Getting Started: Your First Stage | WRONG WAY!

Get ready, communicate, finish

A practice routine based on the published driver and navigator duties.

1. 01

   Decide who owns each task

   Decide who owns each task

   Success check

   You understand the roles and can try the next task.

   If it remains unclear

   Check the active role and current game prompts.

   Read the supporting evidence

   §Decide who owns each task#

   The official description assigns steering to the driver. The co-driver reads the pace notes, communicates the calls and pulls the handbrake. Avoid both players guessing who should do the handbrake task when a corner arrives.

   The current listing and official promotional image advertise four players in one car. The official description explains the driver and co-driver duties; it does not assign separate jobs to the third and fourth players. Check the current role prompts before assigning additional tasks.
2. 02

   A repeatable first-run routine

   A repeatable first-run routine

   Success check

   You understand the roles and can try the next task.

   If it remains unclear

   Check the active role and current game prompts.

   Read the supporting evidence

   §A repeatable first-run routine#

   The following is a practice recommendation based on the published roles. It has not been tested as an optimal run or a guaranteed medal method.

   1. 1. Agree on roles

      Before you start

      You have a partner, or you can select a robot partner.

      Action

      Pick one player to steer and one to read calls. Agree that the co-driver handles the handbrake task shown in the game.

      Success check

      Both players can state their task before the stage begins.

      If it fails

      Use a robot co-driver to practice driving if your human partner is unavailable.

   2. 2. Test one communication method

      Before you start

      The game shows the current controls and quick-call interface.

      Action

      Try the displayed quick call before relying on it at speed. With voice, keep one caller and repeat only a missed call.

      Success check

      The driver recognizes the next direction before entering the bend.

      If it fails

      Use the developer-supported quick calls when voice communication is unavailable.

   3. 3. Finish before chasing pace

      Before you start

      Your crew can steer and communicate.

      Action

      Aim for a complete stage. When a bend causes trouble, remember whether the call, approach or handbrake coordination was late.

      Success check

      You reach the stage finish and can identify one part to improve.

      If it fails

      Repeat with the same roles and change only the timing that caused the mistake.

   4. 4. Choose the next goal

      Before you start

      You have completed a stage.

      Action

      Use the results and badge list to choose a gold-medal attempt, a race win or a full championship.

      Success check

      The next run has one clear goal.

      If it fails

      Practice the same stage again if you still cannot follow calls reliably.

3. 03

   Control bindings: what is confirmed

   Control bindings: what is confirmed

   Success check

   You understand the roles and can try the next task.

   If it remains unclear

   Check the active role and current game prompts.

   Read the supporting evidence

   §Control bindings: what is confirmed#

   Quick calls without a mic are officially supported. The paid Horns pass description specifies H to honk. The records checked here do not give a complete keyboard, touch or controller mapping, so use the active in-game prompts for steering, calls and handbrake inputs.

   The Horns pass lists H to honk. If you are learning the handbrake or quick calls, use their own on-screen prompts; the horn key does not provide those controls.