Parallel Parking

Parallel Parking puts you on a street with a curb along one side and a line of parked cars. Your job is to slot into the gap between a front and a rear car, and that gap gets shorter on each of the five levels.

  • Parallel Parking
  • Medium
  • 5 levels
  • Precision
Level—
Time—
Score—
Collisions—
Best—
Accuracy—
Press Start Game to play

Touch, or click and hold the buttons. Keyboard: W A S D or the arrow keys.

Controls

Keyboard and on-screen controls
W / ↑Accelerate
S / ↓Brake — keep holding when stopped to reverse
A / ← · D / →Steer left · steer right
SpaceBrake (never reverses)
P / EscPause / resume
RRestart the level
C · MCamera follow/overview · sound on/off
Touch / mouseHold ◀ ▶ to steer, GAS to accelerate, BRAKE / REV to brake and reverse

How to Play

  1. Drive along the lane and pull up alongside the front parked car, leaving a little space between you.
  2. Stop, then hold S, Arrow Down or BRAKE / REV to begin reversing.
  3. Steer toward the curb as you reverse so the rear of the car swings into the gap.
  4. Once the rear is in, steer the other way so the front follows and the car straightens with the lane.
  5. Use short forward and reverse moves to center between the two cars without touching the curb.
  6. Stop inside the lines and hold until Parking Complete! appears.

Objective

Fit the car into the space between the parked car ahead and the parked car behind, along the curb. The bay requires your nose to point in the direction of the lane, so you finish facing the same way as the row of parked cars.

All four corners must be inside the bay, the heading within 12°, and the car held nearly still for about half a second.

Levels: Five street levels in which the gap between the front and rear parked cars shrinks each time, leaving less room to swing in.

Scoring

The level score is +500 for parking, accuracy × 3 (up to +300), +10 for every second under par, and −100 for each collision, never below 0. The curb counts as a collision just like the parked cars, so a bump while straightening costs the same 100 points.

This is arcade scoring for a game; it is not driver training or a judgment of real parallel parking.

Full breakdown: how parking game scoring works.

Tips for Parallel Parking

  • Start reversing when your rear bumper is roughly level with the front of the gap, not before.
  • The car turns more sharply at low speed, so creep in reverse for the tightest swing into the space.
  • Straighten early if you are close to the curb instead of scraping along it.
  • Because the nose must point along the lane, reversing in is usually the neatest route; driving in forward leaves little room to straighten.
  • Center between the front and rear cars for accuracy, since position makes up 60% of the score.
  • On later levels the gap is shorter, so expect one or two slow forward-and-back corrections.

These are gameplay tips for this arcade game, not real-world driving advice. More in Parallel Parking Games.

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Parallel Parking FAQ

Which way does my car need to face in Parallel Parking?

The bay requires the nose to point in the direction of the lane. If you finish facing the other way, the park will not count.

Do I have to reverse into the space?

The game only checks where the car ends up. Reversing in is usually easiest because the rear swings in and the front follows, but any approach that ends with the nose pointing along the lane works.

Does touching the curb count as a collision?

Yes. The curb counts the same as a parked car: one collision per contact, 100 points off, and a small bounce back. A short cooldown stops a single scrape from counting several times.

Will this game help me parallel park a real car?

No. It is an arcade game with simplified physics, not driver training. Real parallel parking follows local rules and is best learned with professional instruction.