🛠️ Hotfix / Patch Release Notes

Fixes

• Input Telemetry Overlay: Fixed toggle handling so the overlay can be enabled/disabled correctly again.
• Track Radar Overlay: Resolved an issue where toggle actions were not being applied, restoring normal operation.

Improvements

• Lap Timer Overlay: Scaling behavior has been improved, making the overlay resize more reliably across different screen sizes and layouts.

New overlays

Track Radar

• Track Radar HUD overlay driven by live motion packets, visualizing nearby cars relative to a reference driver.
• Improve your wheel to wheel combat and keep it fair!

Input telemetry

• Input Telemetry HUD overlay - visualise your throttle, brake and steering inputs in real-time.
• Monitor your trail braking cleanliness just after you're done with a corner!

Improvements

• Lap timer overlay now shows the safety car delta during SC/VSC
• Timing tower overlay - scaling support improved

NOTE: This change introduces significant change to how the app works under the hood. Please do report bugs on discord/github if you face any!

Fix bug in timing tower HUD where if pit time loss is not configured, nothing is displayed

Hotfix Release Notes

What’s New

• Unified Dark Mode for Overlays
  All overlays now use a dedicated dark colour scheme, fully decoupled from the system theme.

• Improved Overlay Scaling
  Scaling behaviour across all overlays has been refined for better clarity and readability.

• Lap Times Overlay Enhancements Display sector status for best and last laps

• New Windowed Overlay Mode (Optional)
  You can now enable Windowed Overlays via:
  Settings → Overlays → Use Windowed Overlays (Required for OBS Window Capture)
  This mode is disabled by default but required when using OBS Window Capture.

Pits n' Giggles v3.0.0 - The In-Game HUD Update

Version 3.0.0 is our biggest release yet, introducing fully integrated in-game HUD overlays to complement the existing real-time dashboards. This update also includes a rebuilt launcher and a modernized configuration system for improved performance and reliability.

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New: In-Game HUD Overlays

Pits n' Giggles now supports customizable, real-time HUD overlays that can be placed directly on top of your game window.
These overlays enhance the existing HUD by allowing you to position key telemetry and analytics wherever you find most useful.

Available overlay elements include:

• Timing tower with live tyre wear, ERS and DRS stats
• Live sector and lap delta readouts
• Fuel projections based on live consumption trends
• Tire wear analysis and predictions based on live wear trends
• Fully movable and resizable overlays

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Improved: Revamped Launcher App

The launcher has been rebuilt from the ground up with a focus on stability and resilience. Improvements include:

• More reliable startup behavior
• Better handling of missing or corrupt components
• Faster initialization
• Cleaner UI flow
• More robust background service management

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Configuration Migration: INI → JSON

As part of a long-term modernization effort, Pits n' Giggles now uses JSON configuration files instead of INI.

Details:

• Automatic migration will convert your existing .ini file to .json on first launch.
• It is recommended that you review your settings after the upgrade to ensure everything migrated correctly.
• JSON enables better tooling support and future feature expansion.

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Additional Improvements

• Numerous bug fixes and logic corrections
• Improved error handling and logging
• UI and visual polish across dashboards
• General performance optimizations

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Acknowledgements

Thank you to the following community members for their help during the v3.0.0 beta period:

• PettableCat
• JODŁAAX
• Rain (from the community Discord)

Special thanks to adriaN for sharing their detailed estimates for pit lane time loss across every track.

Your contributions and feedback have been invaluable in shaping this release.

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