Rocket Racers

Tips for Rocket Racers

Races in Rocket Racers can be won at the very start. Hold the gas as the lights go green for a rocket start and you leave the grid ahead of the other three cars. After that, staying on the road through the bends and jumps matters more than flat-out speed, so ease off or brake before the tight corners instead of sliding wide.

Drive through the crates whenever you can, and think about when to use what you get. Missiles and mines are meant for the cars ahead of you, so save them until there is a car in front of you to aim at. There are six items in all, and each one works best when the moment is right rather than the instant you get it. Coins come from your finishing place and the pick-ups on the way, and league points open new tracks as you climb from Bronze towards Diamond. Each car in the garage has its own top speed, acceleration, handling and weight, so if a track keeps catching you out, try a car with better handling.

How to play Rocket Racers

Rocket Racers is a race against three computer cars on a point-to-point track, and the goal is to cross the line first. Pick one of the tracks that are open and a car from the garage, and wait for the lights. As they go green, hold the gas for a rocket start. Then keep the car on the road through the bends and jumps, braking before tight corners instead of sliding wide.

Crates sit along the road. Drive through one and you get one of six items: a missile, a pair of mines, a nitro, a shield, an EMP or a mud splash, which you fire when the moment is right. At the finish you earn coins for your place and for the pick-ups along the way, plus league points that move you from the Bronze League through Silver, Gold and Platinum to Diamond. New tracks open as your league points grow, and your best time on each track is kept on the device. Coins go towards new cars, paint and hats in the garage.

On a keyboard, up or W is the gas, down or S brakes and reverses, left and right or A and D steer, and Space fires your item. P or Esc pauses. On a phone or tablet, the steering buttons sit under your left thumb, with the GAS and BRAKE pedals and the FIRE button under your right.

About Rocket Racers

Rocket Racers is an arcade combat racer in 3D, where driving well and using your items well matter just as much. It grew out of a racing prototype that Kiloo, the Danish games studio in Aarhus that co-created Subway Surfers with SYBO Games, made in 2015, and it is now a full racing game for the browser.

The game suits players who like kart-style racing with a bit of mischief: four cars to a race, a handful of keys or buttons, and a missile or a mud splash that can change the order at any moment. The eight tracks span five worlds, from Alpine Pass and Glacier Run in the snow and ice through Dusty Gulch and Mesa Sunset in the desert and Jungle Falls under the waterfalls to Palm Harbour and Midnight Lagoon on the coast, with Frostbite Night running the Alpine Pass road backwards at night. The fourteen cars differ in top speed, acceleration, handling and weight, so choosing one is part of the plan, and the leagues give you a clear path from your first race to Diamond.

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