Absolute Drift

Become a drifting master

Ratings

Age

4+

Racing

Languages

English

Latest Version 1.0.11

Wed Mar 08 2023

Minor improvements and bug fixes.

In Absolute Drift, you will master the art of sliding sideways. Practice your skills in open-world areas and compete in professional drift events such as Driftkhana and Mountain Drifting. With a minimalist aesthetic and a deep physics engine, the game challenges you to control 6 unique cars across 34 technical levels. Featuring a world-class electronic soundtrack and full controller support, it’s a pure driving experience focused on skill and style.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

84/100

Absolute Drift is a poetic take on the racing genre. Instead of focusing on raw speed or aggressive competition, it treats drifting as a minimalist art form. The aesthetic is stunning—clean white backgrounds with pops of red and black that make the tire smoke look like ink on paper. It's beautiful to look at and even better to play once you get the hang of it. Be warned, though: the learning curve is steep. This isn't an arcade racer; it’s a physics-heavy sim that requires genuine finesse and an understanding of momentum.

Once you master the art of the slide, the game becomes incredibly Zen. Weaving through the docks, airports, and mountain passes in the free-roam mode is a relaxing experience, while the Driftkhana challenges provide a tight, technical test of skill. The soundtrack is a highlight, featuring over three hours of high-quality drum and bass that perfectly complements the flow of the driving. While the controls can feel finicky at first, especially for those used to steering assists, sticking with it reveals one of the most satisfying driving models available on mobile.

Dinsun reviewed on: Mon Dec 02 2024

Features

6 unique customizable drift cars

3 Game Modes: Driftkhana, Drifting, & Mountain Drifting

5 Free-Roaming environments

MFi Controller Support

3+ hours of Drum & Bass and Electronic music

Tips & Walkthrough

Taming the Slide

Go into settings and turn off steering assist for more control. Use the 'left and right' button layout and start with 70% sensitivity to find the sweet spot for counter-steering.

Gameplays

Completing Driftkhana

Focus on maintaining a continuous drift rather than high speed. Linking 'clipping zones' together is the fastest way to multiply your score and unlock the next level.

Screenshot

Q&A

The mobile version currently uses automatic shifting, though many fans have requested a manual option in future updates.

Ratings & Reviews

Excellent! Found Bug, though!

Fri Jul 13 2018 Baron-Munchausen

I’ve never heard of this game until yesterday. I couldn’t be happier I took the chance. It’s freaking awesome and I love everything about it. Thank you, also, for making it premium. I’ve encountered a couple of bugs, though. The brake (not hand brake) doesn’t work with the virtual joystick setup. Also, when you set your car the way you want it, the game doesn’t seem to remember when you start up again (this one’s no big deal). Lastly, when entering Garage from Free Roam mode, it won’t let you change your livery. Still, spectacular, unique game. Just please fix the brake issue on joystick setup. P.s. I’m on an iPhone 7 with the latest iOS.

Last update deleted all my progress

Tue Jul 24 2018 Polymathic

This is a pretty cool game, but it is way too buggy for a premium title. Menus don’t always work, especially the back button. Worse, menu layout is ridiculous. Want to adjust controls or car setting? You need to exit to a world, hit pause menu, select Main Menu, select controls, adjust controls, then exit all these menus. If that weren’t enough, most of the time the back button doesn’t work and I need to change languages in order to resume playing. Poor optimization makes even a iPhone X slow down and overheat. Controls are average and lack enough customization. The game has no shifting option, but tells you to enable manual shifting to improve control. Feels like a taunt. Finally with the last update all my progress was lost, including unlocked cars and access to other worlds. That just put me over the edge and I’m done with this game. A premium title shouldn’t be this buggy.

Thanks for a great game!

Fri Sep 14 2018 Kizah76

Thanks for the fix as of last week. I have played for 7+ hours on iOS. it is clear that not only is Absolute Drift Zen Edition one of the best drifting titles on the App Store, it’s one of the greatest drifting games. ADZA has little to do with racing other than completing certain challenges within the time. Rather, it has to do with drifting. There is so much replayability. A feeling of true zen when finally accomplishing one of the numerous challenges. Polished like no other and for a minimal price. Thanks for supporting Game Center Achievements. The controls have been extremely improved, and remember, that this is a drifting game. I’m familiar with the controls because they are on both my PS4 and XB ONE. The spot on touch screen controls take time to master, but they appear to be a perfect translation from the consoles. Not tested with MFI controls. Soundtrack is brilliant. Hoping this one doesn’t go unnoticed. You can simply get “lost” in Absolute Drift Zen Edition. -Donny K

Incredible, but needs fixes bad

Mon May 22 2023 john_440_6

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.

Amazing game on PS4/PC - wack on iOS

Fri Jul 27 2018 Ian Brent

Deleted all my progress for no apparent reason, didn’t carry my progress between devices, super laggy and low frame rate on iPad Pro 9.7” and drains my iPhone X battery to a ridiculous degree (phone gets hot within minutes, then within about 20 minutes screen brightness is at a minimum and it starts lagging with low frame rate and need to force quit / wait for phone to cool down.) Want my money back or an update to address all of the above. Ridiculous that Noodlecake (one of my favorite developers until this fiasco) would put this nonsense out.

Great game, but has an issue

Sat Jun 27 2020 Outlaw1-1

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.

Worth it

Wed Jul 18 2018 Stratbluesman

Excellent game, tough at first, just like you want it, so the payoff is big when you get better at drifting, spinning, donuts, jumps. Not about speed, all about the drifts. You basically have different worlds and tracks that all have challenges to unlock the next one....spin under the awning, donut around the lamppost, jump over the building etc..... excellent minimalist/clean art style, responsive controls (I did way better with the joystick compared to the default L/R buttons. Definitely worth the $. Quality games like this need to be supported.

Lots of fun, too short though

Fri Jul 27 2018 Motox20

A very fun game, I suggest starting out on hard setting, it may be a steeper learning curve but it’s a lot more fun without the assists, or at the very least once you get the hang of it switch to hard. Once I put it on hard I was getting scores I couldn’t even come close too on easy. The physics are pretty good, the tracks are diverse and some are quite challenging(or frustrating....lol). I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because it felt too short, and this is the perfect game for player created levels, I hope the implement that at some point, or add more “worlds”.