Bouncy Motors

The pitch

Driving a car that bounces like jelly, you need to get to the finish line. Beware of red zones - wheels fall off on impact! Also be careful when driving on ice!

Controls & how it runs

Drive forward: W or ↑ or left stick (mobile) Drive backward: S or ↓ or left stick (mobile) Rotate counterclockwise: A or ← or right stick (on mobile) Rotate clockwise: D or → or right stick (mobile)

Getting a run going takes exactly one press: Press start, up top, and the game boots inside this page — nothing downloads in the background and no form wants your details before the first jump. The cabinet is drawn for a landscape (wide) screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Pro tips for racing cabinets

Brake before the corner, never in it. Every cabinet on this row rewards the driver who arrives slow and leaves fast over the one who arrives heroic and leaves through the fence.
The racing line is a rumour — verify it. Following the suggested arc is a start, but the fastest route is usually the one that looks slightly wrong until it works.
Race the clock, not the car beside you. Mirrors and rivals eat attention; your split times don't care who's alongside, and neither should you until the final lap.

Bouncy Motors — quick-fire questions

Does Bouncy Motors cost anything to play?

Not a token. The cabinet is free from the first run to the five-hundredth — no wallet, no sign-up, no toll booth hiding three levels in. The adverts around the page are what keep the floor's lights on.

What sort of game is Bouncy Motors?

It stands on our Racing row — that's the family it plays most like. The pitch above is the publisher's own rundown of what it throws at you and what it hands back.

Can I play Bouncy Motors on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. This cabinet runs wide: landscape screens flatter it, so tip a phone on its side or hand it a tablet or desktop and let it stretch out.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Bouncy Motors is an HTML5 game: hit the start button and it boots on this page, and shutting the tab sweeps the cabinet clean behind you.

Before you wander off

Personal best banked, or still chasing it? Either way the full Racing row is powered on and waiting — Forty-one racing cabinets where the finish line is a rumour until the last corner. Includes ragdoll entrants who treat the crash as a racing line.