It's Escape to exit the car seat btw. The idea is you can still interact with a few things while driving.
A lot of people miss the tutorial text, need to find a way to make it clearer.
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Yeah I've been thinking of a way to do that. Everyone misses the text when it's throw at you like that. Right now I'm leaning to small text that appears at the bottom right and fades away. Should only be on the first level so it's not annoying. I would prefer a diagetic solution where something in-game tells you a bit better, but alas