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title: "Shifty Gears"
subtitle: "Use your special abilities to evade the captors and run other cars right off the road in this thrilling racing game!"
date: 2017-04-28T00:00:00.000Z
category: game
url: https://phaser.io/news/2017/04/shifty-gears
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Shifty Gears

*Use your special abilities to evade the captors and run other cars right off the road in this thrilling racing game!*

![image](shifty-gears1.jpg)

"A patient with mysterious powers has just escaped from a secret laboratory. Help him make his escape in this thrilling racing game. He can use his newfound abilities to evade his captors and run other cars right off the road!"

![image](shifty-gears2.jpg)

This is a vertically scrolling racing game. You can dodge the on-coming traffic if its bigger than you, but unlike most games you can also warp your driver into other vehicles. Just hold down the Space Bar and press an arrow and you'll teleport into another vehicle (if it's close enough, you end up as roadkill if not).

This allows you to 'upgrade' to faster or bigger cars. A truck for example can bash smaller cars off the road, while a motorbike can't touch anything but goes really fast. It adds an unusual dimension to a well worn genre, in this quality new game from studio Cangrejo Ideas.

[Play Game](http://www.gamesgames.com/game/shifty-gears)

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