diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index 2098f1e..a39e9cb 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -417,8 +417,11 @@ window.CONFIG = {
         spreadKm: 45,             // gaussian sigma around the motorway network
         spreadFloor: 0.30,        // share that far side roads keep
         speed: 1.0,               // flow speed multiplier
-        density: 0.5,             // vehicle density multiplier
+        density: 0.25,            // vehicle density multiplier
         brightness: 0.78,         // vehicle light intensity (60 % of 1.3)
+        motorwayDensity: 0.95,    // share of the density budget on motorways/trunk
+        sideDensity: 0.35,        // share of the density budget on primary/secondary/tertiary
+        sideDashFactor: 3.2,      // wider spacing on side roads: fewer local cars
         // Time-based traffic profile. Values are multipliers around the
         // configured density. Times are local scene-clock hours.
         timeProfile: {
@@ -441,6 +444,7 @@ window.CONFIG = {
             // timeProfile: { morningGain: 0.8, eveningGain: 1.0, nightReduction: 0.85 }
         }
         // speed: 2.0, density: 0.6, brightness: 1.0
+        // density: 0.25, motorwayDensity: 1.0, sideDensity: 0.25, sideDashFactor: 4.0
     },
 
     // ------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/vendor/clouds3d.js b/vendor/clouds3d.js
index 9863925..2053cde 100644
--- a/vendor/clouds3d.js
+++ b/vendor/clouds3d.js
@@ -3453,8 +3453,11 @@ var CAR_M_DASH = carMetres(CAR_TUN.dashM || 620);
 // drive slower -> 0.017 slots/s (~68 km/h at 1116 m spacing). Their peak
 // density sits below the motorway peak and the gaussian falloff shapes it
 // further by distance to the nearest motorway.
-var CAR_M_SPEED = 0.055 * CAR_SPEED, CAR_M_DENS = 0.85 * CAR_DENS;
-var CAR_B_DASH = CAR_M_DASH * 2.4, CAR_B_SPEED = 0.017 * CAR_SPEED, CAR_B_DENS = 0.85 * CAR_DENS;
+var CAR_MOTORWAY_DENSITY = (typeof CAR_TUN.motorwayDensity === 'number') ? Math.max(0, Math.min(1.5, CAR_TUN.motorwayDensity)) : 0.95;
+var CAR_SIDE_DENSITY = (typeof CAR_TUN.sideDensity === 'number') ? Math.max(0, Math.min(1.5, CAR_TUN.sideDensity)) : 0.35;
+var CAR_SIDE_DASH_FACTOR = (typeof CAR_TUN.sideDashFactor === 'number') ? Math.max(1.0, Math.min(8.0, CAR_TUN.sideDashFactor)) : 3.2;
+var CAR_M_SPEED = 0.055 * CAR_SPEED, CAR_M_DENS = CAR_MOTORWAY_DENSITY * CAR_DENS;
+var CAR_B_DASH = CAR_M_DASH * CAR_SIDE_DASH_FACTOR, CAR_B_SPEED = 0.017 * CAR_SPEED, CAR_B_DENS = CAR_SIDE_DENSITY * CAR_DENS;
 var carGeo = null;         // { motorway: packedChains, secondary: packedChains }
 var carVboM = null, carCountM = 0;
 var carVboB = null, carCountB = 0;
@@ -4711,7 +4714,7 @@ function buildCarGeometry(chainsM, chainsB, ts, cfg, places) {
         var mw = cfg.CAR_FLOOR + (1 - cfg.CAR_FLOOR) * Math.exp(-t * t);
         // Side roads are sparse unless they are near the A-net or a town.
         // Motorways/settlements get the bulk; remote secondary roads stay faint.
-        return Math.min(1, 0.20 + 0.55 * mw + 0.60 * st);
+        return Math.min(1, 0.12 + 0.72 * mw + 0.38 * st);
     }
     function build(polys, withField, dash) {
         var li, i, segs = 0, totalLen = 0;