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High Octane Drift

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Become a professional drifter and upgrade your cars with better parts in this free-to-play racing game. #Racing game  #Drift game  #Arcade racing  #Racing  #Race  #Drift  

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Drifting is not a new motorsport, but it did get a lot more popular after Fast and Furious came out, not to mention all the Need for Speed games that flooded the market year after year. Hence, there are all sorts of competitions around the world nowadays, as well as championships that decide who’s the best drifter around.

High Octane Drift is an arcade racing game in which your main goal is to drift as much as possible and make sure that you score points for style, length and speed. On top of that, you are also rewarded with currency and resources for your effort, which can be used to enter competitions or purchase upgrades for your cars, as well as new vehicles with better factory specifications.

Since this a free-to-play title, you should expect microtransactions and the possibility to use real cash to get upgrades a lot faster. Thankfully, you can also achieve the same results by simply playing, although it takes a fairly long time to get somewhere. You also have to keep purchasing resources with your currency, as well as repair your vehicle if you happen to crash it.

The gameplay mechanics are nothing exciting, unfortunately, which is a bit of a bummer in the genre. While the drifting does feel pretty realistic, the truth is that the cars do not behave as they should, which might annoy those who have actually tried to perform a slide in real life. Hence, some of the cars do not seem to take the position of the drivetrain into consideration at all, which makes for some hilarious situations.

However, that’s not to say that you cannot have fun with the game, especially if you do not expect realism at all. In fact, you can lose yourself for hours in the practice mode, as well as compete in events and join multiplayer sessions. The multitude of cars and upgrades make you feel like there’s always something to play for, which is great.

In the end, High Octane Drift is clearly not a game for hardcore simulation fans, but it has enough cool things to keep everyone else busy for quite some time. Thus, it should be the perfect cure for boring afternoons, especially since it doesn’t require too much experience to get things going.

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  runs on:
Windows
  file size:
1.2 GB
  8 screenshots:
High Octane Drift - Each car has a different behavior out on the track.High Octane Drift - The goal is to score as many points as possible during your run.High Octane Drift - Spin outs are very common when you are pushing the engine too hard.High Octane Drift - screenshot #4High Octane Drift - screenshot #5High Octane Drift - screenshot #6High Octane Drift - screenshot #7High Octane Drift - screenshot #8
  main category:
Free to Play
  genre:
Racing
Casual
Arcade
Sim
  gamepad:
Gamepad supported
  in-app purchases:
YES
  developer: