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Features

Product-facing summary of what the game currently supports. Keep SPEC_detailed.md as the implementation truth; this file is for homepage copy, README copy, and quick feature lists.

Current Features

  • Phone-controlled browser racing with no app install.
  • One display creates a room and shows a QR code for controllers.
  • Lobby display can close/reset the room, return everyone to the start, show race settings, and show drivers in the current lineup.
  • Display landing, lobby, tutorial, and results support System, Light, and Dark themes; System follows the device color-scheme setting.
  • Home screen shows a live active-driver count when active players are online, and hides it at zero.
  • Phone controllers auto-resume the last saved driver after refreshes or QR rescans when the room is still available.
  • One-player practice works for solo testing.
  • Up to 8 racers per room.
  • Split-screen display panes for up to 4 local racers.
  • VIP controller can choose track, laps, pre-race tutorial, warm-up/flying start, ghost cars, rain, gentle stability assist, and reset mode.
  • Warm-up/flying start is on by default. The first pass is untimed, and each driver's timed lap 1 and total race timer start when they cross the line.
  • The optional pre-race phone tutorial is on by default and teaches pedals and tilt steering before countdown.
  • Each driver can choose a vehicle: Formula Prototype, KZ Kart, Stock Truck, or Tuk-Tuk. Formula Prototype and Stock Truck have Balanced, High Grip, and High Speed setups; KZ Kart and Tuk-Tuk use one fixed setup.
  • Each driver can choose a personal cockpit style: None, Hands, or Paws; new players default to None.
  • Each driver can choose a personal rear-view mirror mode: Auto, On, or Off; new players default to Auto, which shows the mirror only when other active cars exist.
  • Non-VIP players can see the chosen race settings, vehicles, and driver setups in the lobby.
  • Five tracks: Sakura Sprint, Alpine Grand Prix, Fjord Loop, Keys Causeway, and Cloudline Ascent.
  • Cockpit-style 3D race view with procedural smooth track ribbons, raised curbs, rubbered-in road detail, generated terrain support for elevated tracks, dynamic skid marks, barriers, finish line, racing line, a light #[oss]vibejam sponsor board, weather visuals, dust/spray effects, vehicle-specific cockpit silhouettes, and per-driver cockpit Hands/Paws/None display cosmetics.
  • Phone controller supports tilt steering with iOS/WebKit permission prompts, Chrome-friendly devicemotion and Generic Sensor fallbacks, countdown-time steering centering, 1-10 motion sensitivity, saved motion-steering inversion, touch steering fallback, brake/throttle touch zones, calibration, motion test, audio/haptic test pulse preview, quick countdown control hints, and landscape race mode.
  • Controller setup/lobby screens warn when the phone is not on the recommended Android Chromium-style browser path for best motion and haptic support.
  • Audio feedback includes engine speed/throttle, tire slip/off-road noise, brake tone, curb rumble, impact thuds, nearby rival engine/pass-by presence, nearby crash booms, start/test cue, server-marked countdown beeps, and a stronger race-start GO cue.
  • Optional vibration feedback includes impacts, hard braking, curb rumble, grass/off-road rumble, high-slip pulses, and tuk-tuk tip-risk pulses on supported mobile browsers.
  • Server-authoritative racing with vehicle-specific velocity-based movement, per-driver setup multipliers, warm-up/flying start timing, lateral slip, tuned braking, aero drag, downforce-style speed-building grip, elevation/grade acceleration effects, surface grip/drag, wet-weather grip and top-speed changes, tuk-tuk rollover risk, collisions, optional crash/off-track reset, lap timing, best lap, DNF handling, and results.
  • In-race minimap, rear-view mirror, live global leaderboard, short first-place banner, countdown lights, display-side auto-spectate for finished racers while others are still active, and podium-style results.
  • Display/host refresh can resume the same room during the grace window.

Homepage Messaging

  • Core pitch: multiplayer browser racing controlled by phones.
  • Main feel pitch: sim-lite vehicle feedback through tilt steering, vehicle/setup choices, lateral slip, aero drag, downforce-style grip, tuned braking, wet-weather handling, tire/engine/curb/impact audio, and optional vibration.
  • Main multiplayer pitch: create a room on one display, scan with phones, race solo or with up to 8 drivers.
  • Main controller pitch: phones become steering wheels and pedals with calibration, touch fallback, and landscape race mode.
  • Main race-info pitch: cockpit racing with minimap, live leaderboard, auto-spectate after finishing, best laps, and results.
  • Display UI pitch: the shared screen can follow the room/device theme with light and dark display modes.
  • Track pitch: short party circuits plus long real-world-inspired coastal and mountain endurance routes.

Planned Or Experimental

  • Stronger authored or generated car and track assets.
  • Better wet-road effects and spray.
  • Lower, more believable cockpit camera option.
  • Display reassignment UI and larger-session admin controls.
  • Automated browser smoke tests.
  • Headless load test for server capacity estimates.