Rush Rivals

The pitch

Race through traffic, collect powerful pickups and outpace rival cars. Earn coins, upgrade your garage and unlock new rides as you conquer a growing series of highway races in portrait or landscape.

Controls & how it runs

Hold the screen or mouse button to accelerate and drag side to side to steer. On a keyboard, hold Space or Enter and steer with A/D or arrow keys. Dodge traffic, grab pickups and race for first place.

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 flexible screen and listens to mouse, keyboard or touch, whichever the game prefers. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture. Given a fullscreen button, use it — scores look better at full size, that's just science.

Rush Rivals — quick-fire questions

Does Rush Rivals 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 Rush Rivals?

It stands on our Cars 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 Rush Rivals on my phone?

Happily, yes. It runs inside the browser on phones and tablets the same way it does on a computer. It reshapes itself for tall and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all get the full picture.

Do I need to install anything first?

Nothing whatsoever. Rush Rivals 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 Cars row is powered on and waiting — Forty-seven car cabinets covering both noble traditions of the genre: driving them beautifully, and demolishing them completely. Most days here involve the second one.