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Dino Derby

Roar · Race · Drift

The game loads when you press play.

  • Free
  • No ads
  • No account needed
  • No install — plays in your browser

About the game

A dinosaur kart racer. Hold the drift to bank a boost, spend nitro on the straights, build the circuit yourself — and race a friend on it.

Pick one of eight dinosaurs, each in a kart built from bones, a shell, a log or stone, and race the other seven over circuits you lay out yourself, piece by piece — past a volcano, through a jungle or across the ice age. Hold a drift through a bend to earn a speed boost, bank nitro from the road and spend it where it counts, and take your chances with the crates: cake, bowling shot, gum, a zipper and more, weighted so the back of the field gets the help. Or race a friend: open a room, hand them six digits — or the QR on screen, or the link — and you are both on the same circuit, one kart each, including a circuit you built yourself. Everything but that plays with nothing to connect to.

How to play

  1. Your kart accelerates by itself. Steer with touch, mouse, keyboard or a controller — it turns tighter at low speed.
  2. Hold Drift through a bend. Keep it going and you earn a boost: about a second earns a small one, three seconds a bigger one.
  3. Collect nitro on the road, then spend it for extra speed. Your tank holds 20.
  4. Drive through a crate for a weapon: cake, bowling shot, gum, a zipper and more. Trailing the field draws stronger items.
  5. Hit the throttle the instant GO! shows for a launch boost. Jump early and you lose it.

Controls

TouchLeft thumb steers. Right thumb: push up to go, down to brake, further down to drift. Drift, Item and Nitro are the buttons on the right.
MouseMove the mouse to steer — no button needed. Left button drifts, right button uses an item, middle button is nitro.
Keyboard← → or A D steer · ↓ or S brake · Space drift · Shift or X nitro · E or Z item · P or Esc pause · R restart · M mute.
GamepadAny Bluetooth or USB gamepad works. Left stick steers, right stick trims · RT throttle · LT brake · A item · B drift · X or RB nitro · Y restart · Start pause.

Screenshots

  • Dino Derby title menu at a volcano sunset, Rex in a bone buggy beside Race, Track Editor and Best Times
  • Track Editor: two rows of S, L, R, H and D pieces, Add piece, Volcano scenery, Item boxes 1x and Race It
  • Best Times board: Rex 0:41.28, Zip 0:42.06, Trixie 0:43.51, then Ptera, Pip and Longneck
  • How to Play panel: Steer, Drift, Nitro, Items and Boost start, then Touch, Keyboard, Controller and Mouse
  • Rex chases a rival down a volcano straight; lap 1/3, position 3/6, 0:09.00, the nitro bar part full
  • A huge countdown 2 over the start line, Rex's bone buggy alone on the volcano circuit, lap 1/3, 0:00.47

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