diff --git a/Game/scenes/HUD.tscn b/Game/scenes/HUD.tscn
index 6228ac29..c38b96ca 100644
--- a/Game/scenes/HUD.tscn
+++ b/Game/scenes/HUD.tscn
@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@ text = "0 - 0"
 horizontal_alignment = 1
 
 [node name="Instruments" type="Control" parent="Control"]
+process_mode = 1
 layout_mode = 1
 anchors_preset = 15
 anchor_right = 1.0
diff --git a/Game/scripts/hud_attitude_indicator.gd b/Game/scripts/hud_attitude_indicator.gd
index 6aea1420..b19dfba3 100644
--- a/Game/scripts/hud_attitude_indicator.gd
+++ b/Game/scripts/hud_attitude_indicator.gd
@@ -26,11 +26,19 @@ func set_attitude(pitch_deg: float, roll_deg: float) -> void:
 	_target_roll = roll_deg
 
 
+# Below this, both axes have visually settled — skip the redraw.
+const REDRAW_EPSILON_DEG := 0.05
+
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	var t := _smoothing_weight(delta)
-	_pitch = lerpf(_pitch, _target_pitch, t)
-	_roll = lerp_angle_deg(_roll, _target_roll, t)
-	queue_redraw()
+	var new_pitch := lerpf(_pitch, _target_pitch, t)
+	var new_roll := lerp_angle_deg(_roll, _target_roll, t)
+	var changed := absf(new_pitch - _pitch) > REDRAW_EPSILON_DEG \
+		or absf(angle_delta_deg(_roll, new_roll)) > REDRAW_EPSILON_DEG
+	_pitch = new_pitch
+	_roll = new_roll
+	if changed:
+		queue_redraw()
 
 
 func _draw() -> void:
diff --git a/Game/scripts/hud_gauge.gd b/Game/scripts/hud_gauge.gd
index 4aba4fc9..55cc9290 100644
--- a/Game/scripts/hud_gauge.gd
+++ b/Game/scripts/hud_gauge.gd
@@ -26,8 +26,14 @@ func set_value(value: float) -> void:
 
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	var t := _smoothing_weight(delta)
-	_value = lerpf(_value, _target, t)
-	queue_redraw()
+	var new_value := lerpf(_value, _target, t)
+	# Redraw threshold scales with the gauge's own range so it stays
+	# imperceptible whether this is a 0-12 altitude gauge or a 0-100 thrust
+	# bar, while skipping the redraw once the lerp has visually settled.
+	var changed := absf(new_value - _value) > max_value * 0.001
+	_value = new_value
+	if changed:
+		queue_redraw()
 
 
 func _draw() -> void:
diff --git a/Game/scripts/hud_heading_tape.gd b/Game/scripts/hud_heading_tape.gd
index df5a811c..858b6151 100644
--- a/Game/scripts/hud_heading_tape.gd
+++ b/Game/scripts/hud_heading_tape.gd
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@ func set_heading(heading_deg: float) -> void:
 	_target_heading = heading_deg
 
 
+# Below this, the tape has visually settled — skip the redraw.
+const REDRAW_EPSILON_DEG := 0.05
+
 func _process(delta: float) -> void:
 	var t := _smoothing_weight(delta)
-	_heading = fmod(lerp_angle_deg(_heading, _target_heading, t) + 360.0, 360.0)
-	queue_redraw()
+	var new_heading := fmod(lerp_angle_deg(_heading, _target_heading, t) + 360.0, 360.0)
+	var changed := absf(angle_delta_deg(_heading, new_heading)) > REDRAW_EPSILON_DEG
+	_heading = new_heading
+	if changed:
+		queue_redraw()
 
 
 func _draw() -> void:
diff --git a/Game/scripts/hud_instrument.gd b/Game/scripts/hud_instrument.gd
index 4b2c022f..4817c976 100644
--- a/Game/scripts/hud_instrument.gd
+++ b/Game/scripts/hud_instrument.gd
@@ -13,5 +13,13 @@ static func lerp_angle_deg(from: float, to: float, weight: float) -> float:
 	return rad_to_deg(lerp_angle(deg_to_rad(from), deg_to_rad(to), weight))
 
 
+# Shortest signed distance from `from` to `to` in degrees, wrapped to
+# [-180, 180]. Use this (never a plain subtraction) to decide whether an
+# angle that wraps around (heading, roll) has moved enough to redraw —
+# a naive delta gives a false-large jump at the 0/360 boundary.
+static func angle_delta_deg(from: float, to: float) -> float:
+	return wrapf(to - from, -180.0, 180.0)
+
+
 func _smoothing_weight(delta: float) -> float:
 	return 1.0 - exp(-SMOOTHING * delta)  # frame-rate independent
diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 94f2528d..36ce1c23 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ Bugs found in an adversarial review. None are gameplay- or physics-affecting, so
 
 ## Performance
 
-- [x] Gate `Ship._emit_telemetry_data()` — it runs `get_euler()` + trig per ship per physics tick for every ship, including AI ships nobody displays and `--headless` training where no HUD exists. Gate on having signal connections, and `set_physics_process(false)` when headless (`arena_boundary.gd` already does this correctly for its `_process`).
-- [ ] Stop the HUD instruments redrawing once settled: all five `queue_redraw()` every frame forever, re-recording canvas items with `draw_string` glyph work, and `HUD.tscn` sets `process_mode = 3` so it continues while paused.
 - [ ] Shared per-team materials instead of `Ship._apply_team_color()` allocating a fresh `StandardMaterial3D` and assigning it as `material_override` (and running at least twice per ship — once from `_ready`, once from the `team` setter). Removes the allocation and lets same-team ships batch.
 - [ ] Merge each goal's visuals into one `ArrayMesh` with a hull surface and a net surface — currently 11 `MeshInstance3D`s and 4 materials per goal, ~22 draw calls for a static prop. `arena_boundary.gd:333` already demonstrates the `SurfaceTool` technique in this codebase.
 - [ ] Merge the four non-tinted ship meshes (Hull/Canopy/EngineGlowL/R) into one — 6 draw calls per ship down to 3. Irrelevant at 1v1; 36 calls before VFX at 3v3.