diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fb78d0e..e4192ae 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "rocketsim_rs"
 description = "Rust bindings for the RocketSim project"
-version = "0.30.0"
+version = "0.30.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT"
 repository = "https://github.com/VirxEC/rocketsim-rs"
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ cxx-build = "1.0.122"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
+codegen-units = 1
+panic = "abort"
 
 [features]
 default = ["debug_logging", "bin"]
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index a3da452..76c5a9c 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ fn main() {
 
     if !cfg!(debug_assertions) {
         builder.define("RS_MAX_SPEED", "1");
+        builder.flag_if_supported("-flto=thin");
+        builder.opt_level_str("3");
     }
 
     builder
diff --git a/examples/real_bench.rs b/examples/real_bench.rs
index 8abc453..cc4e886 100644
--- a/examples/real_bench.rs
+++ b/examples/real_bench.rs
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 fn main() {
-    const TICKS: u32 = 50000;
+    const TICKS: u32 = 200_000;
 
     // load in assets
     rocketsim_rs::init(None);
diff --git a/examples/thread_bench.rs b/examples/thread_bench.rs
index be39f42..725e55f 100644
--- a/examples/thread_bench.rs
+++ b/examples/thread_bench.rs
@@ -2,18 +2,16 @@ use rocketsim_rs::sim::{Arena, CarConfig, Team};
 use std::time::Instant;
 
 fn main() {
-    const TICKS: u32 = 250_000;
+    const TICKS: u32 = 1_000_000;
 
     // load in assets
     rocketsim_rs::init(None);
 
     let mut arena = Arena::default_standard();
 
-    let _ = arena.pin_mut().add_car(Team::Blue, CarConfig::octane());
     let _ = arena.pin_mut().add_car(Team::Blue, CarConfig::octane());
     let _ = arena.pin_mut().add_car(Team::Blue, CarConfig::octane());
 
-    let _ = arena.pin_mut().add_car(Team::Orange, CarConfig::octane());
     let _ = arena.pin_mut().add_car(Team::Orange, CarConfig::octane());
     let _ = arena.pin_mut().add_car(Team::Orange, CarConfig::octane());