Have you ever had the adrenaline rush of riding a motorcycle really fast? There’s not that many motorcycles/motorbike-based video games where you can do this outside of the Ride series. So it’s nice to see an indie developer take on this task head-on.
Lanesplit, developed by solo developer FunkyMouse, has you ride bikes really fast and, as the name suggests, lets you weave through traffic. But at breakneck speeds.
The act of lane splitting is illegal in most states in the United States, but if you live in countries where motorcycles are more commonplace, this is just a regular day for bikers (in particular those that don’t abide to speed rules). To use a bastardised quote of a famous F1 driver which we then bastardise further just to fit this story: “If gap, bike.”
The bike-riding is entirely in the first-person and just watching the gameplay trailer here makes you understand why. Lanesplit really wants you feel that sense of speed and it’s doing so by using a whole manner of tricks to get there. Wide field-of-view to the point that portion of the bike you see looks peculiarly elongated. Vision blurs, the quick whizzing of passed traffic, heck even the music choice, which grows louder at higher speeds.
Add Lanesplit into the growing list of “new wave of games with drum n bass soundtrack” which one of the songs can be heard in the trailer. The song, affliction by Tsury, is slightly more breakcore than it is jungle, but definitely a dnb bop.
“Lanesplit was built around the concept of making sure that players can feel a true sense of speed,” said Shakya, Founder and solo developer at FunkyMouse. “Going fast is so rarely communicated well in games. Physics, motion blur, tight controls, sound design, and music all come together for a multi-sensory experience where players become one with the road.”
Judging from the trailer, Lanesplit has the same highs of driving really fast in upcoming indie racer Nightrunners, which is also known for its incredible sense of speed and fantastic soundtrack picks plucked from indie artists. The graphics are just realistic enough to give a visceral response whenever traffic appears.
Lanesplit has fifteen different motorcycles to choose from with “physics-accurate attributes.” The roads you ride really fast on can be dry or wet. You’ll be riding through towns, on highways, seaside roads and even twisting turnpikes. Various modes are available including Rush Hour mode (significantly denser traffic) and Zen mode (empty roads, just ride).
Lanesplit releases on PC (Steam) on January 28, 2026 with a demo available. It will also release on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S later down the road.