Speed down a road that never ends, gun down hostile cars and keep innocent traffic safe to protect your multiplier.
Highway Pursuit drops you behind the wheel of a blue sports car armed with two forward-facing guns. The road stretches on forever and curves at random, so every run plays out differently. Hostile drivers show up in the lanes around you, and your job is to take them out while sparing the regular traffic.
You view the action from above. Scores climb as you cover distance, and kills earn much bigger chunks of points.
Getting started
Once you hit Play, the car moves off on its own until it reaches a steady cruising speed. From there you can go faster or ease off, though you’ll never dip under a minimum pace. Steer with the arrow keys or A and D, adjust speed with up and down, and hold Space to shoot. The mouse can steer too, with the car following your pointer.
You begin with three lives. Crashing into a car or taking a bullet costs one, except when you bump the armored car.
Know the traffic
- Red blade cars are hostile and worth 200 points.
- Yellow gunner cars fire back at you and are worth 300.
- Light blue armored cars shrug off bullets. Shove them off the road or let them hit an oil slick for 500.
- Brown wagons and blue sedans are innocent drivers. Wrecking one takes away 750 points and sends your multiplier back to x1.
Blade and gunner cars each take three hits. Hostile cars tend to cruise along, then surge after you in bursts. As the distance grows, a bigger share of drivers turn hostile.
The multiplier and special weapons
Your multiplier climbs to x2 after three hostile kills and to x3 after seven. Keep it alive by never shooting a civilian.
Special weapons are earned, not given. Every fourth hostile kill adds an oil slick, pressed with Z, while each sixth one gives you a smoke screen, pressed with X. You can hold up to five of each, and counters at the bottom right track them.
Strategy notes
Shoot in short bursts when civilians are nearby. Your guns only fire straight ahead, so a sedan sliding into your lane can catch shots meant for an enemy.
Oil drops behind you and stays for eight seconds, wrecking whatever drives over it. That makes it ideal for cars chasing your tail. Smoke works when you’re boxed in, since cars inside it swerve randomly and gunners lose their aim. For armored cars, stay pressed against their side. The push builds the longer you keep contact.
Controls
| Action | Keyboard | Mouse | Touch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steer | Left and right arrows, or A and D | Move the pointer left or right | Push the on-screen stick left or right |
| Speed up or slow down | Up and down arrows, or W and S | — | Hold the bottom button to speed up or the rightmost button to slow down |
| Fire the twin guns | Hold Space | Hold the left button | Hold the leftmost of the four buttons on the right |
| Drop an oil slick | Z | — | — |
| Release a smoke screen | X | — | — |
| Restart the run | R | — | Open the menu and tap Restart |
| Pause menu | Escape | Click the menu icon in the top corner | Tap the menu icon in the top corner |
Highway Pursuit FAQ
Can I play Highway Pursuit on a phone or Chromebook?
Partly. On a phone you get an on-screen stick for steering and buttons for speed and shooting, but no touch buttons for oil or smoke. A Chromebook keyboard gives you every action, and a mouse or controller also works.
How many lives do I get?
You start with three. Each 10,000 points earns an extra life, and you can hold five at most. Hitting any car other than the armored one, or getting hit by enemy fire, costs one life.
When does a run end?
The run ends when your last life is gone. The road keeps going forever, so the goal is simply to drive as far and score as high as you can before that happens. Press R to start over.
Is it single-player?
Yes. Highway Pursuit is a solo game. You drive one car against computer traffic and try to beat your own score. There is no multiplayer mode, so you can jump in whenever you like without waiting for anyone.
