From 67536f525a8ffab2d8afef945a3d23d1e2b4411f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: coco875 <59367621+coco875@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 19:06:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Update render_player.c (#603)

---
 src/render_player.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/render_player.c b/src/render_player.c
index 9e53f060e..b8bd8bc27 100644
--- a/src/render_player.c
+++ b/src/render_player.c
@@ -1350,9 +1350,9 @@ void render_kart(Player* player, s8 playerId, s8 screenId, s8 flipOffset) {
 #endif
     if ((screenId == 0) || (screenId == 1)) {
         sKartTexture = gEncodedKartTexture[D_801651D0[screenId][playerId]][screenId][playerId].unk_00;
-        // gross hack to match original behavior
+        // Texture not loaded yet - load it synchronously into the current buffer slot
         if (sKartTexture == NULL) {
-            load_kart_texture(player, playerId, screenId, screenId, 1);
+            load_kart_texture(player, playerId, screenId, screenId, D_801651D0[screenId][playerId]);
             sKartTexture = gEncodedKartTexture[D_801651D0[screenId][playerId]][screenId][playerId].unk_00;
         }
     } else {