3D City Racer — Play Free Online

3D City Racer is a racing game set in a city, played from a three-dimensional view in your browser. You steer a car through the streets and try to hold a clean line. It loads and runs in the page with nothing to install, so you can open it, drive for a few minutes and close the tab.

It sits a long way from the vertical hopping that Doodle Jump is known for, but the appeal is similar. A run is short and easy to restart, and the only thing that improves it is your own control. If you come here for quick, repeatable score-chasing, a racer like this fits the same kind of break.

How to play

Steering uses the arrow keys or WASD. The mouse is used to aim and to pick options in the menus. On a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead. The listing is a Poki-distributed title, and the controls above are the ones the page provides.

Start with a gentle pace. In a city setting, the main thing to learn is how the car turns at speed, and how early you have to begin a corner so you don't scrub speed against a wall or a kerb.

Tips

• Brake or lift off before a tight corner rather than during it. Turning in late at full speed is the most common way to lose time.
• Keep your eyes well ahead of the car. Looking at the road in front of the bonnet leaves you reacting too late.
• Use short, small steering taps on straights. Holding a key down turns a small drift into a swerve.
• Use the fullscreen button under the game for a larger view, and reload the page if the game stalls.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Most of the catalogue here is made up of jumpers and platformers. Helix Jump is a one-button arcade game in which you guide a ball down a tower. Ovo 2 is a precision platformer where each jump matters. Bouncy Basketball is a short, physics-driven sports game. 3D City Racer is the one to pick when you want speed and steering instead of timing a jump.

It suits short sessions on a keyboard, and it also works on touch screens if you would rather play on a phone.