# Absolute Drift — user reviews > 158 indexed App Store user reviews of Absolute Drift by Noodlecake Studios Inc, rated 4.60/5 from 714 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/absolute-drift/id1356770278/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/absolute-drift/id1356770278.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 566 · 4★ 77 · 3★ 28 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 27 ## What do users think of Absolute Drift? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Smooth gameplay - 👍 Satisfying drifting mechanics - 🎨 Unique art style - 🎵 Great soundtrack **Cons** - 🔍 Small buttons and controls - 🔋 Battery draining - 🐛 Progress reset issues - 🤯 Steep learning curve **Commonly reported bugs** - Crashing on launch - Inconsistent gear shifting - Corrupted replays - Broken Game Center integration **Most requested features** - Manual transmission option - Customizable button sizes - More cars and customization - Separate leaderboards for controller and touch ## Newest reviews (15 of 158) ### 4/5 — Câmbio manual *2025-12-30* Precisa adicionar o câmbio manual ### 4/5 — Bon *2025-05-17* Sympa mais très difficile à maîtriser, hors le plaisir de jeu vient de la maîtrise du drift; ce ne sera pas à portée de toutes les mains. Bémol: le jeu fait énormément chauffer mon ipad air 2. ### 3/5 — Held back by poor control *2023-09-09, version 1.0.11* This is awesome. And very difficult to master, because of touch controls. Very easy to miss a steer because the thumb fell under or over or left of the button. Can I suggest adding a virtual stick option? ### 4/5 — Great!! But.... *2023-06-10, version 1.0.11* It needs floating controls for iPhone gaming, or at least be able to resize the steering controls. I find that most of my errors in driving are a result of my thumb not hitting the thumb stick or l / r button on the spot. ### 4/5 — Incredible, but needs fixes bad *2023-05-22* Love this game, been playing it for years, I would give it 5 stars all day except it needs fixes real bad. I will make it short and simple; menus are buggy, you can’t do multiple donuts in a row, progress is sometimes lost, replays are corrupted sometimes, world record replay simply does not work, and the Game Center connection for this game is almost entirely broken. Love it to death, but please fix it guys if you do I’ll change my rating. P.S more cars/maps that introduce some new interesting features would be a great addition, even if it was a paid DLC, but it must be fixed first. ### 3/5 — Not worth the money *2022-07-27* Automatic gearbox with spinning wheels since the first movement. Bad power dosing. That’s not drifting. That’s sliding. ### 4/5 — Gear shifting *2021-10-25, version 1.0.8* Please add manual gear shift options for the mobile as you do with the rest. Had I known that feature was excluded from the mobile I wouldn’t have purchased. Otherwise fantastic game just like on the PC ### 2/5 — Il y a mieux… *2021-09-30* Très peu jouable, difficile à manier, surtout sur smartphone. On ne demande pas du facile mais, il y a mieux en jeu de défit. ### 5/5 — So satisfying *2021-03-07, version 1.0.8* I rarely play games on my phone or write reviews. But this is by far the most skilled top down racing game I’ve ever played. So much fun. ### 4/5 — Keybord Support for Ipads *2020-09-29, version 1.0.8* I think this game hasn’t keybord support. You should update it and bring it keybord controls. Therefore the user who has keybord for ipad can enjoy it more than before. ### 5/5 — Nice one *2020-08-17, version 1.0.8* Pretty good. ### 2/5 — Learn about why people don’t drift automatics *2020-08-09, version 1.0.8* Very inconsistent gameplay. Between the touch controls needing a thumstick that makes it playable, the constant guessing if the car is going to shift into next gear makes drifting incredibly frustrating. There’s no manual shifting option or any display of what gear the car is in so you don’t know how to plan your turn. Basically it’s a complete random guess if the car is going to turn into the wall or start actually drifting. I really like this game but I’m getting bad frustration levels from the inconsistent way the car behaves and no way to read it. ### 2/5 — Good game but some major issues *2020-06-28, version 1.0.8* The steering feels sluggish at best, the clipping points are super bipolar and the controls are too close together. ### 5/5 — Great game, but has an issue *2020-06-27* I’ve sunk a quite a few hours into this game and love to play it. If you love touge the mountain drift events are extremely fun and are a nice challenge. Now my only problem with the game has been gears not shifting up when I need them to which potentially ruins a run. Unlike the PC version you can’t manually shift which I found to be rather useful, but I understand that it would be difficult to put into a mobile version. Overall it’s a great game that’s easy to play casually and can be challenging when it’s on maximum difficulty. ### 4/5 — Great game, battery drainer *2020-04-24* This game is an absolute blast and a great time-killer. Only issue I’ve found is that on both my old 6s+ as well as my new XS Max this game kills more battery than any other app I’ve ever used. Not sure if that is anything that can be addressed on the software side, but other than that it’s a fantastic game. Definitely worth the download! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — unimpressed 😕 *2026-01-03, version 1.0.11* i downloaded the game and i was excited at first, i enter a game and the buttons were really small therefore it was hard to control i looked everywhere in the settings but i couldn’t change the size of the buttons i dont understand why i had to pay ### 1/5 — Niegrywalna *2025-05-20, version 1.0.11* Sterowanie na IPadzie Mini jest tragiczne. Ikony są malutkie i nie da się tego zmienić. Wszystko jest tak małe, że w grze o precyzyjnej jeździe, dosłownie nie mogę jechać prosto, trzymając palec na drążku. Bardzo łatwo jest mi wręcz ominąć palcem drążek jak próbuję go użyć. W tym stanie szkoda pieniędzy ### 1/5 — Dookie *2024-04-12, version 1.0.11* This ain’t worth 3 bucks bruh ### 1/5 — Very difficult, want refund *2021-02-19, version 1.0.8* Very difficult to play. How do I get a refund? ### 1/5 — ? *2020-10-24, version 1.0.8* Oyunu indirdim hiçbir satın al tuşuna basmadığım halde Mailime 27 tl harcama maili düştü Şaşkınım? ### 1/5 — No va a 60 fps constantes en un iphone 11pro max *2020-04-23, version 1.0.8* Esta mal optimizado simple.. ### 1/5 — Don’t!!! It’s awful. I want my money back! *2020-04-04, version 1.0.8* I was ver exiting for its clean graphics. But usability is a pain in the a**. Impossible to handle. Learning curve tend to infinite. ### 1/5 — Zu schwer. *2020-03-31* Es tut mir leid für diese schlechte Bewertung, aber dieses Spiel ist einfach nicht spielbar, da es so extrem schwer zu spielen ist. Selbst auf Stufe leicht ist es nicht möglich. Von der Aufmachung her wirklich top aber leider nicht das Gameplay...Sorry. ### 1/5 — 하지마 *2020-03-16* 하...자동차 보냇 도색에 일제 육일기 짜증난다...하... ### 1/5 — Paid but you still get ads *2020-03-01, version 1.0.8* I found the game fun and the style is truly unique but after paying for this game I do not expect to be shown ads. I requested a refund because of that alone otherwise I would have kept playing the game. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Fun and relaxing *2025-01-25* It’s really fun, I use a phone controller for this game and it works perfectly. The game is relaxing and fun. Although I couldn’t see myself using touch controls. They also mastered the drifting physics. ### 5/5 — very fun game *2024-12-03, version 1.0.11* worth the money, satisfying and somewhat realistic drifting and vehicle momentum. but go in settings and turn off steering assist. left and right buttons are the best feeling controls, with steering sensitivty at 70% imo ### 5/5 — Описание *2024-07-26* Игра отличная! Не тормозит, не глючит, графика очень хорошая ### 5/5 — Great game lacking ProMotion *2024-05-12, version 1.0.11* Please support ProMotion ### 5/5 — BEST GAME EVER *2024-04-02, version 1.0.11* Genuinely one of the most enjoyable games I’ve ever played. I’d wish they would create more levels and more worlds. This game has so much potential ### 5/5 — シンプル？アート系？ミニマル？ *2022-05-26* 普段なら気にもとめない見下ろし系カーゲー。 しかも、アート系の雰囲気... でもプレイすると、そこそこ硬派でクセになる 複雑化する昨今のカーゲーの真逆を行く勇者！ 合わない人にはとことん合わないだろう。 でも、こういうの好きだな！ Switch の Art of Rally と同じ作者らしい。 CS機ばかりやってると、ほんと玉を見落とすなぁ... ### 5/5 — Almost perfect *2022-05-19, version 1.0.8* Physics are great. Turn off all assists from the beginning though. I wish the snap back into traction was a bit more dramatic ### 5/5 — Très bon jeu *2021-07-28* Les niveaux sont super sympa. Ça serait sympa de pouvoir choisir la taille des boutons, il est facile de se tromper car ils sont un peu petit. ### 5/5 — So close to the console version *2021-05-27* For controller players, we need to have a manual transmission option and key binds option. Maybe I’m missing a settings option for it? And separate leaderboards for controller players vs touch. Great game, No manual option has me scratching my head tho. ### 5/5 — Schräges Spiel *2021-05-08* Die Steuerung muss man erstmal verstehen - aber dann macht das richtig Laune. Musik ist auch recht entspannt. Teils sehr coole Tracks dabei. Top🤙 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-01.*