Dust Circuit

Dust Circuit is pure arcade racing joy. You pilot a dune buggy across desert tracks full of jumps, banked turns and loose sand that eats your grip if you're greedy with the throttle. The handling is drift-focused: let off, flick in, hold the slide, and you build boost you can dump on the next straight.

The sense of speed is excellent. Sand kicks up behind you, the camera tightens when you boost, and the soundtrack has this driving beat that fits the pace. Touch controls default to tilt or buttons, and both work, though I preferred the button layout for tighter corners.

There's a decent career ladder and a time-trial mode with ghost replays, which is where I sank most of my hours chasing my own best laps. It's not a sim and doesn't pretend to be. It's a lean, fast, fun racer for the phone.

What we liked

• Satisfying drift-and-boost loop
• Strong sense of speed
• Ghost replays for chasing your lap times