# Downtown Cruiser > Play Downtown Cruiser online: drive around a 3D city, choose from 13 vehicles, switch camera views and customize your car. Needs a keyboard. - Play in the browser: https://yesthisgame.com/downtown-cruiser/ - Category: Driving, Original Games - Made by: Yes This Game (an original game written by the site) - Price: free, no download, no sign-up - Inside the game: no ads, works on phones, tablets and computers, progress saved in the browser - Guide: [Car Driving Game Controls: 6 Cameras, 5 Modes, 4 Assists](https://yesthisgame.com/blog/car-driving-game-controls-guide.md) ## In short Downtown Cruiser is a 3D car driving game set in an open city. Drive around with the keyboard, press C to cycle through six camera views, open Options to spawn one of 13 vehicles, switch driving assists and pick a handling style, and open Customize to change wheels, steering and colors. **How to control it:** Computer only: press the Up arrow (or W) to accelerate and the left and right arrow keys to steer. Press C to change the camera view. Click Options at the top of the screen to spawn a different vehicle, switch the driving assists ABS, ESP, TCS and SH, or choose a handling style; click Customize to change wheels, steering and colors. The game needs a keyboard and does not have touch controls. **Downtown Cruiser** is a 3D car driving game that runs in your browser. You start in a blue car on a city street with traffic and parked cars around you, and you can drive wherever the buildings let you. There is no race and no timer: it is a sandbox for driving, switching camera views and trying different vehicles. ## How to play 1. Wait for the game to load. It is about 84 MB, so the first load takes a moment. 2. Press the **Up arrow** (or **W** ) to accelerate and the **left and right arrow keys** to steer. 3. Press **C** to cycle through the camera views: chase view, cockpit view and more. 4. Click **Options** at the top right to spawn a different vehicle, switch the driving assists or pick a handling style. 5. Click **Customize** at the top left to change the wheels, steering and colors of your car. ## What you see on screen - **Speedometer:** a round gauge at the top left, with the speed in km/h. - **Second gauge:** at the top right. In our test its number sat at 1000 when the car stood still and rose to over 5000 when we held the accelerator. - **Menus:** Customize at the top left and Options at the top right. - **City:** tall buildings, a parking lot with palm trees, a bus and other traffic. ## Game features - A 3D city to drive around, with traffic and parked cars - A list of 13 vehicles, including a bus, a buggy, a pickup and a truck - Six camera views on the C key, including a cockpit view - Five handling styles: Simulator, Racing, Drift, Semi Arcade and Fun - Four driving assists you can switch: ABS, ESP, TCS and SH - Customize menu with wheels, steering, config and colors, plus Save and Load - No sign-up and no ads inside the game ## Controls - **Up arrow or W:** accelerate - **Left and right arrow keys:** steer - **C:** change the camera view - **Mouse:** click Options, Customize and the buttons inside the menus ## Tips - Press C right after the game loads: the view changes six times before it comes back to the start, and the cockpit view is the second one. - Open Options and try the handling styles one by one; Simulator is the one selected when the game starts. - If you get stuck against a wall or a parked car, open Options and use Restart: in our test it put the car back at the start. - Read our [car driving game controls guide](https://yesthisgame.com/blog/car-driving-game-controls-guide/) for the full list of menus and settings we found. ## Frequently asked questions ### How do you drive in Downtown Cruiser? Press the Up arrow (or W) to accelerate and the left and right arrow keys to steer. Press C to change the camera view. ### How many vehicles are there? The spawn list in the Options menu holds 13 vehicles, including a bus, a buggy, a pickup and a truck. ### How many camera views are there? Pressing C cycles through six views, including a cockpit view, and then returns to the start. ### What are the driving assists? The Options menu has four buttons, ABS, ESP, TCS and SH, that you can switch on or off. ### Is Downtown Cruiser free? Yes. It is free to play in your browser on Yes This Game, with no download and no sign-up. ### Can I play it on a phone? No. The game has no touch controls, so on a phone or tablet the page asks you to open it on a computer with a keyboard. ### Why does it take a while to load? The game files add up to about 84 MB, mostly 3D city data, so the first load takes longer than a small game.