
Discover Japan’s legendary car culture in JDM! Take on challenging mountain roads, visit Japanese legendary drifting spots in licensed JDM cars and immerse in the story about second chances told through manga pages. Explore an open world where every turn invites you to master the art of drift.
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JDM: Japanese Drift Master is an homage to Japan, Japanese street racing culture and drift. It’s an open world, story-driven experience, blending Tōge (mountainous) serpentines, with narrow rural roads and vast highways leading to a modern cityscape. With licensed cars and robust tuning options it’s a drifting paradise come true!

Driving Models
Designed primarily for gamepads, JDM boasts two driving models to choose from: Arcade, suited for a more relaxed experience and drift beginners; and Simcade in which all assists are off, trading full control over the car for more skill requirements to manage drifting. Players can switch between both models at any time during the game.
Open World
Soak in the atmosphere of Japan with the fictional prefecture of Guntama, created through mixing real-life locations from all over the country. With over 250 km of visually stunning main roads, standalone racing tracks and instanced events, set across winding mountain passes, rural areas and the city's bustling streets, you’ll explore diverse landscapes featuring traffic, dynamic weather, and day-night cycle systems.
Licensed Cars
Sit behind the wheel of legendary Nissan, Honda, Subaru and Mazda cars. Tune them mechanically with new parts and then fine tune the details. Experiment with visual parts: from hoods, through lights to full body kit swaps. Adjust the suspension, wheel camber, gear ratios and more. Finally, paint the car however you like using a free pick color palette. You want underglow? It’s at your disposal as well.
Story-driven Campaign
Step into the shoes of a foreigner determined to make his mark on the Japanese drifting scene. Compete in 40+ narrative-driven events and additional sidequests against the top drifters in the area. Experience this journey through hand-drawn manga pages, which add a unique and artistic touch to the game.
The Audio Purr
Experience authentic car sounds, captured through original recordings and brought to life with attention to detail, making you feel like you're truly behind the wheel. Cruise along picturesque roads while tuning in to genre-themed radio stations, including unique soundscapes of J-music, Phonk and even Eurobeat - choose the perfect soundtrack for your drive!
Multiplayer
The prefecture of Guntama is now open for up to 8 players in the lobby. Cruise around, drift on mountain passes or set up car meets - the world is your playground.
*Additional game modes are coming in future updates.
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Reviews
very pretty and fun game
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[h1] JDM: Japanese Drift Master is pretty fun to play. [/h1] I am pretty far into the game now, so I think I can start reviewing it just fine. This is an arcade racer in the style of classic racing games from the 90s era, and the controls really shows it. The controls are fast, responsive, and drifting is super easy to get into, so in terms of difficulty it is really easy to get into and have fun time drifting around in Japanese tuner cars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uOvggzBkfY [h1] It also recently got multiplayer support. [/h1] I haven´t played that yet but I might look into it sometime. I can say that the singleplayer campaign is pretty fun, but I am also a really big fan of these arcade racers since I played games like old school NFS and Burnout 3 Takedown on the PS2. JDM: Japanese Drift Master is absolutely an arcade racer, and there is nothing wrong with that at all, that was exactly what I was looking for when I was jumping into it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jx15RQPXQ0&t=2487s [h1] JDM: Japanese Drift Master´s soundtrack. [/h1] I can absolutely tell without a doubt that the soundtrack in this game is a banger. I mostly listen to the Rock playlist as I am driving since I really like the energy it brings, but there are other playlists you can listen to while driving around. The game is sweet, and it looks really good too that is honestly. [h1] The graphics. [/h1] It looks pretty good and runs well on my pc. JDM: Japanese Drift Master offers a huge open world for you to explore, so you are free to just drive around and take in the sights. The open world in this game looks absolutely amazing, and it has a very NFS feeling to it that I really like. https://store.steampowered.com/app/1153410/JDM_Japanese_Drift_Master/
Поиграл немного, планирую поиграть еще и накопить на другие тачки. Пока опишу минусы: 1. Из минусов - уже трижды крашилось и всплывало окно анреал, репорты направил. 2. Невозможно выбрать разрешение, у меня три моника, благо на главном показывает, но разрешение 1240х720, что то такое, без возможности поменять на мои 2к. 3. Игра не нюхала оптимизацию, вылетает, фризит, загрузки по 10-20 секунд при наличии быстрого рабочего ссд под монтаж...) Плюсы - японский вайб, ради чего и бралось. Дрифт ни рыба, ни мясо пока что. Может надо шины специальные поставить или еще что... либо заходишь в поворот на 40, либо собираешь каждый забор если едешь 70+.
Japanese Drift Master has become my comfort game. It is often times difficult to find a racing game that doesn't feel high stakes 24/7 with its overwhelming mechanics or styling. Japanese Drift Master perfects simplicity in every aspect. The game has a very casual feel, but also demands skill from the drifting. Each car does feel different, so you have to re-learn how to drift each vehicle as you level it up to unlock more upgrades. While the game is overall great, I do have a few complaints. The GPS in the game can sometimes be completely finnicky. I will be doing a timed event and then the GPS will just randomly change directions for me. I start going in those new directions, and then it switches them once again. There have been times that I have lost races or ran out of time because the GPS couldn't figure itself out. A lot the times on the actual racing events, the NPCs are out to kill you. You go to pass them and they will try to pit maneuver you or even sandwich you if you try to go between two of them. It's quite funny, but sometimes ruins the experience of knowing I could have had a better lap time. Lastly, the multiplayer is a bit boring. I know it just came out, but you only get the options of free roam or challenge mode. The free roam is boring to me because there are no missions to do. Sure, you probably just want to tandem a bit and have fun, but that quickly turns into "Well, now what?" Also, the multiplayer is sometimes jittery and cars lag around. Once again, the game succeeds in its simplicity. There's no over-the-top mechanics that ruin the flow. The customization of cars is straight to the point, and the design of the game feels authentic. Since it is Japanese themed, there are a lot of nods to Initial D and other cool Japanese culture icons. I highly recommend this game for people looking for a sit back and relax experience for racing, particularly drifting. 8/10!
прикольная игра рекомендовала играть на геймпаде я согласился как положено в гонках играл на механике без помощи в управлении я вообще не разбил геймпад о стену после обучения где прошел только первый квест пришлось сесть за комп и жестко дрочить кнопки дошел до 4 квеста устал (прошло 6 часов) лучше играть без обучения и возить доставку кайфовать
He jugado a muchos juegos de coches de todo tipo...y nunca había probado uno con unos controles tan horribles. La idea era muy buena, pero esto es injugable.
Story ist meines erachten nach sehr schlecht gemacht und man verliert schon nach geringer zeit den Spaß am Spiel und dann noch 33 Euro ist deutlich zu viel
Great game fun story and gameplay , although as im sure they are aware there is way to many bugs to have a smooth experience . maybe ill go back later as for now until the game is buffed out id say im done playing this game for awhile
Японии тут больше чем в форзе
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Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Korean +3 more
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