Nightmare Kart – Basic Guide (Controls, Keybinding, Cheat Codes)

This guide does not contain tips or walkthroughs of the game. Here you will only find control help and official cheat codes from the developers.

Guide to Basics

Keyboard Controls / Controller

  • W – Gas / A
  • A – Turn Left
  • D – Turn Right
  • Space Bar – Hop / LB
  • Hold Space Bar + Turn – Drift
  • Left Shift – Hand Brake / B (Reverse from Full Stop)
  • Hold W + Left Shift + Turn – Power Brake Turn / A + B + Turn
  • Hold W + Left Shift – Boost at Race Start / A + B (Hold for too long and burn out)
  • Up Arrow – Use Item / RB
  • Down Arrow – Boost / X
  • Left Arrow – Look Left / LT
  • Right Arrow – Look Right / RT
  • L+R Arrows – Look Behind / LT + RT

How to Change Key Binds

Use the red X on the right of the key bind to delete all keys for that one binding and then bind the key you want. Its a bit silly but thats how it works.

Console Commands

  1. Main menu -> Options -> Cheats
  2. Thats will open the cheat code entry screen.
  3. Type the code and after entering it click the double arrow icon (bottom right corner)
  4. You can enter multiple codes without backing out to the menu.

Cheat Code List

  • BEASTSBEWARE – Unlimited Bullets
  • CANTTOUCHME – Unlimited Health
  • CATCHMEIFYOUCAN – Hyper Speed mode
  • DINGDING – Invisible Karts mode
  • HOPPITY – Boost Jump mode
  • ICANDOTHISALLDAY – Unlimited Stamina
  • IMOUTTATIME – Unlocks all non-secret characters
  • SPLATSILVER – Paintball mode (Doesn’t seem to work at the moment)
  • TOPHEAVY – Big head mode
  • YEAG – Unlocks Bunlith and makes the announcer say “yeag”.

Some key things to note:

  • The CATCHMEIFYOUCAN and HOPPITY codes come with warnings about potentially going out of bounds, so use caution with those.
  • SPLATSILVER paintball mode doesn’t seem to be working currently.
  • The YEAG code unlocks the secret character Bunlith. To select her, go to the Fodder character and press down until she appears.
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Egor Opleuha is a professional copywriter with more than 12 years of experience, who eventually became fully immersed in the gaming industry. The legendary Heroes of Might and Magic saga was and continues to be his favorite video game franchise. In his free time he likes to fish and play guitar.

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