The spectacle is the hook.
The decision is the game.

Tenth pass: protected launch

Every live round now starts with a 2.8-second protected run-up. The multiplier remains at 1.00×, crashes are suppressed and cash-out is locked until the chassis has passed half the ramp height. The normal multiplier clock then starts. The original outcome distribution is retained, including 1.00× failures at the boundary; results are never raised or resampled to create protection.

Manual and auto cash-out use the same delayed clock. The 3D rupture starts at the exact settled flight position, and preview entry immediately frames the car. Browser tests cover boundary losses, delayed payouts, fallback rendering, geometry contact and the offline edition.

The footage to watch

Tesla's Roadster Event replay is the primary reference. The event was held on 15 October 2026 at the SpaceX test facility near McGregor, Texas. Start with these chapters:

A shorter clip and frame reference page provides the ramp and fleet sequences. Useful stills: rear approach, inverted at the crest, thruster recovery and flight over the fleet. The stills are credited to Tesla by the publisher. They are linked as references and are not redistributed with this game.

What makes the launch look distinctive

The following are visual observations and design interpretations, rather than an independent verification of the vehicle's engineering or performance claims.

Second pass: closer to the reveal car

The car geometry has been rebuilt against the front, rear and side reveal photographs. The new model has open wheel arches, five broad aero wheel blades, a lower copper-tinted canopy, silver rear buttresses, a full-width red tail-light housing, four recessed round rear ports, a diffuser and a flush active wing. The nose has the broad concealed light strip and hood panel lines visible in the reference views.

The ramp now has a lower transition, a long vertical wall, a tighter upper return and a short straight overhang, with concrete texture, a centre stripe, red edge lights, deck thickness and trusses behind the surface. The car starts on the same straight approach as the ramp. The Rear and Ramp camera choices make these details easy to inspect. Proportions remain estimates from photographs rather than measured engineering dimensions.

Reference photographs, credited to Tesla by the publisher: rear three-quarter, tail lights and rear ports, front and canopy, side profile and raised wing. Published in TechRadar's event report.

Third pass: shaped around the supplied photographs

The user's side, front and hover photographs guide this refinement, alongside the supplied Autoini visual reference. The model now emphasises a longer bronze canopy, angular wedge nose, pointed triangular side glass, a diagonal black sill and rear ports recessed into the dark fascia. These are visual interpretations of the supplied images; the proportions are estimated, not manufacturer CAD.

The photographs show two distinct wheel treatments. Garage now offers Hover prototype with smooth silver discs, selected by default, and Studio roadster with five broad aero blades. Both are cosmetic choices. A lower Profile camera makes the nose, canopy and rear shoulder easier to compare with the side photographs.

Hover study, available through Watch the stunt, provides a steady inspection on a dark stage. Pale vertical jets and low ground vapour frame the hovering car. This remains a no-bet rehearsal: stake controls are disabled, entry is blocked while a stake, queued bet or repeat setting is active, and leaving rehearsal returns to a fresh betting window.

Fourth pass: detail, pressure release and a readable landing

The reference detail pass refines the five-blade wheels, side camera/repeater detail and carbon sill. Select Watch the stunt → Showroom to switch between Whole car and Wheel detail, or use Open doors to inspect the raised scissor doors. The ramp gains a brighter red wash and white lane marks, with camera tracking that keeps the car and ramp easier to follow through the climb.

The pressure tank rupture now creates a large white-blue cold-gas burst with brief sparks. The car's cosmetic tumble responds to contact with the ramp and ground, then settles into a stable wreck. This is a stylised game animation, not a physically certified simulation; it does not depict compressed air itself burning. Select Watch the stunt → Pressure test to inspect the scripted effect without placing a bet.

The display now selects one renderer at a time: the 3D scene or the original 2D fallback. Recovery after WebGL context loss restores the appropriate view without overlapping canvases. All rehearsal modes retain their betting safeguards, and this pass changes neither random outcomes nor settlement.

Fifth pass: a Johannesburg backdrop

The Backdrop selector below the scene adds Montecasino + Gold Reef, Montecasino and Gold Reef City, alongside the original Test site. The combined setting is selected by default. Choose the Venue camera to see the full landmark composition around the stunt.

Montecasino is interpreted through ochre Tuscan walls, terracotta roofs, stone and bell towers, an arched gateway and a tiered fountain. Gold Reef City uses a yellow Victorian facade, a clock tower, green roofs, palms and a fountain with bronze antelope. Warm architectural lighting keeps the buildings recognisable behind the car and red ramp.

These are original procedural reference studies with estimated proportions. The combined view stages both landmarks together for the game; it does not reproduce their real geographic relationship. Backdrops and camera choices affect presentation only. The pressure rupture, contact-aware landing and rehearsal safeguards from the previous pass remain in place.

Visual references: Andy Mitchell's Montecasino photograph, via Wikimedia Commons and Northpoint's Gold Reef City Casino project page. The source photographs are linked for comparison; no venue photographs are bundled in the game.

Sixth pass: surface, light and atmosphere

The architectural materials now show subtle weathering across plaster, stone and copper-green roofs. Separate bump and roughness maps give the surfaces fine relief and control how broadly they reflect light. Dark inset glass is mixed with softly lit windows, while projecting arch surrounds, window frames and cornices cast shadows. Warm entrance uplighting brings out the facade depth without making every wall glow.

A cloudy evening sky, haze and a distant skyline give the stunt a wider setting. The wet ground uses planar reflections of the scene, broken up by irregular puddle coverage. Reflections and stronger contact shadows help connect the car, ramp and buildings to the paving beneath them.

The car gains smoother body shading, a coated silver finish, richer glass, machined wheel surfaces and more detailed tyres. The existing silhouette, selectable wheel styles and scissor doors remain available for inspection. Showroom and Hover study keep their separate studio setting.

Graphics LOW reduces render resolution and disables planar reflections and shadows to reduce the rendering load. This pass changes presentation only; random outcomes, stake handling, settlement and rehearsal safeguards remain unchanged. All new geometry and textures are local procedural assets. External reference photographs remain linked for comparison and are not bundled.

What changed in this build

• More natural materials and lighting. Subtle architectural weathering, recessed windows, warm entrance lights, a cloudy sky and haze add depth. Patchy wet-ground reflections and stronger contact shadows connect the scene, while smoother silver bodywork, glass, wheels and tyres refine the car.
• Selectable Johannesburg landmarks. Montecasino, Gold Reef City and a combined stage join the original test site. The Venue camera reveals the wider setting while the other camera views stay available.
• A real-time 3D presentation. Metallic surfaces, test-site lighting, shadows, fog, ramp geometry and vehicle animation replace the flat main scene on WebGL devices. The original 2D canvas remains available as an automatic fallback; only one scene is displayed at a time, including after context recovery.
• A clearer decision area. Two flight cards sit alongside the scene on desktop and below it on mobile. Stake selection, the locked auto cash-out target and the cash-out button remain part of the same card.
• A deliberate cash-out response. A receipt shows the flight, multiplier and returned demo credits. The wallet and round summary still account for both wins and losses.
• Four rehearsal views. Watch the stunt offers Ramp stunt, Hover study, Showroom and Pressure test without placing a bet. Rehearsal is clearly labelled, disables stake buttons and cannot start while a stake, queued bet or repeat setting is active.
• More control. SPACE handles Flight 1; ENTER handles Flight 2. Camera choices and the Garage change presentation only. A graphics switch reduces render resolution and disables planar reflections and shadows.
• The original demo foundation retained. Dual stakes, repeat limits, wallet reset, auto cash-out and session tracking stay in place. The countdown is now eight seconds. Browser cryptographic randomness replaces Math.random for outcomes; the wallet has a separate storage namespace from the original build.

The next production art pass

1. Commission a detailed vehicle asset. A carefully modelled GLB with wheel arches, cockpit details, underside hardware and multiple levels of detail will improve fidelity more than extra interface effects. The current procedural car is a working concept.
2. Add original sound design. Build a layered electric motor rise, suction fan, short gas transients and a landing thump. The included audio is synthesised; the two short reference clips are silent, so they are not an authentic sound source.
3. Refine suspension and replay. Build on the contact-aware landing with detailed suspension compression and a replay timeline in rehearsal. Keep active cash-out controls stable when the camera moves.
4. Profile on real phones. Check sustained frame rate, thermals, context loss, readability outdoors and touch targets. Desktop browser emulation is useful, but does not replace device testing.
5. Build server authority before any wagering product. This remains a local demo. Production outcomes, settlement, wallet records and reconnect recovery need server authority, an independently verifiable fairness design and appropriate review. Local browser cryptography is not a provably fair protocol.

Colour pass 07

The supplied cyan–blue–violet spectrum is restored in the interface, selected controls and runway LEDs, with gold reserved for wallet and cash-out details. Darker button gradients keep white labels readable. The silver car, red ramp and warm landmark materials remain intact. The palette was visually compared with the current playTSOGO website; this is a colour study, not a certified brand-guideline implementation. Gameplay and settlement modules are unchanged.

Reference sources

Tesla / Roadster Event · Tesla / Roadster page · Flying Roadster / demonstration clips and credited stills · Euronews / event reporting

Eighth pass: contact, release and touchdown

The ramp animation now solves the two tyre contact locations using the model's wheelbase and the actual curved deck. Speed builds smoothly on the approach and falls to zero at the inverted hold. Release, roll and descent are distinct phases. Wheel rotation follows distance travelled rather than running at a constant speed in mid-air.

Watch the stunt → Ramp stunt now plays a complete 14-second rehearsal loop: approach, climb, hold, release, controlled descent, suspension compression and rollout. Live rounds continue into sustained flight. Pulsed jets, irregular vapour, ground-spreading clouds, camera anticipation and a larger pressure burst strengthen the motion.

The footage review used extracted frames from the Ramp and Kickflip edits at half-second intervals, a short acceleration excerpt, Tesla's 86-second design film at three-second intervals, and the first six minutes of CNET's event supercut at three-second intervals. These are five clips/excerpts, several sharing event footage, not five independent demonstrations. The complete review ledger and four real venue photographs are supplied separately as real-world-references.html.

Official Tsogo Sun photographs informed Montecasino's pale stone, flat-topped belfry and separate crenellated square clock tower, and Gold Reef City's ochre finish. All scenery in the game remains original procedural artwork.

This animation pass retains the supplied game's random outcome and settlement code. The approved protected run-up is now applied: the first 2.8 seconds hold at 1.00×, with no crash or cash-out until the car passes half the ramp height.

Ninth pass: official playTSOGO livery

The original white-and-gold logo from the user-supplied official SVG is embedded unchanged. Both doors carry a dark-backed decal that conforms to their curved skin and moves with their scissor hinges. Opposite-side UVs preserve readable lettering. The artwork loads offline and remains unchanged when the body paint is switched.

Eleventh pass: Johannesburg property collection

Ten original 3D architectural studies now form a composed Johannesburg and West Rand boulevard: Montecasino; Palazzo Hotel; Pivot Hotel; Piazza Hotel; Hotel Perte; Gold Reef City Casino; Gold Reef City Hotel; Gold Reef City Theme Park Hotel; Silverstar Casino; and Silverstar Hotel. Choose the complete collection, a precinct, or an individual property in the Backdrop menu. Explore venues frames the selection for inspection.

The official Tsogo Sun hotel directory and its exterior photographs were checked on 20 October 2026. Palazzo's paired towers and water garden, Pivot's arched frontage, Piazza's elevated arcade, Perte's modern bays, the Gold Reef heritage façades, and Silverstar's glazing and pool court inform these models. These are estimated architectural illustrations, not measured digital twins. The arrangement is theatrical, not geographically accurate. Emerald is outside Johannesburg and is not included in this collection.

References: Palazzo · Pivot · Piazza · Hotel Perte · Gold Reef City Hotel · Silverstar. The official photos remain research references and are not bundled into the game.

Twelfth pass: car and sponsor inspection

The supplied side, front-quarter, wheel and raised-door photographs were compared with showroom renders. The long canopy, low wedge nose, shoulder line, wheelbase and five-blade road wheels are retained; the hover-disc setup remains available. Glazing now uses darker tinted reflections, the parked rear wing sits flush, and the exaggerated low rear side marker is replaced by a thin shoulder-height wraparound tail lamp. These are photo-based estimates, not manufacturer CAD.

The original official playTSOGO SVG appears on both hinged doors and as a smaller bonnet decal sampled onto the actual surface. The source artwork is byte-checked against the supplied SVG. Tests cover image loading, opposite-side UV orientation, hinge attachment, inspection views and phone layout. Showroom now provides a closer front-quarter camera and an Other side control. No wagering or timing rules change.

Thirteenth pass: cinematic rendering

HIGH graphics now renders into a linear HDR target with edge-aware output antialiasing, isolates bright light sources into a quarter-resolution bloom pass, and applies a single final filmic display transform. Restrained colour grading and spatial dithering preserve dark gradients. LOW skips the HDR render targets, bloom, reflection and dynamic shadow cost.

A new softbox reflection environment gives the silver body contrasting highlights and dark breaks. Studio inspection gains a satin floor, a tighter contact-shadow rig and subdued planar reflections. Physical headlights, emissive runway and ramp lights, original tyre marks, surface seams and subtle floodlight haze add depth to the stunt scene. The official sponsor artwork and reference-derived vehicle shape remain intact.

Automated checks exercise HDR bloom against pixel samples, resize and LOW bypass, context recovery, mobile layout, reduced motion, and scene rendering. Screenshots are reviewed separately because shader compilation alone cannot prove visual quality. Browser QA is not a sustained frame-rate benchmark on real mobile devices. This is an original procedural real-time concept, not a scanned vehicle or environment.