JDM: Japanese Drift Master

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About the Game Explore the birthplace of drift and dive into Japan’s iconic car culture! JDM: Japanese Drift Master is an homage to Japan, Japanese street racing culture and [link deleted]’s an open world, story-driven experience, blending Tōge (mountainous) serpentines, with narrow rural roads and vast highways leading to a modern cityscape.

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Developer:
Gaming Factory
Publisher:
4Divinity
Engine:
Unreal Engine 4
Release date:
21 May 2025
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Recent Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (107)
All Steam reviews:
Mostly Positive (1949)

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Description

About the Game

Explore the birthplace of drift and dive into Japan’s iconic car culture!

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!

Recommended system requirements

minimum*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
64-bit Windows 10/11
Processor:
Intel i5-9400F or Ryzen 5 2600
Memory:
16 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel Arc A580 or GeForce GTX1660 or Radeon Rx590 8gb
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
18 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Playing on minimum requirements should enable to play on Low quality settings in FullHD (1080p) in stable 60 FPS. SSD is recommended.

recommended*

Requirement 1:
Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
OS:
64-bit Windows 10/11
Processor:
Intel i7 11700k or Ryzen 5 7600
Memory:
32 GB RAM
Graphics:
Intel Arc B580 or GeForce RTX3060Ti or AMD Radeon RX6700
DirectX:
Version 12
Storage:
18 GB available space
Additional Notes:
Playing on recommended requirements should enable to play on High quality settings in 60 FPS in FullHD. SSD is recommended.

User reviews

WizardLumps
Not recommended | 14 Jun 2026
2.7h played

Game 'has wheel support', but it's not good. Don't buy if you are looking to use a wheel. It's a controller game. Dev has known about the poor support for a while. Still no fix/update for it.

Helpful: 29
jon
Recommended | 25 Jun 2026
23.9h played

Just great. It's scratching that itch that modern NFS doesn't. The handling is arcadey but with weight. The story beats are entertaining and very cheesey (in a good way) and don't get in the way of gameplay. PS. Steam

Helpful: 5
Thaleous
Recommended | 28 Jun 2026
8.3h played

I just started playing this game, but I absolutely love it. I don't know what it is in particular, but it's almost perfect. I had went all out on FH6. I had been looking for an open world, jdm focused racing game

Helpful: 12
Ham-Sandwich
Not recommended | 14 Jun 2026
4.8h played

I don't know if it's being on the Unreal engine that makes this game sometimes borderline unplayable or if it's simply bad optimzation, but here's everything else it gets wrong: - The physics is absolutely atrocious and

Helpful: 10
bobbyt3376
Recommended | 28 Jun 2026
38.1h played

this is the best game for people who really love JDM and drifting, I love that it is from a smaller developer. You can really feel the love they put into this game. I cant recommend it enough from the Physics to the

Helpful: 1
ShorTy
Recommended | 18 Jun 2026
23.8h played

Yes, but I cannot modify the Honda Civic at all...so almost a negative review by me... Other than that, the sounds are amazing, i can blip the throttle while braking and downshifting (on Keyboard) unlike Forza Horizon

Helpful: 1