Grand Extreme Racing

The most expensive car in Grand Extreme Racing costs $430,000. You start with two free ones.

That gap is the whole game, and how fast you close it depends entirely on which mode you race. Most players grind Championship. Challenge mode pays out far quicker — and almost nobody realises it.

Here's the full guide: complete controls for one and two players, which starter car to pick, and how the money actually works.

What Is Grand Extreme Racing?

Grand Extreme Racing is a free 3D Formula 1 racing game by RHM Interactive, released on July 7, 2022 and still being updated — the most recent update landed in April 2025.

It runs in your browser with no download. You pick from 5 open-wheel race cars and 5 drivers, then race across 10 circuits inspired by real-world venues including Melbourne, Mexico City and Monza.

There's a full championship season, standalone challenge races, open practice, and local split-screen two-player on one keyboard.

One thing to set expectations: despite the name, this isn't a drift game. The physics are grippy, and the cars handle like real formula racers. You'll see small puffs of tyre smoke on hard corner entries, but that's it. This is a game about clean lines, not sliding.

Controls

One player

Two players (split screen)

Both players share one keyboard. A full-size board makes this far more comfortable — on a compact laptop, two sets of hands fighting over the same space gets awkward quickly.

R is the key that saves your race

R restarts your car's position without restarting the race.

Spun into the gravel? Beached against a barrier? Facing the wrong way after contact? Press R and you're back on the tarmac, pointed forwards, still in the event. Most players quit and reload instead.

In split screen it's O for Player 1 and R for Player 2, so you can each recover without ruining the other's race.

T is look back, and on a full F1 grid it matters more than it sounds. Knowing whether the car behind is on your gearbox or three seconds back decides whether you defend the inside line or take the fast one.

The Main Menu

You get four options:

Championship — The main event. A long sequence of circuit races, each with its own lap count, race type and cash reward. Races run three laps. Bigger final payouts, longer commitment.

Challenge — Standalone events, one lap each, roughly a minute long. Quick competitive racing without signing up to a full season.

Practice — Open laps on any track, no opponents, no pressure. Learn corners and braking points before they cost you.

Garage — Where you manage cars, buy upgrades, and set up two-player.

Which Starter Car to Pick

You begin with two free cars, and they aren't equal.

Take the black one — Bell Rud – S. It has slightly better specs across the board than the other free option, which makes early races noticeably easier while you're still learning tracks and building cash.

Three more cars are unlockable as you earn money. The top of the range is the Dermedes G (TEAM RHM – P) at $430,000 — a serious grind that'll take a solid run of championship wins and challenge completions to afford.

The Fastest Way to Earn Money

This is the single most useful thing in this guide.

Challenge mode pays faster per minute than Championship.

Here's why: a Challenge race is a single lap that takes about a minute. A Championship race is three laps. If you're short on time or grinding toward a specific car, running back-to-back challenges banks cash considerably quicker than committing to full championship weekends.

Championship still has its place — the final payouts at the end of a season are much bigger. So the sensible pattern is:

1.       Run challenges when you want fast, reliable income.

2.      Run championships when you've got a longer session and want the big end-of-season money.

3.      Use practice on any circuit you keep losing time on.

Grinding challenges for twenty minutes will get you further than fifty frustrated championship retries.

The Garage: What to Upgrade

Inside the garage you'll find an Upgrade Engine button and a tyre selection option, plus the Player 2 toggle for setting up split-screen.

Upgrades cover engine power, handling and brakes.

Buy engine first. Straight-line speed is the easiest advantage to convert into positions against the AI field, and these circuits have real straights to use it on.

Then tyres and handling. Grip is what lets you carry speed through the technical sections, and since the physics are grippy rather than slidey, better tyres translate directly into faster corner exits.

Brakes last, unless you're consistently overshooting corners — in which case move them up.

Racing Tactics

Use the radar in the top-left corner. If you don't know a circuit, the mini-map shows what's coming. This is the single fastest way to learn a track without burning laps in practice.

Slow in, fast out. Enter a corner too hot and you run wide, lose the exit, and give up the entire following straight. A slightly slower entry with early throttle beats it every time.

Save NOS for the straights. Boost fired into a corner pushes you wide and off the tarmac. These are real circuits with real run-off — use nitro where the road is straight and clear.

Don't slip off the tarmac. Leaving the racing surface kills your speed badly and takes ages to rebuild. Give kerbs and edges more room than feels necessary.

Learn one circuit properly. Since championships escalate, having one track you know cold — braking points, boost zones, where the AI makes mistakes — is worth more than being average everywhere.

Practice before you commit. Ten minutes on a new circuit in Practice mode is worth more than any upgrade you could buy in the same time.

Common Problems

My car is stuck or facing the wrong way. Press R (or O if you're Player 1 in split screen). It resets your position mid-race without ending it.

Nitro won't fire. In one player it's Left Shift or Right Shift. In two player, Player 1 uses M and Player 2 uses Left Shift.

I can't afford any new cars. Switch to Challenge mode. One-lap races pay out much faster per minute than three-lap championship events.

Races are getting too hard. You're under-upgraded rather than under-skilled. Grind challenges and buy engine upgrades.

The car won't drift. It isn't meant to. The physics are deliberately grippy — this is formula racing, not a drift game.

Two-player keys feel cramped. Two people on one keyboard is always tight. An external full-size keyboard genuinely helps.

Keyboard doesn't respond. Click once directly on the game window first. Browser games need focus before they register keystrokes.