Thanks for playing and for the thoughtful feedback! I actually like the randomness, because without it you’d always just press the direction you wanted. But This way you would go in wrong direction. you have to pay attention to which key is assigned to the direction you want, and hit it at the right time to get money and speed. But I totally get that it’s tough to go against instinct in such a short reaction window.
You’re right about the timing, the better approach would be giving players the option to adjust the timer through difficulty settings.