- maximum spaceship speed increased to approx. 70,000 km/hour.
- added "Exit to Main Menu" button to in-game pause menu.
- "New Game" asynchronous load system is now automatic.
- spaceship speed updated. UI element now displays current speed.
- improved engine particle systems.
- lightmaps are now uncompressed to reduce total number of artifacts.
- increased lightmapping resolution to 1024x1024.
- fixed a bug related to setting the shadow distance programatically.
- some of the in-game graphics options are now set to reflect your saved settings.