Arcade racer template
The corner is forgiving so you can think about the car ahead. OutRun (Sega, 1986) is the road. Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games, 2008) is the crash you meant to cause. Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games, 2021) opens the same forgiveness onto a map. If the car understeers like a club racer, you are in the wrong template. The AI racing game maker and the racing game maker are that corner.
Download Flockbay Free. Windows and Mac.
What makes an arcade racer
Arcade racer: forgiving, fast racing built for fun over realism.
The games that set the standard are Burnout Paradise (Criterion Games, 2008), Forza Horizon 5 (Playground Games, 2021) and OutRun (Sega, 1986).
What the template starts with
The arcade racer template starts with one car with forgiving handling and one loop. That is the smallest version of the loop that defines the genre: accelerate, drift, overtake, boost.
What to change first
Take the same corner slowly and flat out. Both should be survivable, and only the fast one should pass the car in front. A driving line painted on the road is a later kindness.
2D or 3D
The arcade racer template starts in 3D.
Related templates
Start from this template in the Flockbay app
Describe your version in one sentence. The AI writes a brief from the template, and nothing is built until you approve it. Free for Windows and Mac.