JTforME V57 — STAGE 99½ JETTA RALLY
Release date: August 31, 2026
Package type: Complete root-level replacement website

SUMMARY
V57 adds a second Carpooling to Hell driving game: Stage 99½ Jetta Rally. The rally is built around the author-supplied photograph of Justin Tahai’s black 1999½ Volkswagen Jetta and is integrated both on the Carpooling to Hell book page and in the Public Accountability Arcade.

NEW PLAYABLE GAME
Title: Carpooling to Hell — Stage 99½ Jetta Rally
Game identity: carpool-rally
First-completion award: 24 arcade tickets
Local game store: jtformeV57JettaRally
Shared arcade store: jtformeArcadeV51

The rally contains three continuous stages:
1. Gravel Intake
2. Muddy Procedure
3. Night Record Run

The player drives 6.0 km toward the childhood exit while collecting source, contact, therapy, school, record, and medical pickups. Rejection, paywall, delay, remand, rock, and pothole hazards reduce speed or record integrity. Drift and turbo systems provide active driving mechanics rather than a reskinned click-through exercise.

THE CAR
The game begins with the supplied 960 × 720 photograph of the actual vehicle. The custom Canvas car drawing preserves the visible identity cues requested by the author:
- black 1999½ Volkswagen Jetta body and silhouette;
- sunroof;
- silver mirror caps;
- silver multi-spoke wheels;
- VW-style round grille badge and grille treatment; and
- the photographed Maine plate text, 9855 MD.

The game does not substitute a convertible or a generic open-top car. Even in top-down play, the roof and sunroof remain visible.

CLOWN BONUS
Generic fictional cartoon clowns occasionally cross the rally line. A collision awards a score and turbo bonus with a squash, squeak, and confetti gag. There is no blood, injury detail, real-person likeness, or claim about any identifiable person. The cabinet states that the effect is fictional arcade slapstick.

CONTROLS
Keyboard:
- A/D or Left/Right: steer
- W or Up: accelerate
- S or Down: brake
- Shift: turbo
- Space: handbrake drift
- P: pause
- R: restart
- M: sound
- F: fullscreen

Pointer and touch:
- six large directional/action controls;
- press-and-hold steering, gas, brake, drift, and turbo;
- direct touch steering on the Canvas;
- mobile-stacked dashboard and controls.

ACCESSIBILITY AND USER CONTROL
- labelled Canvas and control buttons;
- keyboard, pointer, and touch operation;
- visible status announcements;
- pause, restart, instructions, sound toggle, and fullscreen controls;
- reduced-motion handling;
- no account, external service, or remote game dependency;
- progress stored locally in the browser.

SITE INTEGRATION
Updated coordinated surfaces:
- /carpooling-to-hell-book
- /public-accountability-arcade
- /release-center
- /site-directory
- /public-accountability-command-center

Updated discovery/control files:
- accountability-feed.json
- accountability-feed.xml
- data/site-search-index.json
- data/v47-page-registry.json
- image-sitemap.xml

The Public Accountability Arcade now presents 23 visible attractions representing 22 unique scored-game identities. The two dunk-tank presentations intentionally continue to share one progress identity.

PRESERVATION
V56 contained 1,047 files. Every V56 path remains present in V57. V57 adds five production assets and four release-control files, for 1,056 files total. No V56 file was removed.

NEW PRODUCTION ASSETS
- assets/games/carpooling-to-hell-rally/1999-5-vw-jetta-reference.jpg
- assets/games/carpooling-to-hell-rally/1999-5-vw-jetta-reference-960.webp
- assets/games/carpooling-to-hell-rally/1999-5-vw-jetta-reference-480.webp
- css/carpooling-to-hell-rally-v57.css
- js/carpooling-to-hell-rally-v57.js

DEPLOYMENT
Deploy V57 as a complete root-level replacement package. The ZIP does not contain an outer wrapper directory. Retain V56 as the immediate rollback package.