v1.0.62 — Correct Vehicle Wheel Orientation
Released: August 13, 2026
This patch corrects the wheel and hub orientation on every traffic vehicle in
the Living World Visual Upgrade.
Vehicle wheel correction
- Rotates car, sedan, truck, van, and bus wheel axles across the vehicle width
so the tires roll in the front-to-back driving direction. - Applies the same corrected axle orientation to the visible wheel hubs.
- Spins each tire around its native cylinder axle, preserving the correct
orientation throughout driving, turning, stopping, and restarting. - Keeps the existing roadway ride height, lane-aware traffic, curved turns,
vehicle spacing, detail batching, and distance culling unchanged.
Verification
- Adds a live wheel-axle diagnostic and renderer regression contracts.
- Verified all 48 wheels across the live 12-vehicle fleet, covering cars,
sedans, trucks, vans, and buses. - A timed 40-sample movement audit recorded zero axle-orientation, roadway
height, off-road, overlap, or path-reversal violations. - Passes the complete application test suite, JavaScript syntax checks, live
browser inspection, both health endpoints, and source/container hash parity.
Upgrade notes
No data migration is required. Rebuild both application services normally and
preserve the existing vw-data volume. All world state remains compatible.