LET'S DRIVE
Set off
Click “Let's drive” and the car picks up speed on its own, up to 90 km/h. No need to hold the accelerator.
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Get in. Back roads ahead.
Powiatówka is a game where you drive real local roads in Poland. Every player is in the same world, so at the same time of day everyone passes the same tractors, wedding processions and morning mist over the river. The first route runs from Radzymin to Ostrołęka, and more will follow.
- Runs in your browser
- On phone and computer
- No account needed
Tractor convoy
Had you set off when this page opened, you would already have covered 0.000 km.
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HOW TO PLAY
You'll get the hang of it in seconds
The car drives itself. You decide when to turn and where to stop.
Steer
On a phone, swipe left or right anywhere on the screen. On a computer, use the arrow keys.
Stop
Hold STOP or the space bar when you want a closer look. Let go and the car drives on.
HONK FLASH You can also honk or flash your lights. If you're signed in, other players will see it later in the recording of your drive.
ROUTES
You drive on roads that really exist
We build every route from OpenStreetMap data and the GUGiK digital terrain model, so bends, hills, junctions and level crossings are where they are in real life. Houses, trees and cars are simplified. The first route runs from Radzymin to Ostrołęka, and the next ones will take you through other regions.
ROUTE 1 · RADZYMIN – OSTROŁĘKA
- length
- 99.9 KM
- towns and villages
- 42
- road signs
- 649
- junctions
- 137
- level crossings
- 5
- bridge over the Bug
- 1
The route is split into four stages between the larger towns. Pick a stage to see what's on it.
- town or village
- level crossing
- wall for painting
- River Bug
KM 33.3
Wyszków → Długosiodło
At kilometre 33 you cross the bridge over the Bug. Then the forests begin, and another wall for painting waits at kilometre 45.
TIME OF DAY
Every player has the same time of day
Game time follows the clock in Warsaw. When dusk falls for you, it falls for every other driver too, and lights come on in the windows.
GAME TIME18:30
Wola Rasztowska, km 8.5
ON THE ROUTE TODAY
Something different happens on the road every day
Each day one event appears on the route. Every player sees it in the same place at the same time, and at midnight the next one takes over.
Fog over the Bug
By the river the fog gets so thick that you can only see a short stretch of road in front of the bonnet. A little further on it thins out and the countryside comes back.
Tractor convoy
Three tractors make their way along the route at their own pace. Every player meets them in the same place.
Wedding procession
Four cars decorated with ribbons and flowers. As at any Polish wedding, the drivers don't spare the horn.
COLLECTION
Collect the sights along the road
Every day a stork, a moose, a combine harvester and a procession turn up in different places along the route. Drive past them while signed in and they go into your collection.
Wola Rasztowska
SOŁTYS TYGODNIAYOUR NICKNAME
Whoever drives through a village most often in a given week becomes its sołtys, the village mayor, and their nickname hangs under the village sign.
GRAFFITI
Paint the roadside noise barriers together
Any signed-in player can add their own pixels to a wall. You start with 30 pixels of paint and get one more every 30 seconds. The finished picture is there for everyone who drives past.
Try it here: pick a colour and click the wall. This is only a preview; the real walls are in the game. They are moderated, and breaking the rules can cost you the right to paint.
PLAYERS
You meet other players on the road
Recorded drives
Other players' cars drive along the route, honking and flashing their lights just as their drivers did. When you drive signed in, your drive stays in the game too.
A number plate from your county
Once you choose your county (powiat), your car gets a plate with its code, and the kilometres you drive count towards the county ranking. All 380 counties compete.
Rankings
There are weekly and all-time rankings, separately for players, countries and counties. You join them after your first completed drive.
QUESTIONS
Frequently asked questions
Driving is free and you don't need an account. The full rules for using the game are in the terms of service.
No, the game runs in the browser on your phone or computer. If you like, you can add it to your home screen and open it like an app.
With an account you appear in the rankings, collect sights and can paint on the walls. You sign in with Google or with a link we send to your email.
Yes. The routes, towns, junctions and crossings come from OpenStreetMap, and the hills from the GUGiK terrain model. Buildings, trees and cars are simplified.
Yes. Radzymin – Ostrołęka is the first route, and we will keep adding more.
All players are in one world, so the time of day, events, sights and walls look the same for everyone.
Write to us from the email address you use to sign in to the game. You'll find the details in the privacy policy.
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See you on the road
To go for a drive, you don't need to install anything or create an account.
LET'S DRIVE