Air Racer settings, save slots and saving
Air Racer saves by itself, in the browser on the device you play on. There are three save slots, so up to three players can each have their own coins, planes and medals. Settings like sound, camera and graphics are in the menu under Settings, and they are shared by all three slots.
How do you open Settings?
Press Esc (or Start on a controller, or the Menu button on a touch screen), then choose the Settings tile. The settings are in groups: Sound, Flying, Touch controls, Camera, Graphics and Language. Every change works at once and is remembered.
Sound
| Setting | What it does | Starts at |
|---|---|---|
| Sound | Turns all sound on or off | On |
| Volume | How loud the whole game is | 45% |
| Music | How loud the music is | 60% |
| Effects | How loud the engine and the other sounds are | 100% |
There are two music tracks: a calm one in the menus and on the result screen, and a faster one while you fly and in replays. The music starts after your first tap, click or key press.
Flying
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Swap up and down | Flips climb and dive, so W or ↑ climbs |
| Flying helpers | On is Helper on, off is Pro. Same as the M key. |
| Your best flight | Shows or hides your shadow. Same as the G key. |
| Grandpa's tips | Grandpa says hello, gives a tip for each course and cheers when you finish |
What the helper does is on how to fly the plane. Your shadow is on shadows and replays.
Touch controls
Touch sensitivity has three choices: Gentle, Normal and Sport. Gentle gives you more room for small corrections. Sport reacts faster. Every choice keeps full steering at the edge of the stick. Reset touch controls goes back to Gentle, the setting you start with. More on the controls page.
Camera
| Setting | What it does | Starts at |
|---|---|---|
| Moving effects | Like my device, Calm or Full. Calm gives fewer sparks and less confetti, and the camera never shakes. | Like my device |
| Camera shake | A little shake on hard pulls | Off |
| Level horizon | Keeps the horizon flat on the screen | Off |
| View width | How much you see from side to side, from 34° to 74° | 52° |
| Camera tilt | How much the camera leans when you roll, from 0% to 100% | 60% |
Like my device follows your device's own setting for less motion. If moving pictures make you feel unwell, choose Calm and turn on Level horizon.
Graphics
Choose Auto, Low, Medium or High. Auto picks a level for your device. If the game gets slow, Auto steps down by itself and remembers that for next time. If the game still feels slow or jumpy, choose Low.
Language
Air Racer speaks nine languages: English, Swedish, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. Pick one under Language. When you start the game from the Contenta Games portal, it uses the portal's language.
How do the save slots work?
When the game starts, you see Choose your adventure with three cards: Save 1, Save 2 and Save 3.
- An empty card says Not played yet. Press New game to start there.
- A used card shows your coins and the day you last played. Press Continue to carry on.
- Delete empties a slot. The game asks Delete this save? first. Your other saves stay safe.
To switch slots while you play, open the menu and press Save slots at the top.
What each slot keeps
| Kept in each save slot | Shared by all slots |
|---|---|
| Coins | Sound settings |
| Planes you own, and the plane you fly | Camera settings |
| Your paint | Graphics and language |
| Medals and finished courses | Flying mode, swap up and down, touch feel |
| Your ten best times per course, plane and mode | |
| Your best flights (your shadows) | |
| Rivals you beat and Grandpa's cards you have seen |
When does the game save?
It saves by itself: after every finished race, every purchase and every change of plane or paint. You don't need a save button. Just close the game when you are done.
If you start the game from the Contenta Games portal with a player profile, the game can also keep your progress online. A small button at the top then shows Saved to cloud, or Progress on this device when it only saves here.
Save problems and what they mean
| Message | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| This browser does not let the game save. | You are in a private window, or saving is turned off or full | You can still fly, but coins and times are gone when you close the game. Play in a normal window. |
| Your saved game had a problem, so we went back to your last good save. | The save was damaged; the game used an older good copy | Nothing. Fly on. |
| Your saved game could not be read, so you start fresh. | The save was damaged and there was no good copy | The game kept a copy of the old save |
| Your progress changed in another tab, so this tab uses it now. | You play in two tabs at once | Play in one tab only |
Clearing your browser's site data also deletes your saves.
Other messages
- This game needs WebGL: your browser cannot show the 3D picture. Try another browser or a newer one. A grown-up can also turn on "hardware acceleration" in the browser settings.
- The picture stopped: your device needed its graphics back for a moment. Press Try again. Your coins and race times are saved.
See also
- Controls: keys, controller and touch.
- How to fly the plane: the helper and the cameras.
- For grown-ups: devices, saving and languages.
- FAQ, or play Air Racer.
