Horse racing with real race physics and runners that make no sense: cardboard horses, rocking horses on wheels, camels. A virtual crowd sets the odds and often gets them wrong. Read the paddock, place your bets, watch the 3D broadcast. Play money only.

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About This Game

A real race, ridiculous runners

Every race in NO WAY DERBY is simulated from scratch: stride, fatigue, drafting, ground lost on the turns and the pace of the field decide who wins. Then the runners show up. A cardboard horse that falls apart in the rain. A rocking horse on wheels. A camel. They all run on the same physics, and each oddity follows a quirk rule with its trigger and chance shown on its card.

The crowd makes the odds, and the crowd is wrong

Odds come from a pool of virtual bettors buying tickets. They chase favourites, love lucky numbers and forget the weather. Spot where they are wrong and you get paid. Your own bets go into the pool too.

What's in the game

  • 12 races a day with distance, surface, weather and class on the race card
  • Paddock: form, running style, gate, condition hints from sweat and ears
  • Win, place, quinella, exacta, trio, trifecta and more
  • 3D broadcast with live commentary, picture-in-picture cameras and photo finishes
  • After each race, three lines from the simulation explain why the winner won
  • Climb from the grandstand to owner's seats, buy shares in horses and enter your own runners
  • Quirk Book that gets more accurate the more you watch

Play money only

Bets use carrots, an in-game currency that cannot be bought with real money or cashed out. All horses, jockeys, races and racecourses are fictional.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

The intro and other short video clips, background music, some footstep sound effects and the race commentary voice were made in advance with generative AI tools (video, music, sound effect and speech synthesis) and picked by the developer after reviewing them. Parts of the English and Japanese translations were drafted with AI tools and then reviewed. No content is generated by AI while you play.

System Requirements

Windows
macOS
    Minimum:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    • OS: Windows 10 64-bit
    • Processor: Intel Core i3 or equivalent
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Integrated graphics (Intel UHD 620 or better)
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
    Recommended:
    • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
    Minimum:
    • OS: macOS 12 Monterey or later
    • Processor: Apple Silicon or Intel Core i5
    • Memory: 4 GB RAM
    • Graphics: Apple Silicon GPU or Intel Iris Plus
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
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