3D Car Racing Game

In weight, power, drive and grip. The grand tourer is the fastest but, with rear-wheel drive, the easiest to spin; the hatchback is light and nimble; the pickup and the van are heavy and hard to knock off line. On track the lap times differ by a few percent.

Medals are measured against the lap of a top-level computer driver in the same car: within 3% — gold, within 10% — silver, within 20% — bronze. Your best lap is saved and drives next to you as a ghost next time.

Yes. The Kids level keeps the throttle on, brakes before corners, steers along the road when the wheel is let go, and puts the car back on track if it gets stuck. The rivals there are slower and wait for anyone who falls behind.

Choose 2 players and the screen splits in two. Player one uses WASD (handbrake Space, nitro Shift), player two the arrows (handbrake /, nitro right Shift). Connected gamepads work by themselves.

Press R (on a phone, the ⟲ button at the top): the car is put back on the track a little behind and is “see-through” to the others for a couple of seconds.

By default the graphics adapt by themselves: first the resolution drops, then the shadows. You can also pick Fast in the settings straight away — the track looks simpler, but the game runs smoother. The lightest option for a device is the top-down view (2D): turn it on in the menu or on pause.

The race is the same: tracks, cars, physics, rivals and records are shared. In 3D the camera sits behind the car; in 2D you look at the track from above and see the corners coming. Switch the view in the menu or on pause — the race is not interrupted.