Roadster: Thruster Landing

Fly a roadster on twin cold-gas thrusters. Lift off, cross the desert and set it down on the pad. Every landing is scored out of 10. Can you stick a perfect touchdown?

Roadster puts you at the controls of an electric sports car fitted with twin cold-gas thrusters. Lift off vertically, cross the desert test range and set it down softly on the green landing pad.

It's easy to pick up and hard to master. Hold Lift to climb, let go to sink gently, and tilt to fly left or right. Touch down too fast, drifting, or tipped over and it's back to the launch pad.

EVERY LANDING SCORED Each touchdown is rated out of 10: vertical speed counts most, then drift and tilt, then how close you land to the centre of the pad. Your best score is kept for every test in every mode.

THREE MODES • Easy: lighter gravity, more gas, and a car that levels itself. Perfect for your first flights. • Normal: Earth gravity with a gentle assist and forgiving landings. • Challenge: Earth gravity, no help, and the strictest touchdown limits.

TWO WAYS TO FLY • Simple controls: Lift and tilt, and the game balances the thrusters for you. • Pro controls: fire the left and right thrusters yourself, like a real VTOL pilot.

THREE TESTS • Pad Hop: a short hop across the desert. • Ridge Run: climb over a ridge to a raised pad. • Mesa Top: land on a short pad on top of a 38 m mesa, on the same tank of gas.

Live flight readouts show altitude, vertical speed, drift, tilt and gas, so you always know how close you are to a perfect landing.

No ads. No accounts. No tracking. Just you, two thrusters and a landing pad.