A relaxing journey through miniature desert races and open wilderness. Pick a small, stylized Ford Bronco® and head out for a race, a climb, a dune jump, or a drive with no destination.
A personal passion project for people who enjoy tiny trucks, off-road exploration, and experimenting with 4×4 drivetrains. Accessible Arcade handling meets a detailed 3D vehicle simulation, with plenty of room to tinker.
PLAY IN YOUR BROWSER ↗ · EXPLORE THE 3D GARAGE · Try a seeded desert
▶ Gameplay videos and gallery · Race pack · MP4 · Dune jump · MP4
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Mobile view — touch controls, automatic transmission, and minimap
Browser-emulated phone layout, 390 × 777. All screenshots and clips come from the running game; cinematic clips have the HUD hidden.
- A clearer Pit Stop: Play, Tracks & terrain, Vehicles, Simulation, Stats, Bronco history, and Community. Player/Developer and Performance switches keep advanced tools within reach.
- English-first interface: centralized translations, ready for additional languages. English is the only language currently shipped.
- Compact instruments: choose Rally Six, rectangular, round, or a vehicle-matched style. Transmission mode, front/rear differential locks, and HDC share one row.
- Desktop and mobile layout checks, including longer translated text. Community remains a planned feature; desert invitation links already work.
- Racing and free ride: 16 tracks, mirrored variants, a random track generator, and 0–11 AI rivals across five skill levels. Explore the desert without a time limit.
- Varied terrain: 2.88 km² of desert, tire ruts, dunes, rock climbs, wider bidirectional ramp pairs with cross approaches, a four-way pyramid, and low suspension rollers. Multiple generators include dense Jumpy Dunes for repeated jumps and a separate Hard Dunes mode.
- The Bronco garage: 20 procedural vehicle models and 12 engine profiles, including the Godzilla 7.3 V8. Model-specific mass, larger tires, and suspension lifts affect handling.
- 4×4 controls: automatic transmission by default, manual shifting, engine-matched gearboxes, HI/LO transfer ranges, crawl mode, front/rear differential locks, HDC, and a parking brake. Choose Arcade or Classic handling.
- Responsive physics: suspension travel, wheel contact, grip, sliding, weight distribution, jumps, landings, collisions, and rollovers. Tire tracks, dust, exhaust, and sound respond to driving.
- Share an expedition: copy a seeded desert invitation, optionally including the vehicle, its settings, starting position, and the last 100 m of your route.
- Details to discover: configurable gauges, a compass, terrain slope, animated engine and suspension cutaways, telemetry, and physics tuning. Keyboard controls on desktop; touch controls and camera gestures on phones.
Open the game, choose a race or Free Ride, and drive. Use the Pit Stop to select a truck, engine, terrain, rivals, and simulation settings. Enable audio with the sound button. Landscape orientation works best on phones: drag the terrain to orbit the camera and pinch to zoom.
Keyboard shortcuts · Mobile controls
Three.js / WebGL renders the procedural world. Rapier 3D / WebAssembly runs physics at 120 Hz, while a custom powertrain model turns engine and gearbox behavior into wheel forces. Rendering and terrain contact share the terrain geometry. The rest of the stack is JavaScript, Web Audio / AudioWorklet, HTML/CSS, Canvas, and Vite, with tests and deployment through GitHub Actions / Pages.
The simulation prioritizes enjoyable driving. Custom vehicle masses, engine characteristics, and some mechanics are game calibrations rather than certified vehicle specifications. Progress and preferences stay in browser storage; you choose separately which data to include in a shared invitation.
Node.js 22.12+:
npm install
npm run dev
npm test
npm run build -- --base=/DustRunner/Further reading: desert sharing · engines and sources · vehicle dynamics · Jumpy Dunes and ramp design · mobile controls · localization · menu UX review · development and tuning · performance benchmark protocol.
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Ford® and Bronco® are registered trademarks of Ford Motor Company. Dust Runner is an independent project, not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Ford. Reference materials belong to their respective owners. Copyright and third-party notices · Audio sources and licenses.