If I had to pay for repairs after every crash, I’d probably stick to walking. Thankfully, Car Destruction King on Woko Games lets you fix your car and put it through more punishment, even if your last attempt ended with a less-than-graceful landing. This 3D HTML5 driving game lets you roam the map, launch off ramps, and watch your car crumple on impact. You can find somewhere to try a new stunt or switch to racing when you feel like fighting for position. One look at a big ramp is often enough to get you wondering how far you could fly, which is usually where a questionable plan begins. Whether the car still looks like a car when it lands is something you’ll find out afterward.
You have three maps to choose from, and the city gives you wide roads to build up speed, although passing traffic means you can’t get too comfortable. Overpasses and intersections give you different routes to explore, while ramps tucked between buildings practically invite you to send a car airborne downtown. The Nature map takes you across grass, cliffs, and changes in elevation, so it helps to check whether there’s actually any ground ahead before hitting the gas. The Test Drive area has ramps and a loop ready for you to tackle. Looking at that upright loop, I just want to know whether the car can make it all the way around or drop out halfway through. If you want to set yourself a challenge, getting through it is a good place to start.
The driving controls are easy to pick up, but getting the car where you want it still takes a little coordination between steering and speed. Nitro gives you extra momentum, while the handbrake helps with corners; if you keep accelerating until you’re practically at the turn, you’ll make the next move harder to control. In Race mode, you need to beat the other cars to the finish, so collisions quickly become more irritating. You have to follow the course and choose where to accelerate without setting yourself up for trouble at the next corner. There’s something funny about taking the same car out for a casual drive and looking for things to crash into, then entering a race and wishing everyone would get out of your way so you could drive in peace.
If you’re mainly here to see how much punishment a car can take, the spinning hammers, presses, and catapults give you plenty to work with. Impacts can crush the bodywork and tear parts off until the car starts losing its original shape. You can slow down time to watch the collision, then switch camera angles to inspect the damage. After going to the trouble of building up speed, you want to see what happens; blinking and finding a mangled wreck in front of you without catching the impact would feel like a missed opportunity. When you’re ready for another attempt, you can repair the car, choose a different one, or flip it upright if it has landed the wrong way up. You can also return to the same obstacle at a different speed and see how the result changes.
The rear camera keeps your car and the road ahead in view, while the speedometer tells you how fast you’re going before you hit a ramp. With wide roads, passing traffic, and open spaces between buildings, the city gives you room to cruise around and scout potential stunt spots even when you aren’t actively trying to wreck anything. With that much destructive equipment sitting around, though, your good intentions probably won’t last. A great jump doesn’t guarantee a great landing, and a crushed front end can be reason enough to switch cameras for another look. Since you can repair the damage and keep going, even a botched maneuver can leave you with something to laugh at. You almost have to feel bad for the car: it barely gets back into shape before its owner points it straight at another press.
