Ok, here's an idea. You guys already have the little grid dots to show the break changes but, they are always oriented east to west or west to east. Perhaps a button could be added to the game that would allow us to select, at will, the orientation of the dots. Default would be east/west. Click it again to change it North/South so we can see the dots rushing towards us or moving away. Click it again and it returns to the east/west orientation. That would help folks like blues (or those who just don't get the color grid at all) see the uphill/downhill a lot better.
Does that make any sense?
*edit* Just please don't put them ALL on the screen at once! omg lag :(