Rocketcar Cup

About Rocketcar Cup

Rocketcar Cup is car soccer flattened into two dimensions, which makes the aerial game far more approachable than the 3D version of the idea ever is. You drive a rocket-powered car, you boost, you jump, you flip, and you try to put the ball in the far goal in either one-on-one or team matches.

Because it is 2D, the aerial hits that normally take hours to learn are readable straight away — you can see the whole arc of the ball and your own car at the same time. That makes it one of the fastest games on this shelf to go from opening it to doing something that looks impressive.

How to play

Player 1 drives with W A S D, uses Shift to boost and Q for a hard hit. Player 2 drives with the arrow keys. On touch devices there is a virtual joystick with a blue button for boost and a yellow button for the hard hit. Get under the ball, jump, and use the boost to reach it before your opponent does.

Controls

• Player 1 — W A S D drive, Shift boost, Q hard hit
• Player 2 — Arrow keys
• Touch — joystick, blue boost, yellow hard hit

Tips to win

• Do not spend all your boost chasing — keep some for the return, or you concede the counter.
• Jump before the ball arrives, not when it does; the car takes time to get up there.
• Hard hits are for clearing your own half; near their goal, a controlled touch scores more often.