Fit check
Is Cranks and Goggles worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Racing fans who want 1920s automobiles and European circuits
- Players seeking career championships alongside individual races
- Competitive racers interested in global time-trial rankings and online challenges
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking modern cars or contemporary motorsport settings
- Racers who prefer stable, predictable handling over physically unstable vehicles
- Players looking for an open-world driving structure rather than circuit-based events
Our take on Cranks and Goggles
The defining detail is its physics-driven handling of early automobiles: races revolve around controlling vehicles presented as unstable and dangerous, rather than driving modern cars with predictable behavior.
What is Cranks and Goggles?
Cranks & Goggles is a top-down racing game set during the 1920s, where players drive historical race cars with physics that model the period’s unstable automobiles.
Races take place across Europe and include Quick Race, Career, Time Trials with global rankings, and Online Multiplayer Challenge modes. The game contains 26 racecars, four bonus cars, 16 racetracks, 16 single races, and six Championships & Cups. Players can create an avatar and race to a nostalgic soundtrack. The structure combines individual events with longer championship and career progression, while time trials add ranked competition.
How Cranks and Goggles plays
- 01Historical Race Cars
- The roster includes 26 period vehicles plus four special bonus cars.
- 02European Circuits
- Racing takes place on 16 tracks across Europe.
- 03Career Championships
- Career play includes six championship and cup events.
- 04Ranked Time Trials
- Time Trial mode records results in a global ranking.
- 05Online Challenges
- The game includes an online multiplayer challenge mode alongside offline race formats.
- 06Avatar Creation
- Players can create an avatar before entering the races.
Cranks and Goggles compared to similar games
Cranks and Goggles focuses on 1920s historical cars, European circuits, career championships, and unstable vehicle physics. KartKraft centers on karting with the KartKross vehicle and Brentomonte track, while Absolute Drift focuses on drifting across 34 tracks and event challenges. Circuit Superstars is also a top-down racer, but its scope covers multiple generations and disciplines of motorsport rather than one historical period.
Cranks and Goggles: platforms & release
Is Cranks and Goggles worth it?
It is worth it if: racing fans who want 1920s automobiles and European circuits. Skip it if: players seeking modern cars or contemporary motorsport settings.
Where can I download Cranks and Goggles?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Cranks and Goggles's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Cranks and Goggles on?
Windows and macOS.
