OUTCHARGED

Be the last car with charge. Every battery runs down all the time, and there are fewer chargers than cars.

Drive. Steer with W A S D or the arrow keys. Shift brakes.Drag the stick on the left: up to go, down to brake and back up. The BRAKE button stops the car.Hold GAS to go, and slide your left thumb sideways to steer. BRAKE stops the car; keep holding it to back up.

Charge. Stop in a green ring. A charger holds five charges and fills up again slowly. If a car is already charging there, push it out. When your battery runs low, a green arrow by your car points to the nearest charger.

Ran dry? You can still steer. Roll into a ring, or get pushed into one, and your car comes back.

Upgrade. Collect the gold Gears: they buy upgrades for you, by the plan you pick before Play. Switch Auto off to pick them yourself: press 1 to 8, or click one.tap one in the row above your battery. A bigger Battery holds more charge; Acceleration counts more than Top speed between the walls, and a heavier Chassis keeps sharp Steering on its wheels.

Fight. In a ring, the garage sells a rocket launcher and ram spikes. Short of Gears? Click one or press ETap one anyway: auto-buy saves for it. Hold Space to lock on and fire.Hold FIRE to lock on and fire. A rocket is slower than your car: keep going, and get a wall between you and it. When two cars crash, the faster one is hurt less.

Rank up. Finish ahead of other cars to win rank points. Each new rank lets you pick a reward for your car: a paint job, a part, rockets, an engine sound, tracks, dust or a driver. In the Garage you can try every reward on your car and put on the ones you have.