Air Racer medals and coins: how rewards work
In Air Racer you earn coins by winning medals. A new medal pays Bronze 300, Silver 600, Gold 1,200 or Author 2,500 coins. Your first race without penalties on a course pays 100 more, and beating a rival pays 500. You spend coins on new planes in the Hangar. Coins can only be earned by flying.
The four medals
Every course has four medal times. Fly the course at or below a time and you win that medal. The time that counts is your total: flying time plus any extra seconds from penalties.
| Medal | Coins the first time | Coins when you win it again |
|---|---|---|
| Bronze | 300 | 30 |
| Silver | 600 | 60 |
| Gold | 1,200 | 120 |
| Author | 2,500 | 250 |
Author is the hardest medal. Its times are only a little slower than the game's fastest test flights. The medal times for all nine courses are on all nine courses.
How coins are paid
After each finished race, the game adds up:
- New medals. If you win a medal you never had on this course, you get its full prize. You also get the prize of every lower medal you skipped. A first Gold on a new course pays Bronze, Silver and Gold together: 2,100 coins.
- Repeat medals. If you win no new medal but still win one, you get a tenth of that medal's prize.
- The clean bonus. Your first finish on a course with no penalties at all pays 100 more. It is paid once per course.
The result screen shows what you won, like "Gold · You earned 2,100 coins!"
Examples
| What you did | Coins |
|---|---|
| First race on a course: Bronze, with penalties | 300 |
| First race on a course: Bronze, no penalties | 400 |
| Next try: Gold, with penalties | 1,800 (Silver 600 + Gold 1,200) |
| Gold again, later | 120 |
| You already have Gold, and win Silver this time | 60 |
| Finished, but too slow for a medal | 0 (or 100 for your first clean finish) |
| Crash | 0 |
Things that pay nothing
- Crashes.
- Practice flights from any gate.
- Guided practice.
- Watching a replay.
They also never cost anything. You can never lose coins in Air Racer, except by buying a plane.
Rival prizes
When you beat a rival pilot for the first time, you get 500 coins and a tick next to their name. Racing them again is still fun, but it pays nothing extra. There are four rivals, so that is 2,000 coins in all. See Grandpa and the rival pilots.
What can you buy?
Coins buy planes in the Hangar:
| Plane | Price |
|---|---|
| Trainer | Free, you start with it |
| Racer | 2,500 coins |
| Aerobat | 7,000 coins |
| Pro Racer | 10,000 coins |
All three planes cost 19,500 coins together. Paints are not bought: you win them with Gold medals. Both are on planes and paints.
How many coins can you earn?
| Source | Most coins |
|---|---|
| All four medals on one course | 4,600 |
| Clean bonus on one course | 100 |
| All nine courses, every medal and every clean bonus | 42,300 |
| All four rivals | 2,000 |
After that, repeat medals keep paying a little. So you can earn every plane and still have plenty left.
Quick ways to earn coins
- Go for Silver on the first three courses. Three first Silver medals pay 2,700 coins, enough for the Racer.
- Fly clean once on every course. That is an easy 100 each time.
- Beat Kite after the Fjord courses for 500 coins.
- Fly new courses. A new course pays full prizes; an old one only pays a tenth.
More ideas are on advanced tips.
Is there anything to buy with real money?
No. There is no shop for real money inside Air Racer. Coins are only earned by flying, and only buy planes. Paints are won.
See also
- Planes and paints: what each plane is like.
- All nine courses: medal times for every course.
- Tips for new pilots: clean laps for the clean bonus.
- Back to the Air Racer guide, or play Air Racer.
