Mad Trails

About Mad Trails

Mad Trails is a physics-based off-road climbing game. You drive cars with oversized wheels up rocky terrain and extreme hills, where the difficulty is not speed but traction.

Every metre depends on throttle control and balance. Lean too hard into a climb and the car tips backward; too little and you never make it up. Later levels add sharper climbs and upgrades become the difference between a run and a restart.

How to Play Mad Trails

Mad Trails is an off-road climbing game built around traction rather than speed. You drive big-wheeled cars up rocky terrain, and the throttle is held down to climb rather than to race.

Balance is the constraint: too much throttle on a steep section tips the car backwards, too little and it never reaches the top. Later levels sharpen the gradients, and upgrades become the difference between clearing a hill and restarting it.

Mad Trails Controls

The throttle is not an on/off switch - holding it fully on a steep climb is what flips the car, while feathering it keeps the wheels in contact. Arriving at a hill with momentum already built is worth more than any amount of power applied on the slope itself.

Tips for Mad Trails

• Feather the throttle on steep climbs - full power flips the car.
• Momentum before a hill is worth more than power on it.
• Spend upgrades on traction before top speed.
• Build speed on the flat before a climb instead of trying to generate it on the gradient.
• If the car starts to lift, ease off immediately. Waiting a beat for the wheels to bite rarely works.

Mad Trails Key Features

• Physics climbing rather than timed racing
• Oversized wheels on rocky, uneven terrain
• Throttle control and balance decide every climb
• Upgrades that carry into the steeper later levels

Mad Trails FAQ