From d9beb0daa6574d9a26a9ed551447a7da094ed353 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: VelocitOni <velocitoni@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Rebalanced GATES gains and reduced boost timers

Reduced top-speed from 100%+ to 75%+, reduced handling buff from 50%+ to 25%+, reduced boost-time on gates to half the time.
---
 src/k_kart.c             | 2 +-
 src/objects/manta-ring.c | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/k_kart.c b/src/k_kart.c
index b09bc740d..ee7b0b62b 100644
--- a/src/k_kart.c
+++ b/src/k_kart.c
@@ -3293,7 +3293,7 @@ static void K_GetKartBoostPower(player_t *player)
 
 	if (player->gateBoost) // SPB Juicebox boost
 	{
-		ADDBOOST(FRACUNIT, 4*FRACUNIT, sliptidehandling); // + 100% top speed, + 400% acceleration, +50% handling
+		ADDBOOST(3*FRACUNIT/4, 4*FRACUNIT, sliptidehandling/2); // + 75% top speed, + 400% acceleration, +25% handling
 	}
 
 	if (player->ringboost) // Ring Boost
diff --git a/src/objects/manta-ring.c b/src/objects/manta-ring.c
index 2a5ed538c..7a352cabc 100644
--- a/src/objects/manta-ring.c
+++ b/src/objects/manta-ring.c
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static void Obj_MantaCollide(mobj_t *manta, mobj_t *other)
 
 	if (other->player != NULL)
 	{
-		other->player->gateBoost += addBoost;
+		other->player->gateBoost += addBoost/2;
 
 		if (P_IsDisplayPlayer(other->player) == true)
 		{