Description

Ready to trade safe angles for aerial bravado? Madness Driver Vertigo City drops you into a vertical playground of ramps, spirals, and skyline loops where the fun comes from clean control and clever route planning as much as raw speed. How to play is straightforward: pick single-player runs or local two-player split-screen, choose a race, stunt, or free-drive activity, then steer, throttle, brake, and use a handbrake tap to initiate controlled drifts; a short nitro burst rewards tidy exits rather than messy entries, and gem lines placed along high routes fund cosmetic wraps, wheel styles, underglow, and handling kits that subtly alter grip, suspension travel, and response. The city mixes race gates with amusement-park set pieces—hoop jumps, bowling pins sized for playful car strikes, speed traps through mirrored tunnels—while free-drive lets you scout lines and memorize ramp approach speeds before you chase medals. Practical tips: treat ramps like runways by aligning well in advance and feathering throttle over crests to keep the nose level; land as flat as possible to protect speed, and if you must correct, lift for half a beat so the suspension resets before you reapply power. On drift corners, enter with a brief brake tap to shift weight forward, pull the handbrake just long enough to break traction, then steer into the slide and ease back on the throttle as the car rotates; oversteer is faster than understeer here, but only when you commit to a smooth arc instead of sawing at the wheel. Manage nitro as an exit tool—save it for the first straight after a corner or the final meters of an uphill ramp—and choose tires to match the activity: soft compounds for technical races, mediums for mixed routes, and hard for long high-speed sprints where heat builds. Camera choices matter too; a slightly lower field of view keeps depth cues readable on tall jumps, and horizon lock reduces motion sickness without hiding tilt. In two-player, stagger boosts so the trailing car drafts and slingshots rather than both flaming out on the same straight; when you’re ahead, take inside lines to shorten distance and deny easy passes on narrow bridges. Gems hide in sensible clusters: rooftop strings often point to a secondary ramp you might miss at street level, and ferris-wheel spokes double as gentle spiral practice if you ride the throttle at a steady mid-range. If a challenge frustrates, break it down—practice the approach at half speed to mark a curb or billboard as your “go” point, then increase pace by small increments until the timing clicks. Accessibility and comfort settings include color-independent checkpoint arrows, a reduced flashing mode for neon tunnels, optional haptic taps on perfect landings, steering assist that softens sudden inputs without taking over, and an auto-respawn that places you just before the last gate rather than far back. What makes Vertigo City enjoyable is the way it celebrates intention: you aren’t merely surviving a gauntlet, you’re learning a skyline’s rhythm—how a spiral breathes, where a bridge kinks, why a tiny lift saves a wobbly landing—and then expressing that knowledge with a line that feels uniquely yours. The best runs look audacious from the sidewalk yet feel calm from the driver’s seat, and whether you’re trading best times with a friend or cruising the amusement quarter for one more hidden gem, every session offers one new trick, one cleaner landing, and a little more confidence to push that next ramp just right.

Instruction

Player 1 Move W A S D or ARROW KEYS 1P Mode Nitro L-SHIFT Restart R Look back T Player 2 Move ARROW KEYS Nitro R-SHIFT Restart O Look back P

Specifications

• Easy to play