Question game · Qwiz Rush mini-game
Grand Prix: a live 3D racing game where answers are lanes
Grand Prix puts every player in their own car on one wide road. The car never stops. As it flows through question gates, the road ahead splits into coloured lanes, one for each answer choice, and the lane the car is in as it crosses the next gate is its answer.
- Free to host
- Players join by code
- No app to install
Hosts use it with multiple choice questions for a fast, physical change from the standard question loop. The whole room races wheel to wheel, and the furthest, most accurate driver ranks first.
Quick facts
- Players
- 1 or more. No minimum and no fixed cap. The launcher has no player-count gate, and every player's car appears for the whole field.
- Length
- 90 seconds of racing, after a 4.5 second grid and start-lights sequence.
- Solo room
- Yes. There is no minimum player count. A solo driver races the same 90 seconds against the road and their own accuracy, with no one else needed.
How it works
The host launches Grand Prix from a set that contains multiple choice questions, and a grid and start-lights sequence of 4.5 seconds runs.
Every player steers their own car down one wide road while the room sees all cars driving together, each labelled with the driver's name.
Question gates are spaced around the road. At each one the road ahead splits into coloured lanes, one per answer option.
The lane a car is in as it crosses the next gate is its answer. A correct lane gives a speed surge, a wrong lane gives no surge.
When the 90 seconds end, the field is ranked on distance travelled weighted by accuracy.
Player controls
Steer by holding or dragging across the screen towards a side, using on-screen steer controls, or A/D and the arrow keys on desktop. Each correct gate banks a nitro pip, up to 3, which a player spends with the nitro button or the Shift key for an extra surge.
Quiz questions
Only multiple choice questions are used, and only ones with at least two distinct choices where one is the correct answer. A correct lane triggers a speed surge sized by how early the player committed to that lane. A wrong lane gets no surge, and the car carries on at normal pace. Ranking multiplies distance by an accuracy weighting that never drops below 25 per cent, so wrong answers cost ground without zeroing a run. The race does not use up questions from the main quiz.
Tips for hosts
- Use a set with plenty of multiple choice questions: the race only draws from those and the host is told if there are none.
- Tell players to commit to a lane early, because the surge is bigger for an early, held choice and swerving late costs it.
- Remind drivers that nitro pips are banked from correct gates, so a run of right answers gives them extra surges to spend.
Frequently asked questions
How do you win the Grand Prix quiz game?
Players are ranked on distance travelled multiplied by an accuracy weighting, plus a small tiebreak for correct lanes. Going far but answering badly cannot beat a driver who is both quick and accurate.
What happens when a player picks the wrong lane?
There is no extra penalty. The car simply gets no speed surge and rolls on at normal pace. The cost is lost ground and a lower accuracy figure, which lowers the ranking weighting for the whole run.
Can I run Grand Prix with only multiple choice questions?
Yes, in fact it needs them. Only multiple choice questions can become lanes, and if a set has none the host sees a message saying so. The race also leaves the main quiz's question pointer alone.
Related mini‑games
Play Grand Prix at your next quiz
Host a quiz, then launch it from the mini‑game drawer between questions.
- Free to host
- Players join by code
- No app to install