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Racing: free online car game

Little cars seen from above, drifts through the corners and five rivals fighting for the podium. A championship with cups, circuits and cars to unlock, turbos and coins on the track, time trial and a new circuit every day. Free, no account needed.

How to play

• The car accelerates by itself. On a phone, press the big left and right buttons to steer and the middle button to brake. On a computer, use the arrow keys or A and D to steer and S to brake.
• To drift, brake while turning (or press the space bar, the handbrake): the rear slides out and the car turns faster through the corner. Off the tarmac you lose speed, and the tyre walls and rails bounce you back.
• Each race is 3 laps and starts with the lights: three reds, then go on green! You can push other cars around, but they push back. The van and the off-roader are heavier.
• In the Grand Prix, only podium finishes score: 1000 per level, plus 600 for 1st, 300 for 2nd and 100 for 3rd. In time trial, the faster your best lap, the more points. The Circuit of the day combines position and total time.
• In the Championship you race 4 times in a row and each place scores: 10, 8, 6, 5, 4 and 3. Most points takes the cup (Bronze on Easy, Silver on Normal, Gold on Hard). The Bronze Cup unlocks the Douro circuit and the Pick-up; the Silver Cup, the Airfield and the Prototype. On the leaderboard you get 1000 points per level plus 10 for each championship point. You can leave halfway: the championship is saved.
• In the Championship and in the Grand Prix with bonuses there are things to grab: turbo pads give a few seconds of extra speed (to rivals too) and the golden V coins give one more star at the end if you collect at least 60%. Time trial and the Circuit of the day have no bonuses.

Where motor racing comes from

The first recorded motoring competition was Paris–Rouen, on 22 July 1894: about 126 km on French roads. It was more a reliability trial than a race, and the judges rewarded the safest and easiest cars to drive, not the first to arrive.

In the following years came city-to-city races, faster and faster. The 1903 Paris–Madrid was stopped at Bordeaux because of the many accidents, and racing then moved to closed circuits. The 24 Hours of Le Mans was first run in 1923, and the first world drivers’ championship began in 1950 at Silverstone, England.

In Portugal, the world championship Grand Prix was first held on road circuits: Boavista in Porto (1958 and 1960) and Monsanto in Lisbon (1959). The Estoril circuit opened in 1972 and hosted the Portuguese Grand Prix from 1984 to 1996. It was there that Ayrton Senna won his first world championship race, in the rain, in 1985.

Free game, no betting and no prizes. The circuits and cars are made up. Your race is saved on this device.