Inertial Drift Review (Steam)
Forget everything you know about drifting. Inertial Drift tears up the racing rule book with innovative twin-stick controls, completely re-imagined driving mechanics, and a roster of fiercely individual cars.
Pros:
- Gorgeous cel-shaded graphics.
- Anime style cutscenes.
- 2913mb Download size.
- Steam achievements.
- Controller support.
- Graphics-fullscreen, frame rate (30/60/unlimited), v-sync, resolution, anti-aliasing, shadows, motion blur, chromatic aberration, and ambient occlusion.
- Drifting/Racing gameplay.
- Initial tutorial race.
- Can skip cutscenes.
- Banging soundtrack using a somewhat lofi style.
- A lot of neon.
- Six game modes- Story mode, challenges, arcade, grand Prix, split-screen, and online.
- Invert axis and sensitivity sliders.
- Rearview mirror-on/off.
- Units-mph or kph.
- New controls mechanic-all the same as normal except the right stick is used for drifting and despite sounding odd, it works really really well.
- Online leaderboards.
- Story mode-pick a character with a unique car that carries a difficulty rank. You work your way through a series of events and have access to a practice session.
- Remote play together support.
- A lot of fun to play.
- Drift control is an absolute game-changer.
- Challenges-set events and cars that need to be unlocked.
- Arcade-pick a track, event, and car.
- Seven race types-practice, ghost battle, time attack, race, Duel, style, and endurance.
- Grand Prix-pick a car and do the set event list.
- Online mode-pick a vehicle class (1/2/3).
Cons:
- The initial learning curve with the controls.
- Online just pick a class and go.
- Long matchmaking times.
- Difficulty spikes.
- Wall grinding feels unnecessarily harsh.
- A lot of modes or cars need unlocking for particular events.
- The game hangs and crashes upon exit every other time.
