JDM: Japanese Drift Master’s final update of 2025 has arrived following the Made in USA DLC pack released last month, and it’s a mammoth one that adds no less than five new cars.
However, four of these are variants of the existing Akina Phantom Hachi, an unlicensed car based on the Toyota Sprinter Trueno GT-APEX AE86. One of them even sports a black and white paint job in tribute to Initial D’s hero car.
These are joined by the Akina Legend, which resembles a fourth-generation Toyota Supra A80.
Alongside the new cars, the update adds seven new Eurobeat music tracks to the radio stations, adding to the Initial D vibes as you slide around tight Japanese mountain roads.
It also brings improved loading times, a cross-platform leaderboard for PC and Xbox players, and various bug fixes.
Patch notes for JDM: Japanese Drift Master’s latest v1.8.2 update can be found below.
Following last month’s Xbox Series X|S port, JDM: Japanese Drift Master is set to release on PlayStation 5 in Q1 2026.
JDM: Japanese Drift Master update v1.8.2
patch notes
Cars
The Akina lineup is expanding with 5 new cars. Four new variations of Akina Phantom and an Akina Legend, all coming with their tuning parts ready to be unlocked and installed.
- Akina Phantom Hachi
- Akina Phantom Hachi Z
- Akina Phantom Coupe
- Akina Phantom Coupe Z
- Akina Legend
Radio
Added seven, top-of-the-charts Eurobeat bangers to the radio, so that your Akina runs go that much smoother and flashier:)
- Running In The 90’s / Max Coveri
- The Top / Ken Blast
- Right Now / Dark Angel
- Don’t stand so close/ Dr. Love
- Chemical Love / Kevin & Cherry
- Tokyo Fever /Marko Polo
- Moving Up, Movin’ Now / Jean Love
System
- Improved loading times for the open world and fast travel.
- Added a cross platform Leaderboard between PC and Xbox
Gameplay
- Resolved issues with braking, causing the cars to roll or behave in other unintended ways, in the Arcade physics model.
- Rebalanced the Easy Difficulty setting for the main story campaign (Acts 1 – 5). The opponents will now score less points and the overall challenge has been lowered to better reflect the intended difficulty level.
- Improved the opponent AI in Tiger’s Side Mission Campaign.
- Improved streaming in the Guntama Port area – the game should run smoother in this area now.
Bugfixes
- Added Grip and Drift presets for the Honey Badger’s muscle car and Tiger’s Honda Civic.
- Fixed several Landmark locations – they should now be far easier to obtain.
- Fixed the cockpit camera angles for Tiger, when playing his Side Mission Campaign.
- Fixed pricing issues for Nissan GTR R35’s visual tuning parts.
- Fixed the issue with the Rapid Rabbit spoiler part – it now unlocks with progression as intended (Subaru BRZ).
- Fixed the issue with the BMM Sports Defend spoiler part – it now unlocks with progression as intended (Mazda RX-7 FC).
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