# JDM Racing: Drift Car Games — user reviews

> 211 indexed App Store user reviews of JDM Racing by Nikita Efremov, rated 4.70/5 from 1,288 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jdm-racing-drift-car-games/id1320751580/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jdm-racing-drift-car-games/id1320751580.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,070 · 4★ 124 · 3★ 37 · 2★ 19 · 1★ 38

## What do users think of JDM Racing?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 🚀 Smooth gameplay
- 🔥 Great graphics
- 👍 Enjoyable drifting mechanics
- 💎 Variety of JDM cars
- 🎨 Decent customization options

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🤔 Unclear progression and car unlocking
- 🤯 Challenging difficulty spikes
- 💰 Excessive microtransactions
- 🕹️ Suboptimal controls and handling

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Game crashes on startup
- Inability to complete certain races
- Graphical glitches and visual issues
- Unresponsive controls and input lag
- Progression blockers and lost progress

**Most requested features**

- Add more car models and customization
- Improve physics and drifting feel
- Implement multiplayer and online modes
- Optimize performance and stability
- Provide better tutorials and guidance

## Newest reviews (13 of 211)

### 3/5 — just racing only

*2026-06-01, version 1.6.7*

plz

### 4/5 — Car missing

*2026-03-19, version 1.6.7*

On most of advertising images there is a Nissan S12 coupe (AO2) I would really like to have that but when buying a car there is no s12 coupe available. But I noticed that the Mitsubishi starion is labeled as (AO2) so I’m guessing they changed S12 coupe to starion and now there is no possible way of buying an S12 Silvia coupe. Please return the S12 coupe back in the game 🙏🏻. But overall game is very good.

### 3/5 — グリップ走行できるようにしてほしい

*2025-12-05*

タイヤがズルズルすぎてコーナーで壁に刺さる。それ以外は普通に楽しいゲーム。

### 4/5 — Разрабу

*2025-11-10*

Сделайте пж чуть чувствительней повороты а так топ игра радует.

### 4/5 — Account registration not available

*2025-07-03, version 1.6.5*

Great game enjoyed finishing the single player missions 

But Once I have filled in my information to register for an account to access multiplayer and choose my name it says “ temporary server log in please try again later “

### 4/5 — Game that has aged well, though some optimizations could still be implemented.

*2025-02-19, version 1.6.5*

It is a wonderful racing game with simple mechanics. I just see an issue on the physics of the game as it feels ping pong or pinball kind of wonky. Which builds up a lot frustration over time. Not particularly bad, but I would not like to see me fly across the screen after another car bumped me a little throwing the direction off a little which could cascade to flying directly or bumping to something else then flying. Could just be me. And secondly, the there isn’t much settings customization which I could find, like steering sensitivity maybe. Mostly apparent when trying out gyroscope which is super fast, and steering wheel controls are slow.

### 4/5 — ᵒᵏ

*2024-09-17*

ええねんけどそれは同感するから始まる言葉ってハコスカの対処方法教えて欲しいです！(((o(*ﾟ▽ﾟ*)o)))よろしくお願いしますねぇねぇ

### 4/5 — Très bon jeux

*2024-02-29*

Seul défaut au niveau de la pov

### 2/5 — Would not recommend

*2023-11-19, version 1.5.7*

In my experience of this game, the starter car had a ton of under steer, no brakes, and was really hard to upgrade. Also, upgrades are not very helpful unless you get the star custom upgrades. After the first ten starter races you have to buy a new car for at least 15000, but it is close to impossible to end up with that much money after the starter races because you have to upgrade your car. So overall I would not recommend this game.

### 4/5 — Not too bad

*2023-08-01, version 1.5.7*

I don’t know if it is or not, but this game feels like a labor of love. I appreciate the library of cars available. Not too many games give you the older cars. They seem to focus on mainly new ones. The car upgrades seem thorough for mobile. It’s not open world. You play game level wise which kind of works because I can only play in small bites at this moment the graphics are very polished, the physics work also. My only complaints are upgrades in terms of not being able to remove them. Once they’re applied, they’re permanent I want to be able to test the performance with without the upgrades.

### 4/5 — геймпад

*2023-07-29*

игра про машинки без поддержки геймпада, ужас

### 5/5 — Muy bueno

*2023-07-03, version 1.5.7*

Este juego es muy bueno

### 5/5 — This game has so much potential. If the developer sees this come back hahah

*2023-07-01, version 1.5.7*

Looking at the reviews this games a few years old but still wipes the floor with 99% of free ‘jdm drifting’ games. For a game that seems not to have had any ads and funding from those ads for a while the graphics are spot on but with some help/effort could be even better. The mechanics are simple but accurate for a iphone game aswell. Id happily watch fairly shown ads if i knew it was upgrading this game, like you havent bothered with it but its still good, no ads every 60 seconds/ you do need to pay for the majority of the really cool cars but most aren't expensive and would be worth a buy if the game had more depth and ‘career mode’ to it and a plus side to the paying part is you do get boring cars but they still make sure the most known/wanted cars are all there to buy from in game cash such as my favourite the supra ect. Players may disagree or not see the potential yet but hopefully the developer gets bored one day, sees this and makes it even better hahah

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — ゴミ

*2025-07-22*

全然違うやんけ

### 1/5 — Game use to be good

*2025-03-20, version 1.6.5*

When I started playing this game a couple years ago it was great. I bought all the car packs. Now I try to play the last few weeks, I can’t get into my account cause it just keeps saying server down try again later. When I did it a few months ago when I was able to log in, all my cars I bought and stages I beat were all lost. Talk about take your money and run.

### 1/5 — I want to ban you so bad

*2024-12-28, version 1.6.5*

This game has tracks with very sharp turns they’re not turns so shut up and work

### 1/5 — How to ruin a game off the bat.

*2024-08-01, version 1.6.5*

Making people wait to install a simple part every single time is tiring, please don’t ruin the game this way

### 1/5 — Diversão dura 10 minutos

*2024-04-16*

Jogo incrível e divertido, mas dps de 10 min acaba a fase 1 da carreira e não tem dinheiro pra comprar outro carro. Adivinha, o que você gastou o dinheiro no tutorial nao pode ser usado pra mais nada e o jogo acaba se você não pagar

### 1/5 — Why?

*2024-02-06, version 1.5.9*

I downloaded this last night because I want to get back into racing games. 

Why in 2024 do games not have controller support???? How is this even a thing now???? 
The second I saw this didn’t even bother trying to play the game, going to uninstall.

### 1/5 — 😕😕

*2024-01-29, version 1.5.8*

ตั้งแต่อัพเดตมา ระบบ ios มีแต่โฆษณาเลย แล้วรถที่แต่งสีสวยๆไว้เปลี่ยนสีเองอะครับ เปลี่ยนเป็นสีอื่นก็ไม่ได้ อยากให้เหมือนซีซั่นที่แล้วอะ

### 1/5 — Good game

*2023-06-18, version 1.5.7*

This is a simple great game with a good selection of cars. My one issue is after you put on body kits there is no way to fix the fitment of the car wheels. Could the devs please fix that. Thank you.

### 1/5 — Needs a bug fix

*2022-12-29, version 1.5.2*

CANNOT OPEN

### 1/5 — It keeps on crashing on startup

*2022-10-22, version 1.5.2*

Why? Just why? Pls fix it asap! My phone is an iPhone 6, it is not jailbroken or something so it should be crashing if it has jailbreak detection.

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — Love this game

*2026-06-11, version 1.6.7*

Brings back memories from the old switch

### 5/5 — Great game although not perfect

*2025-05-05, version 1.6.5*

I really liked this game largely due to the career layout. It was just a series of events but they were all different and challenging. Car list was also not too bad, with some jdm icons also in the game. Customization was also nice, with all cars given a good selection of parts, though to unlock them all you’ll have to repeat races. Physics are slidey and provide a good challenge during races. Graphics could be better and are mediocre though. However the daily events do make it worth playing even after you beat the game and they add quite some content as well. Game also works offline. Would recommend.

### 5/5 — Need more awesome updates!

*2025-01-28, version 1.6.5*

We really love playing your game! Hopefully you add more missions and, cars, features, fun games, etc. Still waiting for more UPDATES!

### 5/5 — One of the best

*2024-06-11, version 1.5.9*

I love all cars, and this is just one of the coolest games I’ve ever played. The only thing it needs is the licensing for all the cars. Other than that, this is as close as you can get.

### 5/5 — Хотел бы увидеть улучшения игры

*2024-06-01, version 1.5.9*

Примеру хотелбы увидеть зеркало заднего вида, ещё ракурсы авто, из игры мне ни одна не подходит, хотелбы увидеть чуть выше сделали бы , и мину карту тоже хотелбы увидеть

### 5/5 — Спасибо за игру!)

*2024-02-25, version 1.5.9*

Эта игра которая длится годами. Играю уже на 8 устройстве. Под Найтвейв Плаза и какой нибудь вапорвейв атмосфера того времени зашкаливает так сильно, что невозможно забыть это чудное время проведённое в игре. Спасибо бро за то что подарил мне незабываемые эмоции с 20 по 24 года.

### 5/5 — Perfeito

*2024-02-14*

Excelente muito bom gostei bom demais

### 5/5 — Обожаю эту игру❤️

*2023-08-29*

Как по мне лучшая игра на темку jdm. Играла в нее года 2 назад и решила словить флешбеки. Такая уже родная для меня)) Ничего не тормозит, не вылетает, графика отличная.(нюанс есть один с тенью под машиной), физика неплохая. По крайне мере кайфую на iPhone 11. 
Благодарю разработчиков за эту прекрасную игру;)

### 5/5 — 10/10

*2023-08-19, version 1.5.7*

The physics are amazing

### 5/5 — 要点を抑えた良質ゲーム

*2023-07-09*

前提としてJDMとは、日本国外からの視点で、主にバブル期の日本車を改造するカスタムで、ワイルドスピードなどが火付け役となりました。

そのようなJDMを主体としたこのゲームに登場する車両は全て80年代〜00年代の日本車のみです。
また、車両のカスタマイズも厳つめのエアロやホイールが多く、デザインの良し悪しはさておき、とても"らしさ"が溢れています。

車両の挙動に関して、かなりゲーム的な動きをします。とは言え、しっかりと荷重移動を意識すればドリフトを活用してコーナリングできるので悪く無いと思います。

個人的に不満な点は、レース中にミニマップ表示が無く、マップそのものを覚えないと気持ちよく走れないということ程度です。

おおよそ課金などする必要も無く、イラつく広告なども表示されることも無く、金欠になってもそんなに困らないのはとても素晴らしいです。

今後の展開を楽しみにしています。

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