After several years in active development, JDM: Japanese Drift Master will finally unlock the doors to the winding, mountain roads, scenic rural streets and city highways.  This highly anticipated, simcade racing game, focused on drifting through modern Japanese streets will be released on Steam, GoG and Epic Store on March 26, 2025!

JDM: Japanese Drift Master takes the players to an open-world, fictional Japanese prefecture – Guntama. It spans over 250 km in main roads and features the most famous tourist landmarks, as well as legendary car enthusiast spots, mixed to create one cohesive and stunning world. From the recreation of the Himeji Castle to our Guntama’s own Daikoku parking area, whether you’re a racing fan or just want to drive through Japanese roads – you’ll always find something exciting to do!

An engaging story

You will follow the story of Touma, a Polish driver who dreams of making a name for himself on the local street racing scene. With some help from his Japanese friends, he dives deep into the competition but quickly learns that fierce rivals are standing in his way. Will he manage to reach the top? Drama, action, and even love await the players.

The story in JDM: Japanese Drift Master is told through in-game events and a manga (Japanese comic book), meticulously drawn by our internal art team. Each time the player takes part in an event, pages of the comic book will lead them in or build up the narrative for what’s next to come.

Licensed cars

There can’t be a racing game, without beautiful and fast cars! The players will find fully licensed Nissan, Mazda, Subaru cars at their disposal and we’re not done with our announcements yet! Stay tuned for more information in the future.

Each car can be upgraded, both mechanically and visually. From installing a new ECU to adding that over-the-top bōsōzoku exhaust – it’s all in the game! Tuning a car is simple and clear and if the players really want to push their cars to the limit, the most advanced parts will unlock fine-tuning – every single car in the game can be adjusted to be a grip or drift beast or an all ‘rounder if that’s the desired preference.

Simcade experience

JDM: Japanese Drift Master is a simcade racer, with a solid simulation backbone and arcade layers added on top for a fun and enjoyable experience. Expect each car to behave differently on the street, to feel the weight of it when going into a corner or trying to break at a high speed. Driving physics was very important for us from the beginning and we believe we found a perfect balance between fun and challenge coming from driving a car in real life.

We also have good news for sim racers and car enthusiasts – we’re constantly adding presets for driving wheels and the plethora of sim driving hardware available on the market to the game. We’re also building a robust key binding feature, where you will be able to set up anything you have hooked up to your PC, for any hardware that we just didn’t have the man-capacity to create a plug-and-play preset to. It will be available at the player’s disposal on the day of the game’s launch. If you’re a controller or a keyboard player, don’t fret, the game will be as enjoyable on them as playing on a steering wheel!

JDM: Japanese Drift Master is a single-player, narrative-driven, racing experience. Developed on Unreal Engine 5. The game launches on Steam, GoG, and Epic Store on  March 26, 2025, so mark your calendars and dust off your controllers, it’s time to conquer the roads of Japan!