Street Slickers — Play Free Online

Street Slickers is a 3D street-racing game that drops you into a bright, stylised city and asks you to drive fast and drift through the corners. It is a Poki-listed title, and the pitch is simple: race through the streets, slide your car around bends, and customise the ride as you go.

If you came to Doodle Jump for quick, one-more-try sessions, this fits the same habit. You do not need a story or a tutorial marathon. You pick a car, hit the road and see how cleanly you can take the first few turns. It runs in the browser with nothing to install, so a round can start in seconds.

How to play

Steer with the arrow keys or WASD. The game also uses the mouse for aiming and selecting, which mostly matters in the menus when you pick options. On a phone or tablet you tap and swipe instead of using a keyboard.

A round is about keeping speed through the turns. Racing games that reward drifting usually punish you for braking too hard and for turning in too late, so the goal is to stay smooth and keep the car moving.

Tips

• Spend your first race learning how the car slides. Work out how early to start a turn before you chase a fast time.
• Small, steady steering inputs usually hold a line better than sharp corrections.
• Use the fullscreen button under the game for a wider view of upcoming bends.
• If the game stalls while loading its 3D assets, reload the page and let it finish loading.

Similar games on Doodle Jump

Most of the site is platformers and jumpers, so Street Slickers is a change of pace. Helix Jump is also a one-hand, short-session game, but you guide a ball down a tower instead of steering a car. Ovo 2 is a precision platformer where timing matters in the same way a good drift does. Bouncy Basketball is a good pick if you want a two-player game for the same keyboard.

It suits anyone who wants a fast, low-commitment racing fix, on either a keyboard or a touch screen.