Description

ASCII Racer is a realtime racing text adventure. You play a one-on-one race against an opponent by typing text commands into a console and seeing what happens.

How to play

There is actually an ingame tutorial! In general, it might be helpful to read the texts on screen, as that is all you get in a text adventure. No clicking involved.

Gameplay tips

• You cannot die. If you ran into something and stalled the engine, use speed up to get going again.
• Turns are easier to master at lower speeds. Either brake, or stop accelerating with speed 0.
• Persistent rumbling and a top speed of 15 kph might indicate a slight vegetation problem.
• Do not forget to shift gears.
• The lane left/right command has a slight delay.
• You should steer around bends with turn left/right. If you do not, each < or > symbol pushes you one lane to the outside of the turn.
• Do not forget to straighten your wheel after the turn with turn straight.
• Use short commands, e.g. g u instead of gear up.

Screenshot

Did you see how I blurred out the texts, so you will have to actually play the game to read them? Nice, huh?