Six mobile racers worth your thumbs right now

Racing is the genre mobile does best, and I'll die on that hill. A good phone racer asks for nothing but a few minutes and gives you a genuine jolt of speed. Here's where our editorial team's thumbs have been lately.

At the top for arcade thrills sits Neon Drift Rally. The tilt steering is tighter than most, and the night tracks that light up under your wheels are just gorgeous. It's the one I keep handing to friends to try.

If you prefer something you can play entirely with one thumb, look at tap-to-steer racers where the car moves itself and you just handle lanes and drifts. They sound simple but the good ones are surprisingly tense at high difficulty.

A tip for anyone starting out: spend ten minutes in the settings before you complain about handling. Steering sensitivity on mobile racers is wildly different between games, and the default is almost never right for your grip.