This feels way better to control than I thought it would be reading the description. The color coding of the ship is a really nice touch. Nice work!
At first I didn't notice the blue arrow pop up so I had no idea how to start the timer. That's probably just me being blind though. You could possibly make it more noticeable by adding text that shows the distance to the goal.
As others have said, cards that do different things would be good, like a U-turn, speed boost, laser, teleport, etc.