vroom vroom, Devlog 14: WE’RE NEARLY THEREEE!!

im sooo closee to finishing this projectt! im actually soo happy with how things are coming along! although working on this messed up my sleep schedule very badly its really all been worth it.

singapore quali testing went better than i expected, with the issues really just being the join live button hiding behind the hero cuz i forgot how to do basic css and the session end and live mode exit feeling very jarring as it ended immediately when the session ended, which combined with the F1 TV broadcast being off by aprox. 30 seconds, made the transition feel off. both of these have been fixed (more info below)!

once again, im too tired to write another explanation for all the changes and updates i did, so its time to let github release notes me speak lol

updates and changes in this build (tag 1.0.0-beta)

1. After a session ends, the app no longer leaves live mode immediately, rather it freezes final data (after 5 mins of wait to ensure all data is final) and waits until the user manually clicks exit live. this is to avoid the transition from live mode back to countdown from being very jarring, especially considering that F1 TV stream is delayed by a varying number of seconds.

2. added car status badges in the tower (these indicate if a car/driver is out, retired, in pit, or eliminated, and greys them out accordingly)!

3. animations in the tower! these indicate when a driver changes positions (either by overtaking/getting overtaken in race/sprint, or setting faster laps in practice/qualis). by obvious reasons, these project better in live mode than in demo mode (the whole thing is sped up x3, its an animation party lol).

also didnt mention this in github but i added an about button in the app so its easier to find the build version

yes you heard that right, this aint a DEV build, im confident enough in this build to finally upgrade the app to beta! if everything goes well tomorrow during the race, im finally releasing v1 and shipping this project!

and if you ask why i just tested with quali and not with the sprint as i promised, eeeeh i may or may not have completely missed my alarm and slept through the sprint… DONT BLAME ME IM TIRED AF