PolyTrack

Chase Your Own Best Time

PolyTrack is a minimalist time-trial car racing game created by Kodub, built around a single, elegant obsession: going faster than you did last run. There are no opponents to race. There are no laps to count. There is only you, the track, your current best time, and the knowledge that somewhere in your last run you made a small, fixable mistake.

Inspired by Trackmania but stripped down to the essentials, PolyTrack uses basic low-poly 3D visuals so your entire focus stays on car control, braking precision, and corner geometry. It has earned 205,700 likes on Poki and a 4.4-star rating — a testament to how deeply satisfying iterative improvement feels in its purest form.

Official Tracks, Themes, and the Community

The game ships with 13 official tracks spread across Summer, Winter, and Desert themes. Each biome introduces a different visual texture and subtle surface-behaviour variation. Beyond the official content, 30+ community-created tracks are importable via shareable codes, pulling challenges designed by players worldwide.

Every map demands a slightly different driving approach:

• 🌲 Summer tracks — Long sweeping corners that reward smooth steering arcs
• ❄ Winter tracks — Tighter braking zones and narrower passages that punish overconfidence
• 🏜 Desert tracks — Wide open sections with punishing jump landings that require precise entry angles

Ghost Runs and Leaderboard Learning

One of PolyTrack's most powerful teaching tools is its ghost replay system. After posting a time, you can watch faster players' ghost runs to see exactly where they brake earlier, which line they take through a corner, and how they land jumps without losing momentum. A ghost run that is two seconds faster than yours will usually show you three specific mistakes you were making — not by telling you, but by demonstrating.

Build and Share Your Own Tracks

The built-in track editor lets you design circuits from scratch. Choose segments from the build menu, place and rotate them to define the route, add checkpoints, set a finish line, then test and iterate. Exporting your creation generates a shareable code that friends can import directly into their game — turning your design into a time-trial challenge for others.

Controls

• WASD or Arrow keys — Steer and accelerate
• T — Restart the full run
• R — Restart from the last checkpoint
• C — Toggle first-person cockpit view
• Space — Pause the game

How to Cut Seconds From Your Time

1. Brake before the corner, not inside it — Braking mid-corner scrubs speed and pushes you wide; brake in a straight line then carry speed through the apex
2. Land jumps pointing straight — Touching down at an angle forces a steering correction that kills momentum for the next 50 metres
3. Hug the inside line — A tighter arc means less distance travelled; even small line differences compound across multiple corners
4. Restart aggressively — PolyTrack's restart is instant; if a run goes wrong in the first corner, restart immediately rather than completing a slow lap
5. Watch ghost runs — A faster ghost will show you the exact braking points and lines that are costing you time