[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":111},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-\u002Fblog\u002Fturbo-tracks-tips":3,"surround-\u002Fblog\u002Fturbo-tracks-tips":86,"more-\u002Fblog\u002Fturbo-tracks-tips":97},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"category":73,"cover":74,"coverAlt":75,"date":76,"description":77,"extension":78,"game":79,"meta":80,"navigation":81,"path":82,"readingTime":65,"seo":83,"stem":84,"__hash__":85},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fturbo-tracks-tips.md","Five ways to stop getting busted in Turbo Tracks","Oddvexel Studio",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":63},"minimark",[10,14,19,22,25,29,32,36,39,42,46,49,53,56,60],[11,12,13],"p",{},"From above, Turbo Tracks looks simple. Then a police car pulls out behind you on lap two and it stops being simple. Here's what helps.",[15,16,18],"h2",{"id":17},"_1-learn-the-track-on-easy","1. Learn the track on Easy",[11,20,21],{},"Every race is three laps, but the tracks change a lot. Dust Bowl and Canyon Run are dirt. Lakeside Loop and Oil Slick Bay put water next to the road. Midnight Rally and the Grand Final run at night.",[11,23,24],{},"A practice run on Easy costs you a little in rewards (Easy pays ×1, Medium ×1.5 and Hard ×2), but you'll know where the corners are when it matters.",[15,26,28],{"id":27},"_2-stars-are-fuel","2. Stars are fuel",[11,30,31],{},"The stars on the road fill your nitro bar, and nitro is on Shift. A full bar at the right moment beats a perfect racing line most of the time, especially on a long straight with a cop behind you.",[15,33,35],{"id":34},"_3-dont-stop-near-a-cop","3. Don't stop near a cop",[11,37,38],{},"Before each race, the level card tells you where the police are. Read it. A police car waits by the road and chases you as you pass. Stop anywhere near it and you're busted.",[11,40,41],{},"Spinning out is how that usually happens, which brings us to the next tip.",[15,43,45],{"id":44},"_4-use-the-handbrake","4. Use the handbrake",[11,47,48],{},"Space is the handbrake. Tap it going into a tight corner and you'll drift round instead of braking to a crawl. The timing takes a few tries to get right. Learn it early, because the later tracks get tight.",[15,50,52],{"id":51},"_5-aim-for-the-podium","5. Aim for the podium",[11,54,55],{},"You earn stars for finishing in the top three. On a messy track with a cop in play, a safe third is often worth more than a risky shot at first that ends in handcuffs.",[15,57,59],{"id":58},"controls","Controls",[11,61,62],{},"Arrow keys or WASD to drive, Shift for nitro, Space for the handbrake and Esc to pause. On a phone, turn it sideways to race.",{"title":64,"searchDepth":65,"depth":65,"links":66},"",2,[67,68,69,70,71,72],{"id":17,"depth":65,"text":18},{"id":27,"depth":65,"text":28},{"id":34,"depth":65,"text":35},{"id":44,"depth":65,"text":45},{"id":51,"depth":65,"text":52},{"id":58,"depth":65,"text":59},"Guide","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fturbo-levels.webp","The Turbo Tracks level select screen showing all ten tracks","2026-09-28","Stars, nitro, the handbrake and that police car. A few habits that make the later tracks a lot less painful.","md","turbo-tracks",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fturbo-tracks-tips",{"title":5,"description":77},"blog\u002Fturbo-tracks-tips","dH662FMgHIZ93xw2MggX6qQD0eoXOAmzMcQvJ7Loke4",[87,92],{"title":88,"path":89,"stem":90,"cover":91,"children":-1},"Wanderer's Odyssey is out now","\u002Fblog\u002Fwanderers-odyssey-out-now","blog\u002Fwanderers-odyssey-out-now","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fodyssey-boss.webp",{"title":93,"path":94,"stem":95,"cover":96,"children":-1},"Emperor Dracula: Island of Shadows is waiting on Valdros","\u002Fblog\u002Femperor-dracula-island-of-shadows","blog\u002Femperor-dracula-island-of-shadows","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fdracula-horde.webp",[98,102,105],{"path":89,"title":88,"cover":91,"coverAlt":99,"date":100,"author":6,"category":101},"Lord Yamabushi Tengu perched on a rooftop in Oakhaven","2026-10-05","Release",{"path":94,"title":93,"cover":96,"coverAlt":103,"date":104,"author":6,"category":101},"Red-eyed undead gathering in a dark forest","2026-09-20",{"path":106,"title":107,"cover":108,"coverAlt":109,"date":110,"author":6,"category":101},"\u002Fblog\u002Fturbo-tracks-out-now","Turbo Tracks: ten tracks and one very persistent police car","\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Fturbo-police.webp","A red sports car racing past a police cruiser on the Green Valley track","2026-09-06",1791227717295]