Switchback
About Switchback
Climb a road cut in zigzags up a sheer quarry wall. The road steers itself. You pick the speed and the line, and the car has no reverse gear.
How to play
Hold the right side of the screen to drive and slide that thumb up to hug the wall or down to run wide. Hold the left side to slow down, and pull down sharply on it to break traction and drift. Every hairpin is a 180 degree turn on a ledge narrower than your stopping distance. Too slow and you scrape the rock, too fast and a wheel leaves the ledge and you tumble down the face. Checkpoints fit an upgrade to your car as you drive. Garages let you repair, swap vehicle or buy the one under the sheet. Drift seconds are banked at every checkpoint and pay in coins.
Controls
- Hold to drive
- Hold to slow down
- Pull to drift
- Slide up to hug the wall
- Keyboard: W drive, S slow, arrows for line, space to drift
Achievements 0 of 9
First Gate
Cross your first checkpoint.
+20 XP
Open Bench
Reach a garage.
+25 XP
Five Seconds Sideways
Hold a drift for five seconds in one run.
+35 XP
Fifteen Seconds Sideways
Bank fifteen drift seconds in one run.
+60 XP
Still Climbing
Go over the edge and carry on.
+30 XP
Two Thousand
Climb two thousand metres in one run.
+70 XP
Five Thousand
Climb five thousand metres in one run.
+100 XP
Four In The Yard
Own four vehicles.
+50 XP
Bought It Already
Take the coin bonus for owning the vehicle on offer.
+40 XP