While players will spend most of their time in Drag x Drive on the court, they will surely explore the park at some point and see what other activities the game has to offer. They will quickly notice the several clock symbols all around it and might feel compelled to investigate.
Drag x Drive Review
Drag x Drive is a barebones sports game that makes great use of the Switch 2's mouse controls.
Each clock symbol in the park represents a time trial. Gamers who want to put their Drag x Drive abilities to the test beyond competing with others should try out these challenges and see how they do. Time challenges will test players on just about every maneuver and trick in the game, as they must ace them in order to be able to complete the challenges before time is up.
Drag x Drive Time Trials, Explained
There are time trials all around the park in Drag x Drive, and players can take on the challenge to see if they're able to beat it and set their own park record. These challenges usually take between 10 to 20 seconds from start to finish, so it's a fun way to pass the time and test players' ability to perform certain moves and tricks.
When players start a challenge, they can see how much time they have in order to successfully complete it. If they're able to do it within the target time, they will receive a trophy for their efforts. Additionally, they can set a park record if no one has done it as fast as they have at the park where they're playing.
Some challenge symbols are yellow. Gamers can attempt to complete these challenges to get a Park Ring. Accumulating three Park Rings will also grant them a helmet customization option.
Easy Difficulty Challenges in Drag x Drive
Sprint Challenge
Location: Between the two courts
Objective: Reach the goal under 08.00 seconds
To easily reach the goal within the time limit, gamers should consider setting their current Player Style to Guard, as it has the highest Quickness stat.
Pool Vert 1
Location: In front of the pool, behind the blue court
Objective: Reach all 5 goals within 18.00 seconds
Before starting this challenge, players might want to go in the pool and practice their halfpipes, as they must master this maneuver in order to touch the five goals within the time limit. In order to jump while doing a halfpipe, players will have to go at full speed as they touch the top of the ramp. They must continue to do this while aiming towards the next objective.
Cone Zone 1
Location: First challenge icon behind the cones beyond the red court
Objective: Reach all 9 objectives within 15.00 seconds and avoid the cones
Players must put their best evasive maneuvers to the test, as they must touch all the goals within a limit time while avoiding the cones that have been put in their way.
Spinboost Sprint
Location: By the pink ramps, beyond the blue court
Objective: Reach the 3 objectives within 15.00 seconds
Players will have to take the ramps to one side and then return to touch to the goal. Mastering the Ramp Air maneuver will make it much easier for players to complete this challenge. To perform a Ramp Air, players must rotate their tires in opposite directions while in the air. There are various ramps in this area that will help players get airtime and pull this off. Once they reach the ground, they will receive a helpful speed boost.
Pipe Vert
Location: By the purple ramp behind the blue court
Objective: Reach the goal within 18.00 seconds
Players have to touch several objectives and get to the goal by going up and down the ramp.
Medium Difficulty Challenges in Drag x Drive
Jump Rope
Location: By the rope behind the red court
Objective: Reach the 11 objectives within 15 seconds
Players must master the Bunny Hop jump in order to jump rope in Drag x Drive and reach the objectives in this challenge. To Bunny Hop, players have to brake each wheel and then perform a tilting maneuver on one hand by lifting the joycon and quickly cancel it out by lifting the other one.
Slalom
Location: On the other side of the blue ramps, beyond the blue court
Objective: Reach all 11 checkpoints within 20.00 seconds
The key mechanic that players must ace in order to complete this challenge within time limit is turning. Players should play a few matches with their friends or go around the park to train their turning skills. Once they're confident enough, they can try this challenge.
Pool Vert 2
Location: Next to the pool, behind the blue court
Objective: Reach all 8 goals within 20.00 seconds
Similarly to the first Pool Vert challenge, players will want to master the halfpipe maneuver and then try this challenge. While the first challenge had all its objectives in their air on only one side of the pool, this will require players to move from one side to the other and catch the objectives at the bottom of the pool as well.
Cone Zone 2
Location: Second challenge icon behind the cones beyond the red court
Objective: Reach all 11 objectives within 20.00 seconds and avoid the cones
This is a hardest version of the Cone Zone 1 challenge, but it works exactly the same way; players must touch all of the checkpoints but not the cones.
Parkour Sprint
Location: Beyond the blue court, between the jump ropes and the pink and blue ramps
Objective: Reach the goal within 20.00 seconds
Players will have to sprint through a track while avoiding two ropes and some dirt on the ground. The best way to reach the objective quickly is to select the Guard Player Style, time the character with the rope to avoid having to Bunny Hop, get off the track before reaching the dirt, and sprinting as fast as possible. When players reach the ramp, they should perform a Ramp Air to get a speed boost.
Hard Difficulty Challenges in Drag x Drive
Cone Zone 3
Location: Third challenge icon behind the cones beyond the blue court
Objective: Reach all 14 objectives within 18.00 seconds and avoid the cones
Yet again, players must touch all objectives all avoiding the cones put in their way.
Cone Zone (Random)
Location: Last challenge icon behind the cones beyond the blue court
Objective: Reach all 8 objectives within 11.00 seconds and avoid the cones
This is an even more complicated version of Cone Zone, and it's extremely difficult, as gamers only have 11 seconds to touch 8 objectives - that's below 2 seconds per objective.
Tilt & Run
Location: By the dirt tracks beyond the red court
Objective: Reach the goal within 8.50 seconds
To complete this challenge, players will have to master the Tilting maneuver. To tilt in Drag x Drive, players must brake with one hand and lift the other one - this will cause one of their wheels to go up in the air. If they do this while going at a high speed, they will be able to tilt while moving.
- Released
- August 14, 2025
- Developer(s)
- Nintendo
- Publisher(s)
- Nintendo
- Multiplayer
- Local Multiplayer, Online Multiplayer
- Number of Players
- 1-6 players
- Nintendo Switch 2 Release Date
- August 14, 2025
- Genre(s)
- Sports
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch 2
