[typing game] TypeRacer

electric ant · 26 Apr 2008 at 23:59

Found this fun little game to pass away the time, called TypeRacer.
Type words to move your car across the screen.
Race against others.
ingame I am [ocuk] Electric ant, maybe Ill see you there and race you.
(I average 40-50wpm using the tried and trusted hunt and peck technique)

http://play.typeracer.com/

I should also point out it doesnt work in firefox for me, i had to use safari, no idea why this is

Nick1881 · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:02

According to that my spacebar doesnt work, yet clearly it does :s

Van Hellseek · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:02

They cheat.

davethe11 · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:02

got 71 on the practice, pretty happy with that!

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some dam fast typers on there

gonna have to take mavis out again

sunlitsix · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:14

mr_x_plosion said:
According to that my spacebar doesnt work, yet clearly it does :s

same here
good game

davethe11 · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:15

do you mean when you make an error? If so, you need to delete the whole current line and re-do it, not just the character in error

if not, ignore me

Puppetmaster · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:19

just won with 58 wpm completed owned everyone.

Name is [OcUk] Vicious

gumbald · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:22

I either get drawn against Stevie Wonder, or a professional typist.

ZG002 · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:23

max i could get was 40 wpm lol.. its late thats my excuse

not a bad game, good for learning to type quicker actually.

Puppetmaster · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:24

just managed 63 wpm. Somehow i always miss " ' "

JollyGreen · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:25

Way too easy, 54wpm was the closest to me, which was about 91wpm iirc.
Though as said previously, the spacebar doesn't seem to work too well on this game...

Bunka · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:27

I just came fifth with 72wpm. :eek:

Freakitchen · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:28

This is good! Got an average of 78WPM over 6 races so far.

gumbald · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:29

Bunka said:
I just came fifth with 72wpm.

Competitors seem to be of the same level as each other, either way better or way worse than you...

Freakitchen said:
This is good! Got an average of 78WPM over 6 races so far.

Did you work that out?

syke · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:30

Came 4th with 97wpm :/

syke · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:31

gumbald said:
Did you work that out?

Says up top

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Puppetmaster · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:31

just got 3rd with 80 wpm

electric ant · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:32

gumbald said:
Competitors seem to be of the same level as each other, either way better or way worse than you...

Did you work that out?

The game pits you against other players of a similar skill level.

The game also works out your average WPM and shows this in the top right corner.

gumbald · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:32

syke said:
Says up top .

Aha, I'll let him off

I didn't think his maths skills were up to that anyway!

Disclaimer: it's not random abuse, I do know him...

fini · 27 Apr 2008 at 00:34

Anywhere between 40-68wpm on an eepc keyboard (eek). You get REALLY punished if you make a mistake - not only does it ruin your rhythm, but also you have to look and work out what the typo is rather than just not getting that word registered. Was very annoying when I had an extra 'i' in a word by accident.