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Chicane Surge

Eighteen circuits · Drift · Boost · Overtake

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  • No install — plays in your browser

About the game

Eighteen hand-built circuits, six cars to unlock, dual-stick controls, and bodywork that bends every time you touch another car.

An original arcade racer built for seatback in-flight entertainment. Steer with the left stick and work the pedals with the right — or plug in a controller, wired or Bluetooth. Hold DRIFT through a corner to fill the nitro bar, then spend it in three stages: a regular boost, a Perfect Nitro if you re-trigger inside the lit window, and a Shockwave that wrecks any rival you touch.

THE TOUR is eighteen circuits, each with its own layout, its own sky and its own challenge: heavy traffic, a wet track, tunnels, fog, a blackout, crosswind, ice, banked bowls, jumps, an elimination race and a six-lap endurance run. Finish one to open the next; your finishing position is your medal, and every circuit has a target time to beat.

Cars are solid. Contact bends the bodywork, a damaged car is slower and holds a corner worse, and a body at zero retires the run. Pods in the lanes put it right and bolt parts on for the rest of the race — power, grip, nitro and a shield.

Six cars in the GARAGE, unlocked across the tour, each with real differences in top speed, acceleration, grip and nitro. Also four classic modes on a free circuit, a Track Builder, and a two-player race over the net. Entirely offline, in a single file.

How to play

  1. Steer with the LEFT stick. The car accelerates on its own, so you can drive with one thumb — or use the RIGHT stick for the pedals.
  2. Drifting fills the nitro bar. The tighter the corner and the faster you carry it, the quicker it fills. Chain corners to keep it climbing.
  3. Tap NITRO with one full segment to boost. Tap again while the bar's bright window is lit for a Perfect Nitro — a longer, faster boost.
  4. With all three segments full, hold NITRO for a Shockwave: top speed plus a blast that wrecks any rival you touch.
  5. Hit a ramp off-centre or while drifting to barrel roll. Air time and clean landings pay nitro.
  6. Ramming a rival at boost speed is a takedown. Hitting traffic, a barrier, or sliding off the tarmac wrecks you and costs time.
  7. Contact bends the bodywork. A damaged car is slower, accelerates worse and holds a corner less well — and a body at zero retires the run.
  8. Drive through the pods in the lanes. Green repairs the body; the others bolt a part on for the rest of the race — power, grip, nitro or a shield.
  9. Change the view with the camera button beside pause, the C or V key, or a controller's View button: chase, bumper or high chase.

Controls

TouchSteer with the LEFT stick and hold a line through the corner. The RIGHT stick is the pedals: push up for throttle, pull down to brake — and pull it past halfway to drift.
MousePress and drag on the left half of the screen to steer and on the right half for the pedals; click DRIFT and NITRO on screen.
KeyboardArrow keys or A/D steer and W/S are the pedals; hold Shift to drift, Space fires nitro; C or V changes the camera view; P or Esc pauses and M mutes.
GamepadLeft stick or D-pad steers; RT and LT (or D-pad up and down) are the pedals; A or RB is nitro; B or LB is the handbrake; X spends a full bar as a shockwave; Y hides the map; Start pauses.

Screenshots

  • Front screen: a big Race button beside Garage, Race Mode, Track Builder, Drive Setup, High Scores, How to Play, Language
  • Chase view: a blue sports car behind two rivals on a neon harbour highway at 322 km/h, lap 1/2, sixth of six
  • Bumper view in Bowl City: low on the nose behind a blue rival, BODY DAMAGE and TAKEDOWN called, nitro bar charged
  • High chase view over Switchback Ridge: snow, pines and a winding road, the car fourth of six on lap 1/3 at 267 km/h
  • Track Builder: a preview of the 20-block circuit over rows of straight, corner and ramp tiles, with Race This Track
  • How to Play, scrolled to its last lines: the controller map, the camera line (chase, bumper or high chase), damage and pods

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