Extreme Off Road Cars — Play Free Online

Extreme Off Road Cars is a driving game that swaps the tarmac for rough ground. You steer a car across uneven terrain, and the point is keeping the vehicle under control while the surface tries to throw it off line. It loads in the browser with nothing to install, so a session can start within seconds.

It sits a little apart from the rest of this site. Doodle Jump is about timing and nonstop upward movement, while this is about momentum and balance on the ground. The two share one thing: a quick restart and a "one more go" pull that suits short breaks.

How to play

Use the arrow keys or WASD to drive. The mouse is used to aim and to pick options in the menus. On a phone or tablet the game takes taps and swipes instead of a keyboard.

A typical attempt is simple: pick a car or level from the menu if one is offered, pull away, and work your way along the course, correcting your steering as the ground changes. Small, early corrections are easier than big ones after the car has already started to tip or slide.

Tips

• Spend your first attempt learning how the car responds to the controls rather than chasing speed.
• Ease off the throttle before rough sections. Arriving slowly and in control usually beats arriving fast and out of shape.
• Use short, repeated steering inputs instead of holding a direction, which tends to over-correct.
• If the game feels choppy, close other tabs and switch to fullscreen with the button under the game window.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

For another physics-flavoured challenge, try Ovo 2 or OvO game, which are precision platformers rather than driving games. If you prefer something with a score to beat, Helix Jump and Bouncy Basketball each ask for one-button timing. Fireboy and Watergirl suits two players who want to share a keyboard.

Extreme Off Road Cars is a good fit for a few minutes of casual driving on a laptop or a phone, and it needs no account or download.