diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index 7bdfba9..fefc843 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 =========== GENERAL ==============
 
+- car shadow?
 - sound engine: probably all SFX will be procedurally generated, ok?
 - allow slowing down in air like in TM?
 - music?
@@ -7,10 +8,6 @@
     that be played by the frontend just ALL the time (maybe with the option in
     menu to just turn music off) -- simple frontends can just ignore music
 - allow car to be flipped upside down on start? with start block transform
-- make a simple rendering setting:
-  - will exclude images and only draw solid colors, let's say only 16, so that
-    memory usage is reduced, CPU rendering is relieved, executable is smaller
-    AND frontend doesn't have to use RGB565 (it can basically choose any mode).
 - camera behavior? what if car is riding upside down (on magnet) etc?
 - compile time option to choose how many maps to include (for platforms with
   lower memory)
@@ -33,6 +30,10 @@
 =========== HANDLED ==============
 
 - allow stopping car rotation in air like in Trackmania
+- make a simple rendering setting:
+  - will exclude images and only draw solid colors, let's say only 16, so that
+    memory usage is reduced, CPU rendering is relieved, executable is smaller
+    AND frontend doesn't have to use RGB565 (it can basically choose any mode).
 - drifting: passing some upper threshold on steering force should reduce
   steering friction until reaching some some lower threshold again probably
 - maybe allow some more air control, like slowing down with brakes, like in TM
diff --git a/assets.h b/assets.h
index b52b14d..4d1c2ee 100644
--- a/assets.h
+++ b/assets.h
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ static const char *LCR_maps[] =
 
   "#;p0w0L #f5130" // bugs
 
-  "#=f0s0 #fd110" // small labyrinth
-  "#=c0p0 #fd110"
+  "#>f0s0 #fd110" // small labyrinth
+  "#oc0p0 #fd110"
   "#=f0s0 #f11d0"
   "#=c0p0 #f11d0"
 
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ uint16_t LCR_getFontChar(char c)
 #define LCR_IMAGE_GROUND_FAN      7
 #define LCR_IMAGE_CAR             20
 
+#if !LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
 static const uint8_t LCR_images[] =
 {
   // 0: wall concrete
@@ -2178,7 +2179,7 @@ static const uint8_t LCR_images[] =
   0xe6,0xed,0xf1,0xfc,0xae,0xfa,0x89,0xf7,0x6b,0xc2,0xc2,0xe9,0xee,0xa7,0xa7,0xb5,
   0xb5,0xb5,0xa7,0xa7,0xf9,0xee,0xf9,0xe9,0xf7,0x89,0xf6,0xae,0xd2,0xf1,0xff,0xe6,
   0xff,0xfe,0xfd,0xed,0xfb,0xed,0xf1,0xf8,0xeb,0xf6,0xf5,0xf4,0xf3,0xf2,0xed,0xf0,
-  // 7: ground sticker
+  // 7: ground fan
   0x2c,0x63,0x4d,0x6b,0x08,0x42,0x00,0x00,0x08,0x00,0x10,0x00,0x18,0x00,0x00,0x01,
   0x08,0x01,0x10,0x01,0x18,0x01,0x00,0x02,0x08,0x02,0x10,0x02,0x18,0x02,0x00,0x03,
   0x08,0x03,0x10,0x03,0x18,0x03,0x00,0x04,0x08,0x04,0x10,0x04,0x18,0x04,0x00,0x05,
@@ -6225,9 +6226,11 @@ static const uint8_t LCR_images[] =
   0x15,0x15,0x15,0x15,0x15,0x15,0x15,0xa5,0xf7,0xcd,0xcd,0xcd,0xcd,0xcd,0xcd,0xfb,
   0x00,0xec,0xb6,0xb6,0xce,0x00,0xa5,0xa5,0x00,0x00,0xec,0xa5,0x01,0xcc,0xc1,0xc1
 };
+#endif // LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
 
 void LCR_loadImage(unsigned int index)
 {
+#if !LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
   LCR_currentImage.image = LCR_images + index * LCR_IMAGE_STORE_SIZE;
 
   for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i)
@@ -6239,6 +6242,7 @@ void LCR_loadImage(unsigned int index)
   }
 
   LCR_currentImage.pixel = LCR_currentImage.image;
+#endif
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/renderer.h b/renderer.h
index 6095838..af0c76b 100644
--- a/renderer.h
+++ b/renderer.h
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 #define S3L_NEAR_CROSS_STRATEGY 1
 #define S3L_Z_BUFFER 1
 
+#if LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
+  #define S3L_PERSPECTIVE_CORRECTION 0
+  #define S3L_NEAR_CROSS_STRATEGY 1
+  #define S3L_FLAT 1
+#endif
+
 #include "small3dlib.h"
 
 /// Renderer specific unit, length of one map square.
@@ -190,6 +196,47 @@ void LCR_rendererDrawText(const char *text, int x, int y, uint16_t color,
 
 void _LCR_pixelFunc3D(S3L_PixelInfo *pixel)
 {
+#if LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
+  // simple shader for simplified graphics
+
+  if (pixel->triangleID != LCR_renderer.previousTriID)
+  {
+    LCR_renderer.previousTriID = pixel->triangleID;
+    LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent = 0x630c; // base gray
+
+    if (pixel->modelIndex < 8)
+    {
+      uint8_t tData =
+        (LCR_renderer.mapTriangleData +
+          LCR_renderer.chunkStarts[LCR_renderer.loadedChunks[
+            pixel->modelIndex]])[pixel->triangleIndex];
+
+      switch (tData & 0x0f)
+      {
+        case 3:  LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent &= ~(0x3008); break; // grass
+        case 4:  LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent &= ~(0x0408); break; // mud
+        case 5:  LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent |= 0x0010;    break; // ice
+        case 6:  LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent |= 0x8080;    break; // acc
+        case 7:  LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent &= ~(0x4208); break; // fan
+        default: break;
+      }
+
+      tData &= 0x30;
+
+      LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent |= 
+        (((uint16_t) (tData)) >> 4) |
+        (((uint16_t) (tData)) << 2) |
+        (((uint16_t) (tData)) << 7);
+    }
+    else
+      LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent >>= 1; // car, darken
+
+    LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent += pixel->triangleIndex % 4;
+  }
+
+  LCR_drawPixelXYUnsafe(pixel->x,pixel->y,LCR_renderer.flatAndTransparent);
+
+#else // LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
   // once we get a new triangle, we precompute things for it:
   if (pixel->triangleID != LCR_renderer.previousTriID)
   {
@@ -352,6 +399,7 @@ void _LCR_pixelFunc3D(S3L_PixelInfo *pixel)
 #endif
 
   LCR_drawPixelXYUnsafe(pixel->x,pixel->y,color);
+#endif // LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
 }
 
 S3L_Index _LCR_rendererAddMapVert(S3L_Unit x, S3L_Unit y, S3L_Unit z)
@@ -1199,6 +1247,10 @@ void LCR_rendererDrawSky(int sky, S3L_Unit offsetH, S3L_Unit offsetV)
 {
   LCR_LOG2("drawing sky");
 
+#if LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
+  LCR_rendererDrawRect(0,0,LCR_EFFECTIVE_RESOLUTION_X,
+    LCR_EFFECTIVE_RESOLUTION_Y,0x7bfd,0);
+#else
   int anchorPoint[2], y;
   unsigned long pixelIndex;
   unsigned int topColor, bottomColor;
@@ -1319,6 +1371,7 @@ void LCR_rendererDrawSky(int sky, S3L_Unit offsetH, S3L_Unit offsetV)
 
     y++;
   }
+#endif
 }
 
 void _LCR_rendererLoadMapChunk(uint8_t chunk, int8_t x, int8_t y, int8_t z)
@@ -1672,7 +1725,31 @@ void LCR_rendererDraw(void)
   LCR_rendererDrawLOD();
 
   LCR_LOG2("gonna render 3D scene");
+
+#if LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
+  /* in potato mode we render twice so that car is always in front of the
+     level model (lack of precise depth causes artifacts otherwise) */
+
+  LCR_renderer.carModel->config.visible = 0;
+  LCR_renderer.ghostModel->config.visible = 0;
+
   S3L_drawScene(LCR_renderer.scene);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < LCR_renderer.scene.modelCount; ++i)
+    LCR_renderer.scene.models[i].config.visible = 0;
+
+  LCR_renderer.carModel->config.visible = 1;
+  LCR_renderer.ghostModel->config.visible = 1;
+
+  S3L_newFrame();
+  S3L_drawScene(LCR_renderer.scene);
+
+  for (int i = 0; i < LCR_renderer.scene.modelCount; ++i)
+    LCR_renderer.scene.models[i].config.visible = 1;
+#else
+  S3L_drawScene(LCR_renderer.scene);
+#endif
+
   LCR_LOG2("rendering 3D scene done");
  
   LCR_renderer.frame++;
diff --git a/settings.h b/settings.h
index ed2b1e5..3a3b9c1 100644
--- a/settings.h
+++ b/settings.h
@@ -164,4 +164,10 @@
   #define LCR_SETTING_DEBUG_PHYSICS_DRAW 0
 #endif
 
+#ifndef LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS
+  /** Setting this will turn on very simple graphics without textures and etc.,
+    can be good for very weak devices. */
+  #define LCR_SETTING_POTATO_GRAPHICS 0
+#endif
+
 #endif // guard