Japanese Drift Master wants to take you to Japan to mix up the racing scene there. And this in an open world with realistic graphics.
Dear ladies and gentlemen, start your engines! On Steam a new title is driving forward, which sets high goals: Experience the automotive culture of Japan and discover the roads where the drift was born.
(Japanese Drift Master) wants to become – the description once summarized in one sentence content – a Need for Speed Underground in Japan.
You can get a first impression by watching the alpha gameplay trailer of just under five minutes:
What”s behind it?
The title wants to celebrate the drifting scene of Japan and invites you to an extensive open world, implemented in the Unreal Engine 5.Furthermore, it promises full-bodied on its Steampage the following:
- The game world is not a 1 to 1 replica, but the designers have been inspired by real and known places. You should be able to experience these environments:
- Japanese small towns
- Urbanized cities (a bit unclear if this means real big cities as well.) The gameplay above only shows rural environments.
- Touristy areas of Lake Haikama
- Mountain passes
- Dynamic day and night cycles and a weather system
- You will experience the story of a foreigner who wants to make a name for himself in the Japanese drifting scene
- Performance as well as visual tuning
- Whether gamepad, steering wheel, or keyboard, realistic driving physics are promised to bring pleasure
- Original recordings of the sound of real cars
The game is developed by Polish studio and publisher Gaming Factory You can check out the catalog of their previously released games (on Steam here). But little to nothing stands out. In the whole there are small, unknown titles If the new one turns out as they promise, it would certainly be a step forward in terms of scope, quality and breadth of target audience.
The developers do not mention a release period, let alone an exact date.
What do you think? Could the title strike a nerve? Do you like the visuals and first impressions of the cars, game world, sound and driving physics? Or do you rather have the feeling that a disappointment lurks behind good approaches? Feel free to write us your assessment, your opinion or other thoughts about the title in the comments!
