THROTTLE

Terms of Use

Last updated October 4, 2026

Agreement to these terms

We are Jumping Ahead, Inc. ("Company", "we", "us", "our"), a Florida corporation, with our address at 4281 Express Ln Ste L7283, Sarasota, FL 34238, United States. You can reach us at support@jumpingahead.com.

We make THROTTLE Slot Racing (the "Game"), a slot-car racing game for iPhone, iPad and Android devices, and we operate the website at https://playthrottle.com (the "Site"). The Game, the Site, the online features the Game uses and any related services that link to these terms are together the "Services".

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and us. By downloading, installing, opening or playing the Game, or by using the Site, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy, which is part of them.

IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS, DO NOT USE THE SERVICES.

Section 17 contains a binding arbitration agreement and a class-action waiver. It affects how disputes between you and us are resolved. You can opt out of it within 30 days, as explained there.

1. What THROTTLE is

THROTTLE is a single-player racing game played against recorded laps. You control one thing, the throttle, and race a car around a fictional slot-car track against your own best laps (your "ghost"), against pace laps we record ("Staff" laps), and, if you choose to take part, against laps other players have chosen to share.

2. Who may play

Everyone may play. You do not need to create an account, give us your name or give us your email address to play.

Young players. If you are under the age of majority where you live (18 in most places), you may use the Services only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian, who agrees to these Terms on your behalf and is responsible for your use of them, including any purchase.

Players under 13. The Game asks for a birth year the first time a player tries to use a feature that needs it (choosing a display name, or sharing laps with other players). It keeps only whether the answer was under 13 or 13 and over, never the year itself. Players under 13 can play everything, but they cannot set a display name or share laps with other players. See "Children" in the Privacy Policy.

Where you may play. You may not use the Services if you are located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or are on a U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

3. Your player identity and your save

When the Game first connects to the internet it signs you in anonymously to our game-services provider. That gives your copy of the Game an anonymous player ID, which is how your progress, your best laps and your purchases are saved and restored. No username or password is involved.

4. Sharing laps with other players

SHARE MY LAPS is off until you turn it on. It is available only to players 13 and over. When it is on, your best lap on each track may appear in other players' races, together with your display name, your lap time, the date of the lap and the appearance of your car. Section "What other players can see" of the Privacy Policy lists exactly what is shared.

5. Purchases

Unlock Everything. Unlock Everything is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase. Its price is shown on the purchase button in the Game in your local currency before you buy. It unlocks every cosmetic item that is in the Game at the time, and we intend it also to include cosmetic items we add to the Game later, without further charge. There are no subscriptions, no in-game currency, no random or "loot box" purchases and no other charges.

The store takes the payment. Purchases are processed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play), not by us. We never see or receive your card or payment details. Your purchase is also subject to the terms of the store you bought from, including its payment, family-sharing and refund rules.

Restoring. If you reinstall the Game, change devices or delete your data, you can restore Unlock Everything at no charge with Shop → Restore, signed in to the same Apple or Google account you used to buy it.

Refunds. Refunds are handled by the store you bought from, under its policies: for the App Store at https://reportaproblem.apple.com, and for Google Play through your Google Play order history. Where the law where you live gives you a right to a refund or to cancel, nothing in these Terms limits that right. If you live in the European Union or the United Kingdom, you agree that the unlocked content is supplied immediately after purchase and acknowledge that, once it is, you lose the statutory right to withdraw from the purchase.

What you are buying. Cosmetic items are a limited, personal, non-transferable, revocable license to use that content within the Game. They have no cash value, cannot be sold, traded or transferred, and are not your property. We may change the appearance of items, and we may retire the Services under Section 14, but we will not remove the purchased benefit of Unlock Everything from a player in good standing while the Game remains available.

Some content is downloaded. Track scenery, commentary voices and purchased cosmetic content are downloaded to your device after you install the Game or buy. An internet connection is needed for those downloads; every track can be raced without them.

6. Your license to use the Game

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to download, install and use the Game on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial entertainment, and in line with the usage rules of the store you got it from.

You may not, and may not help anyone else to:

  1. copy, modify, translate, adapt or create derivative works of the Game, except as the law expressly allows;
  2. decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or try to derive the source code of the Game, except to the extent the law expressly permits despite this restriction;
  3. sell, rent, lend, lease, sublicense, distribute or make the Game available over a network for use by several devices at once;
  4. remove, alter or obscure any copyright, trademark or other notice;
  5. use the Game to build a competing product, or use any of our intellectual property in the design, development or distribution of any application, accessory or device.

7. Fair play and prohibited conduct

THROTTLE is a game of skill against laps recorded by real people. To keep it fair, you agree not to:

We may investigate suspected violations and take any action we consider appropriate, including removing shared laps and display names, resetting records, and suspending or ending your access under Section 14.

8. Your content

Display names and shared laps. You keep whatever rights you have in your display name and in the laps you share ("Your Content"). By sharing them you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, transmit, display and use Your Content to operate, provide and improve the Services, including showing it to other players, for as long as you share it and for a reasonable period afterward to complete its removal (for example, from backups). We do not use Your Content in advertising.

Images you import. The Game lets you import your own image to use as a wrap on your car. Imported images stay on your device: they are never uploaded to us and are never shown to other players, who see your car in its paint colours instead. You are responsible for having the right to use any image you import, and you must not import anything unlawful.

Feedback. If you send us ideas, suggestions or feedback, we may use them freely without any obligation to you.

9. Our intellectual property

The Services and everything in them, including the software, cars, tracks, artwork, designs, sounds, music, text, and the names and logos "THROTTLE" and "THROTTLE Slot Racing" (the "Content" and "Marks"), are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other laws in the United States and around the world. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

Everything in THROTTLE is fictional. The cars, tracks, teams, sponsors and liveries in the Game are original designs. They are not endorsed by, affiliated with or intended to depict any real vehicle manufacturer, racing circuit, team, series, sponsor or slot-car brand. Any resemblance to a real one is coincidental.

Copyright complaints

We respect the intellectual property of others. If you believe material available through the Services infringes a copyright you own or control, send a notice to our Designated Copyright Agent that meets the requirements of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3):

  1. a physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act for the copyright owner;
  2. identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed;
  3. identification of the material claimed to be infringing, with enough information for us to locate it;
  4. your name, address, telephone number and email address;
  5. a statement that you have a good-faith belief that the use is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law; and
  6. a statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are authorized to act for the copyright owner.

If material you shared was removed and you believe that was a mistake, you may send a counter-notice meeting 17 U.S.C. § 512(g)(3). Knowingly false notices or counter-notices can create liability for damages.

Designated Copyright Agent
David LeVine
Jumping Ahead, Inc., Attn: Copyright Agent
4281 Express Ln Ste L7283
Sarasota, FL 34238
United States
legal@jumpingahead.com

10. App stores

These terms apply when you got the Game from the Apple App Store or Google Play (each an "App Store"):

  1. These Terms are between you and us only, not the App Store. We, not the App Store, are solely responsible for the Game and its content.
  2. Your license is limited to use on a device that runs the App Store's operating system and that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store's usage rules. On the Apple App Store, those are the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, and the Game may also be used by other accounts associated with you through Family Sharing.
  3. We alone are responsible for any maintenance and support of the Game, as described in these Terms or as required by law. The App Store has no obligation to provide maintenance or support.
  4. If the Game fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify the App Store, and the App Store may refund the purchase price, if any, you paid for the Game. To the maximum extent the law permits, the App Store has no other warranty obligation with respect to the Game, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to a warranty are our responsibility, to the extent these Terms do not disclaim them.
  5. We, not the App Store, are responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the Game or your possession and use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the Game fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.
  6. If a third party claims that the Game or your possession and use of it infringes that party's intellectual property rights, we, not the App Store, are solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of that claim.
  7. You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  8. You must comply with applicable third-party terms, such as your wireless data service agreement, when using the Game.
  9. Questions, complaints or claims about the Game go to us, at the contact details in Section 22.
  10. The App Store and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. Once you accept these Terms, the App Store has the right (and is deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

If these Terms conflict with the App Store's own terms on a point those terms require, the App Store's terms govern that point.

11. Third-party services

The Services rely on services from others, including Apple, Google and Unity Technologies. Your use of the App Stores is governed by their own terms and privacy policies. The Site may link to other websites; we are not responsible for their content or practices, and a link is not an endorsement.

12. Health and safety

Photosensitive seizure warning. A very small percentage of people may experience a seizure when exposed to certain visual images, including flashing lights or patterns that may appear in video games. Even people with no history of seizures or epilepsy may have an undiagnosed condition that can cause these "photosensitive epileptic seizures" while playing. If you or anyone in your family has an epileptic condition or has had seizures of any kind, consult a doctor before playing. Stop playing immediately and consult a doctor if you experience lightheadedness, altered vision, eye or face twitching, jerking or shaking of the arms or legs, disorientation, confusion, or momentary loss of awareness. Parents should watch for these symptoms in children.

Take regular breaks, and do not play while driving, walking or doing anything else that needs your attention.

13. Changes to the Services and to these Terms

We may change, update, suspend or discontinue any part of the Services, including tracks, cars, features and online services, at any time. We are not obliged to provide updates, but when we do, these Terms apply to them.

We may change these Terms. When we do, we will update the "Last updated" date above, and if a change is material we will give reasonable notice, for example on the Site or in the Game, before it takes effect. If you keep using the Services after a change takes effect, you accept the changed Terms. If you do not agree, stop using the Services and, if you wish, delete your data.

14. Suspension and termination

These Terms apply for as long as you use the Services. You may stop at any time by deleting your data and uninstalling the Game.

We may suspend or end your access to the online features, remove Your Content, or reset your records, if we reasonably believe you have broken these Terms or the law, if required by law, or to protect other players or the Services. Where practical and lawful, we will tell you why, and you may ask us to review the decision by writing to support@jumpingahead.com within 30 days. Sections 5 (What you are buying), 8, 9 and 15 through 23 survive the end of these Terms.

If we decide to discontinue the Game's online services entirely, we will give at least 60 days' notice on the Site. The Game's offline play and the items you have unlocked on a device will continue to work on that device to the extent technically possible.

15. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, QUIET ENJOYMENT AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE OR ERROR-FREE, THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED, THAT YOUR SAVED DATA OR RECORDS WILL NOT BE LOST, OR THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR DEVICE.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.

16. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, NEITHER WE NOR OUR DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR LICENSORS WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, RECORDS OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF THOSE DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICES OR THESE TERMS IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICES IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, AND (B) FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS (US $50).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations, so some of them may not apply to you, and you may have additional rights.

17. Dispute resolution and arbitration

Please read this section carefully. It requires disputes to be resolved individually by binding arbitration rather than in court, and it waives class actions and jury trials.

Talk to us first. Most problems can be solved quickly by email. Before starting arbitration or a court case, the party with the dispute must send the other a written notice describing it and the relief sought (to us at legal@jumpingahead.com), and both parties will try in good faith to resolve it informally for at least 30 days.

Binding arbitration. If the dispute is not resolved within 30 days, any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services (a "Dispute") will be resolved exclusively by final and binding individual arbitration, except as stated below under "Exceptions". YOU UNDERSTAND THAT, WITHOUT THIS SECTION, YOU WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO SUE IN COURT AND HAVE A JURY TRIAL.

Provider and rules. The arbitration will be administered by New Era ADR (https://www.neweraadr.com) as a Virtual Expedited Arbitration under the New Era ADR Rules and Procedures in effect when the arbitration is started (the "Rules"), except as this Section 17 provides otherwise. It will be decided by a single arbitrator, in English. The arbitrator may award the same individual relief a court could, and must follow the law and these Terms.

Papers only, 20 pages. The arbitration will be decided solely on written submissions and documents, with no live, in-person, telephone or video hearing of any kind, notwithstanding any provision of the Rules that would otherwise call for one. Each party's written submissions, taken together, may not exceed 20 pages, not counting documentary exhibits.

Costs. Fees are payable under the New Era ADR Fee Schedule. Your share of any filing fee will not exceed the lower of US $300 and the amount you would pay to file your claim in court; we will pay the rest of the filing fee and all other New Era ADR case fees and arbitrator fees, unless the arbitrator finds your claim frivolous or brought for an improper purpose, in which case the arbitrator may reallocate fees as the Rules allow.

Mass arbitration. If 25 or more similar claims are brought against us by the same or coordinated counsel, they will be administered under the Mass Arbitration procedures in the Rules, and limitations periods are tolled for claims that are held while those procedures run.

Class-action waiver. YOU AND WE MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST EACH OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY PURPORTED CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. The arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person or preside over any form of class or representative proceeding. If this waiver is found unenforceable for a particular claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be severed and heard in court, after the individual arbitration of any other claims.

Exceptions. Either of us may (a) bring an individual claim in small claims court if it qualifies; and (b) go to court to seek an injunction or other equitable relief to protect intellectual property rights, or to stop unauthorized access to or misuse of the Services.

Opt-out. You may opt out of this arbitration agreement by emailing legal@jumpingahead.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out", your name, and your player handle (shown in Profile, for example Driver-4F21A9). Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms.

Time limit. To the extent permitted by law, a Dispute must be started within one year after it arose, or it is permanently barred.

Changes to this section. If we change this Section 17, the change will not apply to a Dispute of which we had actual notice before the change took effect.

Courts. If a Dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, it will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Sarasota County, Florida, and you and we consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. This does not deprive a consumer of the protection of the mandatory laws or courts of the country where the consumer lives.

European Union and United Kingdom. If you live in the European Union or the United Kingdom, this Section 17 does not apply to you, and you may bring a claim in the courts where you live. The European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution information is available at https://consumer-redress.ec.europa.eu.

18. Governing law

These Terms and any Dispute are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law principles, and by the U.S. Federal Arbitration Act for Section 17. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. If you are a consumer living outside the United States, you also keep the protection of any mandatory provisions of the law of your country of residence.

19. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us and our officers, directors, employees and agents from any third-party claim, and related loss, liability and reasonable attorneys' fees, arising from your breach of these Terms, Your Content, or your violation of any law or of the rights of a third party. We may assume the exclusive defense of any such claim at our own expense, and you will cooperate with our defense.

20. Electronic communications

You agree that we may give you notices, disclosures and other communications electronically, including on the Site, in the Game or by email if you have written to us, and that these satisfy any legal requirement that communications be in writing.

21. California residents

Under California Civil Code § 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following notice: the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, California 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

22. Contact us

Jumping Ahead, Inc.
4281 Express Ln Ste L7283
Sarasota, FL 34238
United States
Support: support@jumpingahead.com
Legal notices: legal@jumpingahead.com

23. General

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Services and replace any earlier agreement on that subject. If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permissible and the rest of these Terms will remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign these Terms without our written consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, or to an affiliate. We are not liable for any failure or delay caused by events beyond our reasonable control. Nothing in these Terms creates a partnership, joint venture, employment or agency relationship. Headings are for convenience only, and "including" means "including without limitation".