Idle Laps blends incremental progression with active racing by letting you drive circuits yourself, then convert your best lap into an AI ghost that loops indefinitely to generate income. Between races, upgrade your vehicle and prestige through ascensions to unlock new tracks across an island festival. It appeals to players who want hands-on gameplay mixed with the satisfying automation and long-term progression of an idle game.
About this game
An incremental racing game where you actually drive. Beat your best lap and turn it into ghosts that loop it endlessly, earning coins for you. Upgrade your ride, ascend, and master every circuit of an island racing festival.
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Hi everyone! This update adds Challenges: short driving goals that give you a reason to push on every lap, even when your ghosts are doing most of the earning. It also brings a round of fixes and quality-of-life changes. New: Challenges You always have three challenges at a time: one easy, one medium and one hard. They sit under your recent laps. Press E (or D-pad left on a controller) to expand the panel and see the details. Every challenge is about driving. Other changesESC in the ascension tree now takes you back to the race instead of opening the pause menu. Skin boxes can't be bought once your whole collection is maxed out. Shortcuts are now called "Track shortcuts", and the tutorial tells you how to open them (P, or L1/LB on a controller). Changing the ghost view now tells you which mode you're in. Hidden ghosts still earn coins and XP. Upgrades are a bit more expensive from level 3 onwards, ghosts especially. The first minutes play the same. Ascension points now take twice as much XP, and each level needs a bit more than the one before. The main menu now shows the Ranked Challenge: days left, plus your best lap and position once you've unlocked Ranked mode. New Discord button in the main menu. Come say hi! FixesThe mouse cursor now stays hidden while you play with a controller, and comes back as soon as you touch the mouse. Your save carries over as it is. If you already had a game going, your first challenges will show up as soon as you load in. Thanks for playing, and see you on the track!
The Idle Laps demo has a hidden goal: beat the champion at the end of the demo and you unlock Ranked mode, a global Steam leaderboard where everyone races with the same fully upgraded vehicle. Only your driving matters.The prizeThe 10 fastest players on the Ranked leaderboard will get a free Steam key for the full game.How to take partPlay the free demo and beat the champion's time attack.Enter Ranked mode from the kart circuit panel on the island.Set your fastest valid lap. Leaving the track voids the lap.RulesDeadline: the challenge ends on March 1, 2027 at 19:00 CET (10:00 PST). The top 10 at that moment win.Claiming your key: after the deadline, post one message in the #ranked-challenge-claims channel on our Discord with your Steam name, a link to your Steam profile and your lap time.Ties: if two players have the same time, the one who set it first ranks higher.Fair play: one entry per person. Times from cheats, exploits or multiple accounts will be removed.Good luck, see you on the leaderboard!
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