Driving guide
Hill Climb Driving Tips From Three Runs: 7, 59 and 80 m
Key takeaways
- The How to play board lists D or the right arrow to accelerate forward and A or the left arrow to accelerate backward.
- Holding the right arrow ended at 7 m when the egg fell.
- Pressing the right arrow for 0.4 s and releasing it for 0.6 s reached 59 m.
- Right for 0.6 s then left for 0.25 s, repeated, reached 80 m.
The first hill climb driving tip is to stop holding the accelerator: in Yolkdrive holding the right arrow ended our run at 7 metres, while pressing it in short pulses reached 59 and adding a little reverse reached 80. The egg on the roof is what you are really driving.
How the game works
Yolkdrive is a hill driving game. A red car carries an egg on its roof, and the run ends when the egg falls. The How to play board tells you to press D or the right arrow to accelerate forward and A or the left arrow to accelerate backward. A distance counter runs along the top, your coins sit in the top left corner, and two dials, RPM and BOOST, sit between two pedals at the bottom.
Three runs, three ways of pressing
We drove the first car in a test browser at 1280 by 800 pixels, three times, with a different pattern of key presses each time and up to 24 seconds per run. We read the best distance from the marker on the start screen after the egg fell.
| Key pattern | Distance |
|---|---|
| Right arrow held down | 7 m |
| Right arrow 0.4 s on, 0.6 s off, repeated | 59 m |
| Right 0.6 s, then left 0.25 s, repeated | 80 m |
One run per pattern in one test browser; the road is the same each time, so the gap is large, but three runs are not a statistical sample.
Why holding fails
With the right arrow held down the egg fell at 7 metres, while the road was still flat. In the screenshots of the other runs the first rise starts at around 12 metres, so full acceleration alone was enough to lose the egg.
Coins and cars
Along the road there are arcs of coins and the occasional blue gem. In the longest run the coin counter went from 25 to 29 by 31 metres. The garage holds five cars; the first is yours from the start and the other four cost 200, 300, 500 and 1,000 coins.
4 tips that follow from the numbers
- Do not hold the key. Holding the right arrow ended at 7 metres.
- Pulse the accelerator. A 0.4 second press and a 0.6 second pause reached 59 metres.
- Use reverse to settle the car. Adding a quarter second of left reached 80 metres.
- Collect the coins. They pay for the four other cars.
Where to try it
Try it yourself in Yolkdrive. For more driving, Smokeslide is a top-down drift game and Hollowdrive is a tunnel racing game.
Frequently asked questions
Which keys does Yolkdrive use?
D or the right arrow accelerate forward, A or the left arrow accelerate backward, according to the How to play board.
What happens if you hold the accelerate key?
In our run the egg fell at 7 metres.
How far did pulsing the accelerator get us?
59 metres with the right arrow pressed for 0.4 seconds and released for 0.6 seconds.
Does reverse help?
Pressing right for 0.6 seconds and left for a quarter of a second, repeated, reached 80 metres in our run, the best of three.
How many cars are there?
Five. The first is selected and the other four cost 200, 300, 500 and 1,000 coins.
Does Yolkdrive work on a phone?
It uses keyboard keys, so it plays best on a computer; our version asks you to turn an upright phone sideways.