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Drift Hunters is a drifting game, not a race. There is no finish line and no opponent to beat. You pick a car, pick a track, and try to slide it through corners for as long and as sideways as you can. The score climbs while the car is angled through a bend and drops back to nothing if you spin out or clip a wall, so the whole game is about holding a slide a little longer than last time.

The pull is the garage. Points from drifting turn into cash, cash buys a new car or upgrades for the one you own, and a car that is tuned differently really does handle differently. A stock starter is forgiving and slow to break traction. A stronger one snaps sideways at the touch of the handbrake and then needs real throttle control to keep from spinning. That loop of drift, earn, upgrade and drift again suits short sessions on a laptop or Chromebook, and it runs in the browser with nothing to install.

For a Wheelie Bike regular it is the same kind of skill in a different vehicle. Balance and throttle control decide everything on two wheels, and they decide everything here on four.

How to play

Arrow keys or WASD steer and accelerate, and Space brakes or kicks the rear out for a drift. On a phone you use the on-screen pedals instead. Click inside the game once before you start so the keyboard input reaches it.

A typical run goes like this. Accelerate down the straight, turn in toward a corner, then tap the handbrake or lift off and get back on the throttle to break the rear tyres loose. Once the car is sideways, steer gently into the slide and feed in throttle to keep it there. Straighten out when the corner ends and set up the next one.

Tips

• Spend your first winnings on upgrades before buying a more expensive car. A car you understand and have tuned scores more than a powerful one you keep spinning.
• Steer less than you think. Big steering inputs mid-drift are the usual cause of spinning out. Small corrections and steady throttle hold the angle.
• Link corners instead of finishing each one cleanly. Long chains of drifts are what build a big score, so look for the line that carries you from one slide into the next.
• Avoid walls and barriers. Touching them tends to cost you the run's score, and a slower, cleaner drift beats a fast, risky one.

Similar games on Wheelie Bike

If you want something with more speed and fewer garage menus, Drive Mad and Mad Truck Challenge Special are driving games built around obstacles and terrain rather than slides. Moto X3M and Stickman Bike Pro Ride keep the throttle-and-balance idea but put you on two wheels, with levels you clear against the clock. Drift Hunters is the slower, more patient one of the group, where you chase a personal best rather than a finish time.

It suits anyone who likes to tinker, and a keyboard is the more comfortable way to play, since fine throttle and steering control are easier than on touch pedals.