Power-ups

Glowing, rotating boxes are placed around the track (one every generator.powerup-every-blocks, default 40 blocks). Drive over one to trigger it. Boxes recharge after powerups.respawn-seconds (default 8).

Self buffs

Power-up	Effect
Speed	A burst of extra speed (boosts the vehicle in car mode).
Jump	A jump boost.
Dash	An instant forward dash (powerups.dash-strength).
Shield	Absorbs the next attack aimed at you.

Traps — aimed at the racer ahead

Power-up	Effect on the leader ahead
Slow	Slows their movement (slows their vehicle in car mode).
Blind	Blindness.
Confusion	Nausea / confusion.

A trap rolled by the current leader turns into a self-speed boost instead, so the front runner is never stuck with a useless pickup.

Tuning the odds

Each type has a probability weight in config.yml (set a weight to 0 to disable it):

powerups:
  enabled: true
  respawn-seconds: 8
  effect-duration-seconds: 6
  dash-strength: 2.2
  weights:
    SPEED_BOOST: 25
    JUMP_BOOST: 15
    DASH: 15
    SHIELD: 15
    SLOW_TRAP: 12
    BLIND: 8
    CONFUSION: 10

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