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Controls

Keyboard and mouse only; the keys can’t be changed yet. The same list is in the game under Settings → Controls.

Driving

KeyAction
WAccelerate
SBrake, then reverse
ASteer left
DSteer right
SpaceHandbrake
RBack on the road when stuck

Combat

KeyAction
ClickCapture the mouse
MouseAim the turret and the camera
Left buttonFire

Match

KeyAction
EscPause, and release the mouse
TabScoreboard, while held
F3Debug overlay (frame rate and the like)

Chat (online matches)

KeyAction
EnterChat to everyone in the match; Enter sends, Esc cancels
TChat to your team (Team Deathmatch); Tab switches while you type
/w name messageWhisper to one player; /r message answers the last whisper
/mute nameMute a player for the match; /unmute name undoes it

While you type, your car is left alone: nothing you type drives it. A message is 200 characters at most, and 8 messages in 10 seconds.

Custom lobbies

KeyAction
↑ ↓Choose a lobby in the list
EnterJoin it; in the waiting room, Ready (the owner: Start)
CCreate a lobby
/Search the list
TChat to the lobby, in the waiting room; Enter sends
EscBack to the modes; in the waiting room, leave the lobby (it asks first)
KeyAction
↑ ↓Choose
← →Change the choice: the machine or the gun in the garage; arena, bots, Practice or Classic on the arena screen
EnterSelect (in the garage, only Back: what you pick there is kept as you pick it)
EscBack
NPatch notes, on the main menu
Enter or Y / NAccept / decline a match found (Classic), over any screen, a practice match included

Driving is on W A S D only; the arrow keys belong to the menus.

Settings worth knowing

  • Graphics: a quality preset (low, medium, high) and the resolution scale. If the frame rate drops, lower the scale first.
  • Camera: mouse sensitivity and camera shake.
  • Sound: separate volume levels.