay-to-win.
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## M6 — Traffic AI (deferred hardest system)
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- [ ] Spline-following dummy cars first (cheap). True AI only if perf allows.
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---
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## Standing engineering rules
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- Every change must pass `stylua --check`, `selene`, and `rojo build` — CI on the
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self-hosted Gitea runner enforces all three on every push.
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- Keep the client dumb: it requests, the server decides. The RX-7 allowlist and
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anti-cheat live server-side.
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- Add tunables to `GameConfig`, not scattered magic numbers.
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- Add a save key by adding it to `ProfileTemplate` (auto-reconciles); never remove
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a key without a migration (bump `ProfileStoreName` `_vN` in dev to wipe).
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- Test in Studio after every server change (ProfileStore uses a mock store there).
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