Formula Racers

Formula Racers: Win the Lap to Unlock the Next Country

Formula Racers is a free top-down Formula 1 racing game you can play online in your browser. Each race is one lap against 11 rival cars. Your car speeds up on its own, so your job is to steer, brake before the bends and cross the line first. Win, and the next country's track opens.

One Lap, Twelve Cars, Three Stars

The game drops you straight into your first race, in the USA. Here's how a race goes:

1. Press the red ▶ button to start.
2. Your car picks up speed by itself. Steer with A / D or ← → on a keyboard, or with the ‹ › buttons on a touch screen.
3. Before sharp bends, hold S, ↓ or Space to brake, or hold the R button on a touch screen.
4. Finish the lap. Your place sets your stars: 3 for 1st, 2 for 2nd and 1 for 3rd.

A yellow sign pops up before each bend to show which way it turns. In your first race, the brake key (or the R button on a phone) also flashes as a reminder.

Brake at the Yellow Signs, Stay Off the Grass

Slow down before the bend, not in it. At full speed the car runs wide in tight corners. Brake on the way in, then let go and steer through.

Keep all four wheels on the asphalt. On the grass, the car slows down fast. Hit the fence or another car and you'll see OOPS!, WATCH IT! or TOO CLOSE!, and a fence hit costs you most of your speed.

Drive over the blue arrows. They give you a speed boost for about two seconds, which is often enough to pass a car or two.

Don't quit a bad race. Even last place pays coins, so every finish brings your next upgrade closer.

Ten Tracks from the USA to Portugal

Each track carries a country flag. They come in this order: USA, Bahrain, Australia, Italy, Germany, France, Brazil, Morocco, Argentina and Portugal.

Only the first track is open at the start. Finish 1st to unlock the next one. 2nd place or lower leaves it locked, so you'll race the same track again. The track list opens from the button with a track outline on the results screen. It shows your stars for each track, and your progress stays saved in your browser.

Coins, Five Upgrades and 18 Team Colors

Every race pays coins, and later tracks pay more. On the USA track, 1st pays 2500, 2nd 1500, 3rd 1000, and 4th to 12th 500. On the results screen, you can watch an ad to double the reward.

Spend your coins in the garage, which opens from the garage button on the results screen. Tap or click the hexagon icons around your car to open each part. There are five upgrades:

• Engine: higher top speed
• Gearbox: quicker acceleration
• Wings: more road grip
• Steering: faster steering
• Brakes: shorter braking distance

The first upgrade of each part costs 2500 coins, the same as a win on the USA track. Each level after that costs more. The paint-bucket icon opens Livery, where you can paint your car in the colors of one of 18 teams. You start with Bluestone, and the other teams cost coins.

A Construct 3 Racer

This racer is built with Construct 3, an engine for HTML5 games, so it opens in your browser on a computer or phone, with no download.

Prefer to work the gas pedal yourself? Formula Rush is a five-lap night race with gas and brake controls. For a kart race instead, try Kart Rush. There's plenty more in our racing games and car games.