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Motorcycle Time Attack – Free Motorcycle Arcade Game

Reach the next gate before the clock hits zero. Repeat until you cannot.

Ready?

Motorcycle Time Attack

About Motorcycle Time Attack

Motorcycle Time Attack uses the oldest structure in arcade racing and it still works: you start with a small amount of time, every checkpoint adds more, and the run ends when the clock reaches zero. There is no crash to avoid, which changes the psychology completely — the enemy is the timer.

The road throws corners, chicanes and narrowing sections at you, and cornering is grip-limited, so the fast line and the safe line are different. Time added per checkpoint shrinks as your run goes on, so a pace that was comfortable at checkpoint three is not enough at checkpoint twelve.

That escalation is the design. Every player finds the checkpoint where their current cornering ability stops being enough, and improving means finding time in corners rather than on straights.

Objective

Pass as many checkpoints as you can before the clock runs out. Each gate adds time, and each gate adds a little less than the one before.

How to play

  1. Press Start Game — the clock is already running.
  2. Hold throttle and steer through the course. Colliding with barriers costs speed, not your run.
  3. Ride through the checkpoint gates to add time to the clock.
  4. Later gates add less time, so your pace has to keep improving.
  5. The run ends when the clock hits zero. Checkpoints passed is your score.

Controls

Keyboard controls for Motorcycle Time Attack
KeyAction
Arrow Up / WThrottle
Arrow Down / SBrake
Arrow Left / ASteer left
Arrow Right / DSteer right
PPause and resume

On a phone: Steering on the left, throttle and brake on the right.

Tips

  • Barrier contact does not end your run but it does scrub speed, and speed is time. Treat the walls as a time penalty, not a crash.
  • Take the checkpoint gates at their centre. Clipping the edge of a gate costs speed for no benefit.
  • Brake before a corner and get back on the throttle at the apex. Coasting through corners is the most common source of lost time.
  • You cannot make up a bad section on a straight. If you lose the line, settle and take the next corner properly instead of chasing it.

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Questions about Motorcycle Time Attack

What happens if I crash?

You do not crash out. Hitting a barrier costs you speed and therefore time, but the only way to end the run is to let the clock reach zero.

Why do later checkpoints give less time?

So the difficulty escalates without needing to make the road unfair. It means every run ends at the point where your pace stops improving.

Does the course change each run?

The section order is generated, so no two runs are identical, but the corner types are drawn from a fixed set you will come to recognise.

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Game information

Motorcycle Time Attack was developed for Motorcycle Arcade by the Motorcycle Arcade Editorial Team. It is an original game — the mechanic, the code and the artwork were all made for this site, and no motorcycle manufacturer, model or logo is depicted.

Published · Last updated · Reviewed against the running game on desktop and mobile before publication, per our editorial policy.