New JDM: Japanese Drift Master trailer reveals deep tuning and customisation options

A new trailer has dropped for upcoming drift game JDM: Japanese Drift Master, and it showcases how to tune and customise the perfect drift car using the game’s detailed tuning and customisation tools.

Originally slated for release in March, the game’s unveiling has slipped to May, as developer Gaming Factory cited the need to add ‘final polish’ to the title.

The game, which features an interesting Initial D-style story mode, sees players tackle authentically Japanese locations, engaging AI-controlled players in drift battles while also buying, tuning and customising their cars.

Gaming Factory has highlighted how to tune and customise a car for ultimate drift performance in its new trailer, using a pre-2007 Nissan 350Z to demonstrate JDM’s impressively detailed range of set-up options.

Upgrades

Players can upgrade this Track derivative of the 350Z (cloth seats, Brembo brakes) with numerous hop-up parts, including improved intake systems, ECUs, exhausts, cylinder heads, camshafts, valves and, of course, meaty turbos.

You can also add garish gear knobs to the 350Z’s rather tatty interior (having owned one for four years I can confirm the centre console was coated in hopes and dreams rather than actual paint), and choose different steering wheels and seats, with the usual array of bodykits, wings and spoilers available to fit on the outside of the car.
Sadly, there’s no option to rust-proof the underside of the 350Z, something I wish I had done with mine (RIP).

Players can also upgrade their car’s suspension, clutch, flywheel, gearbox, differential, brakes and tyres to help initiate and maintain drifts. Manually lowering the car’s ride height while increasing negative camber across the front axle will help with this, with a multitude of other suspension settings able to be tuned to your liking.

As well as Nissan, JDM has also signed license agreements with other manufacturers like Honda, Subaru and Mazda, so players will likely find their JDM car of choice among its small but strong vehicle roster.

Although JDM is being made for PC only for the moment, Gaming Factory has confirmed that it’s looking into Xbox and PlayStation ports afterwards.

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