Accelerate out of corners. Hold drift while steering to swing the rear outward. Steer into the corner to tighten the arc, or countersteer to widen it and charge faster. Release at blue sparks for a mini-turbo or gold for a super-turbo. Stay on the road to keep your charge. Tap drift in the air for a landing boost.
- Drive
- WASD / arrow keys
- Drift / trick
- Either Shift key (single player)
- Open glider after a ramp
- G (P1) / ] (P2); closes on landing
- Use item
- Space
- Look behind
- C
- Toggle camera
- V (or VIEW button)
- Recover kart
- R
- Pause
- Esc
Two players: P1 uses WASD, left Shift, Space, C, R, V. P2 uses arrows, right Shift, Enter, Backspace, /, period (camera).
Gamepad: steer with left stick; right trigger accelerates, left trigger brakes; right shoulder drifts, bottom face button fires, left shoulder looks back, top face button recovers, left face button toggles camera, right face button opens the glider, Start pauses. Assign controllers in race setup.
Touch: use the bottom controls and the VIEW button to switch between first and third person. Auto-accelerate is available in settings. Landscape gives you more room.
Starting boost: press accelerate during the final second of the countdown. Holding it too early stalls the engine.
Ride behind another kart to charge slipstream. Green boxes grant items; trailing racers get better odds. The bubble blocks one hit. Time Trial gives three boosts and saves your best ghost on this device.
Gold in each class unlocks gold paint. Gold in 150 unlocks mirror tracks. No unlock is needed to play any character or track.