We were enamoured by our initial taste of Japanese Drift Master with the free Rise of the Scorpion prologue.
It turns out the development team at Gaming Factory is continuing to explore new features for the preview version, as a new challenge mode has arrived today, 30th August.
This will see you take on AI-controlled rivals in both drift and grip challenges, aiming to score points are be first across the line.
Each will be in a closed-off circuit, as opposed to the open-world area, and will see you drive a variety of vehicles – instead of buying and tuning your customised ride.
The new mode is quickly accessed from the game’s main menu, where you will get behind the wheel of licenced models from Mazda and Subaru.
Other tweaks and changes have been added in the latest update too, including Thrustmaster and Fanatec wheel presets, an enhanced ability to custom bind inputs and adjusted physics for some cars.
The full changelog is below. Rise of the Scorpion will act as a test bed for the full JDM release. At Gamescom, Traxion was informed by the creation team that the prologue’s map area only shows about one-third of the final environment.
JDM: Rise of the Scorpion 30th August update changelog
- Challenge mode added
- Car adjustments:
- Mazda RX8 – fixed RMP gauges,
- Nissan S13, Nissan S14, Mazda RX8, Mazda MX5, Subaru BRZII – adjusted physics, engine, gearbox, and transmission,
- Subaru- fixed handbrake,
- Nissan, Subaru, and Mazda – gearbox tweaks,
- Nissan, Subaru, and, Mazda – fixed automatic downshift,
- Stock car polishes – Biggest polishes in Mazda RX8 and Subaru BRZ II, small polishes in Miata NA, Miata NB, Nissan S13QS, Subaru Impreza Bugeye.
- Wheel presets – added T300, T500, T150, G29, G920, Fanatec V2 presets with added and fixed infographics. Added steering wheel navigation support and HUD interactions.
- Custom binding – added a wide selection of device support. Fixed handbrake binding and improved custom binding of hardware.
- SFX – fixed interior camera SFX and ambient sounds. Overall optimized SFXs with small tweaks. Transitions in UI sounds volume.
- Events fixes – Fixed disqualification issues. Better drift in tuned versions for events – Nissan S14 in Driftschool, Nissan S13QS in Isamu Event, Nissan Skyline R34 in Ayumi Event, Mazda Miata NB in Daisuke Event, Subaru BRZ in Sota Event.
- Adjustments – fixed localization, tweaks in SMS textures, adjusted horn range.
