Japanese Drift Master

JDM: Japanese Drift Master has the potential to be the best drift experience out there. It embodies the lifestyle and uniquely showcases it.

Since the 1970s, drifting has created a subculture within the automotive culture. There’s a ton of media featuring the technique, like Initial D and Tokyo Drift. And that’s not stopping anytime soon, as JDM: Japanese Drift Master is the newest drifting game. In JDM, you’ll be stepping into the shoes of Touma, a foreigner from Poland, who wants to mark his spot on the drifting map. Throughout the g...

There are some potholes, sure. That story is borderline insufferable, tutorials don't do a great job of explaining things, and there's some bugginess. I only got a fraction of the cash I was supposed to earn from some missions, for example, which made it difficult to progress up that ladder of nice vehicles. But even so, I'm left with the impression of a racing game punching far above its weight a...

When I first heard of JDM: Japanese Drift Master, I just immediately expected it to be one of the many cheap simulators on Steam that were completely focused on a single feature – in this case, performing drifts on Japanese mountain roads. How glad I am to say I was completely wrong. After being in development for so damn long, the game is out, and instead of being a cheap cash grab, as initially ...

Bursting with ideas, enthusiasm, and a solid physics model, but JDM seems more preoccupied with throwing another idea in than polishing what’s already there.