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A bigger show after every race

A crate you win now opens over the whole screen, card by card, and the podium and the results card celebrate your race.

• Your crate flies to the middle of the screen, shakes three times and bursts, and its cards fly out and flip one by one.
• An epic card glows purple before it flips, and a legendary one glows gold and trembles.
• The winner stands in golden light, and each trophy spins down into its rider's hands and shines.
• The podium shows the winner's time, and how far behind 2nd and 3rd finished.
• The results card stamps your place on as a medal and shows each rider's gap to the winner.
• Tap to speed it all up, or press Escape to skip to the end.

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SUPERPOWERS, calmer again

SUPERPOWERS is calmer again. Your attack takes longer to come back and a SUPER takes longer to earn, so a race has about half as many attacks as before.

• Every attack still has two charges, but a charge now takes 14 to 28 seconds to come back.
• The SUPER meter fills slower, so a SUPER is a rare, big moment.
• Your defense takes longer to come back too, so the attacks that you fire still land as often as before.
• Star Mirror now lasts 2 seconds, Warp Gate jumps 32 m and Demon Dash 22 m, so the characters stay even.

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Race messages no longer cover the road

The messages of a race, like BOWLED OVER!, LAP 2 and COMET!, are now smaller and sit up by the clock, so the road ahead stays clear.

• On a phone they sit under the clock. On a computer they sit left of your item slot.
• When several show at once, they line up one under another instead of on top of each other.
• Callouts leave the screen a little sooner.
• FINISH! still takes the middle of the screen when you cross the line.

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A calmer SUPERPOWERS

SUPERPOWERS is calmer. The powers hit as hard as before, but they come about half as often, so you get time to ride between hits.

• After a stun, you get 3 seconds of rest before the next stun can land.
• Every attack has two charges, and a charge takes 6 to 10.5 seconds to come back.
• The SUPER meter fills slower, so a SUPER is a big moment again.

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A closer race camera on phones

On a phone the race camera now rides closer behind you, so your rider and board look bigger, and you still see just as far down the road.

• Your rider stands about a quarter taller on a phone screen.
• It passes under the lap gates of Sky Fair, Sharkfin Bay, Mammoth Glacier and Hellfire Rift and under Fuji's torii, so they stop flashing across the screen.
• Big Apple Rush's street signs, arches and start banner now hang higher, over the camera, and no longer hide your rider.

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Smoother racing on every map

The world now moves in even steps on your screen. Before, it moved by the uneven times your phone's clock reported, so it could judder at speed.

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Heroes vs Villains: real powers, captures and rescues

Your fighter's powers now matter. Your attack is always ready, your defense fires by itself, chests load your speed move, and a full meter unleashes your SUPER.

• A fires your attack. Its charges refill by themselves.
• Fill your SUPER meter, then press Q or the gold SUPER button. SUPERs hit much harder now.
• Your defense blocks the next hit by itself, then recharges.
• Chests load your speed move onto F and fill your SUPER meter.
• Villains capture heroes in their prisons. Captured? Tap S to break free.
• Heroes ride into a captured teammate to rescue it, and a hero SUPER frees them all.
• Every racer races its nemesis. Beat yours for 3 more points.

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Every board looks like the real thing

All 50 boards got a big upgrade in realism. In races, in the lobby and in the locker, they now look like real boards that riders use.

• Clear grip tape under your feet, and a deep clear coat with a fine metallic flake
• Smudges and fine scratches in the gloss, and chipped paint on the rail at the nose and the tail
• Every engine is a ducted fan: a machined housing, a polished lip and a rotor of twisted blades
• A carbon fibre underside, and an LED strip set into the rail
• Smoother, rounder edges that follow the shape of each board, with no cartoon outline

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Touch controls ride the surf slides' walls

On Surfside Slides the touch controls' automatic brake no longer slows you on the water slides, so you can carve up their walls at full speed.

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Calmer, richer music on the fast maps

The seven fastest songs play a little slower and gentler, with richer instruments and the sounds of their maps in the music.

• Savanna Stampede: an elephant trumpets, a lion roars far off, and birds answer the tune.
• Hellfire Rift: a villain organ and a choir, bubbling lava, giggling imps and a demon's laugh.
• Skyline Grand Prix: cars pass in tune, the crowd claps along and the pit radio calls "box, box".
• Starlight Orbit: mission control's beeps, a countdown, meteors and a black hole in the music.
• Countertop Cup: a ticking egg timer, a singing kettle and the cat's purr.
• Mammoth Glacier: wind, a singing frozen lake and a far mammoth answering.
• Brickland Blitz: a toy march with bricks snapping, a train whistle and a wrecking ball.

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Riders in a softer light

Riders, their items and pets keep their anime look and catch a softer, more real light. Shade now gathers in collars, folds and hair.

• Light fades softly into shade, and skin gets a warm glow where it turns.
• Cloth shows its folds up close, and hair shines with two highlights.
• Shiny parts and metal look smoother, and bright colors keep their shading.
• Visit the locker to see your rider in the new light.

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Sound effects that reward you

Every sound effect got a big upgrade. Hits land with a punch, each item has its own release, rewards climb in the key of the song, and crates build up to their burst.

• A hit on you cracks and thumps, and the music dips for a moment.
• Each item makes a sound when you fire it.
• Rewards close together climb higher, note by note.
• Crates build up to their burst, and rarer cards ring bigger.
• Put on headphones: sounds now move left and right.

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Locker items level up

All 161 items in OUTFIT, GEAR and EXTRAS get richer detail and better materials. LEGENDARY items glow, throw sparks and move on their own.

• Wings, tails and halos move on their own, and pets come alive.
• Your rider turns round to show off wings, tails, hair and shoes.
• A ring of light bursts from the pad when you put on something new.
• RARE, EPIC and LEGENDARY tiles glow and sparkle. LEGENDARY tiles get a gold foil ring.

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Music in stereo

Every song now plays in stereo, with fuller instruments, echoes and new fills. The lobby song, all 13 map songs and the podium tune keep their melodies and sound bigger.

• Instruments sit across the stage, left and right, in real rooms with echoes.
• Thin sounds get fuller synths, crisp hats, deep bass and string beds.
• Each repeat changes a little, with fills and risers between sections.
• Put on headphones to hear the difference.

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A new drift gauge

The small drift dots are now a big gauge at the bottom of the screen. It fills while you drift and names the turbo you get when you let go.

• Each tier fills in its own color, and its mark pops when you reach it.
• The label reads DRIFT, TURBO, SUPER TURBO or ULTRA TURBO.
• Lose a drift and the gauge turns coral, shakes and says DRIFT LOST.
• On touch, the D button glows in the color of your tier.

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Easier steering on touch

On a phone, your board now slows for sharp corners by itself, and the stick is bigger and less twitchy. You hit the walls far less.

• The board eases off before tight corners, so it turns in time.
• Pull down on the stick to brake harder.
• The stick ring is bigger, so a small slip of your thumb turns less.
• Keyboard and gamepad controls stay the same.

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Locker pictures and a faster start

The game now opens straight on the LOBBY, with no title screen. In the LOCKER, every item shows big on a card in the color of its tier.

• Hats, masks, wings and shoes fill their tiles as close-up shots.
• Tops, capes and backpacks show on your rider, so you see how they fit.
• Cards are paper, sky, violet or gold for common, RARE, EPIC and LEGENDARY.
• The pause menu now says QUIT TO LOBBY.

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Buttons that feel like toys

Every button, tab, chip and switch now looks like a glossy sticker. Hover lifts a button, a press sinks it, and it springs back when you let go.

• PLAY catches a glint of light every few seconds.
• New sliders, text fields and switches match the sticker look.
• Dialogs pop into place, and danger buttons show a warning sign.
• Reduce motion turns off the pops and glints.

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Riders with smoother shapes

Riders look less like toy blocks. Shoulders, arms and legs have real shape, knees and elbows bend cleanly, and heads get soft cheeks and real ears.

• Clothes, sleeves and boots follow the shape of each limb.
• Hands have four fingers and a thumb, and shoes have soles and laces.
• Cat, fox, wolf, bunny and bear ears are fuller, with an inner color.
• The new riders are lighter to draw, so races stay smooth.

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Every press makes a sound

Buttons, tabs, switches and locker items now answer every press with a sound. Each sound fits the key of the lobby song.

• PLAY gives a thump, a whoosh and a rising chord.
• Buying an item rings a coin and a bell.
• A button you cannot use yet gives a dull knock.
• Menu sounds sit under the music, so they never get loud.

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A 3D map picker

The map picker now fills the screen with a 3D deck of cards, from easy to hard. Rest on a map for two seconds and it plays a clip of a real race there.

• Drag or flick the deck, and it lands on a card with a spring.
• Each card plays a soft note that climbs from the easiest map to the hardest.
• Press SELECT and the card flies at the screen into your new map.

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Normal items in every race

Every race now uses the normal items, so the ITEMS switch is gone. The lobby and the pause menu look cleaner.

• The ITEMS pill under the map card and the ITEMS button in pause are gone.
• Parties and online searches always race with the normal items.
• On a phone, the pause menu no longer shows empty spaces.

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Better jumps and tricks

Your hop now lifts your board about a meter, with an ollie. Ramp flights float longer, so you can land two or three tricks and earn a trick boost.

• A trick that is three quarters done when you land still counts as SAVED.
• A clean landing pays a short boost and fills your meter.
• Hop the ice crevasses on Mammoth Glacier and the lava rills on Hellfire Rift.
• Bots now do tricks off ramps too.

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New moves for the new items

Your rider now has its own move for each new item. Bowl the Strike Ball underhand, punch forward on a Sky Rocket and cast the Tow Hook.

• The Mirror Shield flings your arms open, like the Bubble Shield.
• After a Paint Bomb hit, your rider flinches and holds out both arms for balance.
• On Android, hits from the Strike Ball and Black Hole now vibrate.
• A Sky Rocket and a Tow Hook slingshot vibrate like a boost.

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A locker made for phones

On a phone, the LOCKER now shows twice as many tiles. The item card moves under your rider, next to your left thumb.

• Buy, equip, wear or paint with the one big button on the card.
• Board stats show gains in lime and losses hatched, against the board you ride.
• COLOR shows the color you wear, and MINE shows how many items you own.
• On an iPad, the top bar now shows LOG IN in full.

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Riders with body language

Your rider now leans into turns, tucks for a boost and spreads its arms in the air. In the LOBBY, your rider follows your finger and reacts to taps.

• Riders crouch at the countdown and launch at GO.
• Throw items, swing the Bonk Mallet and cheer at the finish.
• Tap your rider five times fast for a surprise.
• Flick it round twice and it gets dizzy.

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A new home-screen icon

The app icon now shows STREETER, the first board, flying across a blue and violet sky in 3D.

• It looks sharp on the Home Screen and in a browser tab.
• To see it, remove the old icon and add the game to your Home Screen again.

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Boards in real 3D

All 50 boards now look like real objects, with a rounded deck, raised art and a glossy coat. Menus show 3D pictures of each board, never a flat drawing.

• Every board has hover engines with fins, bolts and headlights.
• Metal boards shine like brushed foil. Neon boards glow.
• Viking carries shields, Orbit wears a glass dome, and Unicorn has a spiral horn.

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More road on phone screens

On a phone, the race clock is smaller and the minimap moves away from the standings. You see more of the road.

• The minimap sits on the left, under the pause button.
• The standings sit alone at the top right, in tighter rows.
• On very short screens, the standings show you and the two riders ahead.