This release features the following improvements over version 0.7 :
- Particle (smoke, splash, fire) and weather effects
- New Fort Magma by Samuncle, new Shiny Suburbs track by Horace
- Renamed many tracks to nicer names
- Added internet news
- Added optional minimal race UI
- Added support for full-screen anti-aliasing
- Support for live language switch
- Clearer multiplayer setup
- Basic level-of-detail (LOD) support
- Debug features for track makers
- Temporary invincibility after being hit
- Replace more sounds to be DFSG-compliant
- New Beagle kart by wolterh
- Fixed character names that contain non-ASCII characters
- Full RTL (right to left) support
- Various other tweaks done and glitches fixed
Note that all translators should now head over to Launchpad and make sure all translations are as complete as possible!
Thanks to everyone who made this release possible!
Joerg and Auria (April 4, 2011)