Drift: ride the edge
A car races down a winding road, always heading left or right. One tap turns it the other way. Stay on the road, hug the edge for points, and beat the player racing beside you.
How to play
- Tap anywhere on the game to turn from left to right and back. A finger, a mouse click and the space bar all do the same thing.
- Turn before each corner so the road comes to meet you. Leave it too late and you run off, go back to the start, and lose a second of the clock.
- Keep going until the 30 seconds end. The other player is on the same road as a dashed square, so you can see exactly where they went wrong or got ahead.
How the score works
You score for distance, and every moment close to the edge adds more, finely measured so that two runs almost never match. Hugging the line is worth far more than sitting in the middle, and it is also how you run off the road. Only your best attempt in the 30 seconds counts.
Tips
- Look further up the road than feels natural. By the time a corner reaches the car, the turn is already late.
- Start in the middle while you learn the hour, then move out towards the edges once the corners are familiar.
- The road narrows as the run goes on. A line that was safe at ten seconds will not be safe at twenty-five.
- A short clean attempt that ends late beats three that end early, because the score builds fastest once you are moving well.
Questions
Do I need to download anything?
No. It plays in your browser, on a phone or a computer, and there is nothing to install or sign up for before your first game.
What happens when I go off the road?
Your attempt ends, the same road starts again from the top, and a second is gone from the clock. Your best attempt is the one that counts, so a crash is never the end of the run.
Is the road the same for everyone?
Yes, for the whole hour. Everyone on the ladder races the same corners, and a new road arrives on the hour.