
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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About
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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Stats
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Updates
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Engagement
Hours played at review time, across 64 reviews with recorded playtime.
Reviews
Themes across 64 recent reviews and how positive each mention is. A keyword signal, not full sentiment analysis.
positive critical· bar length = how often the theme comes up
Reviews
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ИГРА ИМБА! Манга, Япония, кайф какой!
Underated game lwk. The only thing i hate is its story, It feels like its forced into the game, otherwise the gamplay is good, visuals are good, physics are great its fun to drift around.
дал в рот такуми
기대 안 했는데 생각보다 개 재밌음 j d m 좋아하면 강 추 임
Классная игра про дрифт
muy bueno
not good on the moza r5 unless you want to buy a handbreak and clutch pedal
I love this game for its nostalgia, but one thing i hate the most is understeering issues and braking. On Scorpion Side quests, I keep getting understeering with or without assists and giving me hard time to drift that badly designed drift car. It needs to be fixed because already keep losing this event for 2 hours straight and never played this game after that.
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Engagement
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Audience
Languages: English*, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Korean +3 more
Estimated from the language of this game's reviews — a proxy for where players are, not official Steam demographics.
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