Idle Laps
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Idle Laps is an idle racing game about one thing: the perfect lap.
Drive the track yourself or let your ghosts do the work. Every clean lap earns coins and XP, every coin goes back into a faster kart. Push your best time, keep the streak alive, and watch the numbers climb.
When progress slows down, ascend. You lose the run, you keep the tree.
FEATURES
- Drive it yourself or leave it idling — both make progress
- Six kart upgrades, plus auto-buy once you unlock it
- A permanent ascension tree: shortcuts, ghost capacity, coin and XP multipliers, easier target times and more
- Ghosts that replay your best lap and earn while you're away
- Track limits, lap records and a streak bonus that rewards clean driving
- Full controller support with on-screen button prompts
- English, Spanish, French and German
CONTROLS
Keyboard or gamepad. A controller is recommended.
Press H in game for the full control list.
DEMO — this is a playable slice of Idle Laps. It ends when you unlock the car garage, which takes around 2.5 hours. Everything you see here is in the full version too.
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Comments
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how do i get to the ascension tree
Hi, you need to earn at least 1 ascension point to see the button (top right of the screen)
thx Good game btw
Thank you!
i keep getting hit with a lap voided
Hey, thanks for playing!
I've gotten more than a few comments saying that invalidating a run is too strict, so I've decided that it no longer gives 0 coins and XP. Now it gives 30% of what it would have given if the run had been valid.
The new build is already uploaded. I hope you'll give it a try!
As a person who grew up when most games had a single screen and no scrolling, this really takes me back.
The "voided lap" feels a bit strict but I understand it's also a cheat prevention.
Would you consider a camera view like RC-ProAM where we zoom in on our car and see a subset of the track?
Feels very fun and I look forward to more updated.
First of all, thank you very much for your comment; I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I'd never seen RC-ProAm before, but I just watched some gameplay footage, and if you zoom in on the game, I think you can get something similar. However, if you don't think it's similar, could you tell me more specifically what you mean, and I'd be happy to try to add something similar.
Thanks again!
RC Pro-AM is decidedly isometric, while your game seems to be in true 3D. So I'm really just saying if we could have a close up camera as an option. Again, seeing the entire track one screen though is awesome too!
Hey, I get what you're saying. I've added a new camera in an attempt to replicate something similar, along with some other fixes in the new build. It's in the same cycle as the previous one (C, or the right joystick on the controller). I hope you like it!
Highly addictive and with very intuitive gameplay, wishing to see the full game! :D
worse than cocaine. Always have to do another lap