Inertial Drift

I do NOT like how the drifting feels at all.

Fun game with really interesting driving mechanics and physics. They are pretty hard to master though, both on keyboard or controller. Each car feels very different to drive, so don't get too used to a specific one if you want to complete the game.

Without the story, character design and anything other than what has to do with driving, this would get a positive review. I just don't care about your diverse cast.

Controlling the car feel so satisfying, really worth to try

Really mediocre at best Ridge Racer clone. Pros are, I suppose the unique approach to controls, but everything else is awful. The character art is horrific, like some sort of tumblr show. It's so bad I'm completely repulsed by it and don't have any reason to engage with the story. Then there's the controls. It completely handicapped any sense of turning so you only drift really. This would be fine if the drifting or maps felt good, but they don't. Everything feels sluggish, oh but if you want a harder drift, too bad, that feels awful too! It's either too little or too much. Oh, and the racing, awful, horrible. There's no sense of actually racing, you're driving in these pretty bland maps against nobody. There's not even crashing with other cars, because any other car is a ghost. It'd help if the OST went crazy, but I couldn't even take note of it. I don't expect some R4 level of artistry, but god dayum this isn't even indie Ridge Racer 5 or 7.

Really fun arcade racer with a unique drift mechanic which feels great to use.

Fun to play, I don't know of any other racing games that provide this style of driving experience.

Well, you can probably guess it from the title: this game is about drifting. So if this is what you like, you will probably enjoy it. Some cars are less fun (they say more difficult, but this is not how I would qualify them anyway) than other, but overall, you will spend a nice, although short moment with Inertial Drift.

I have no idea what the devs were smoking with these unhinged controls. Sure, if you've never touched a racing game in your life, you might actually enjoy the brain-dead arcade handling. But if you have any actual muscle memory for proper throttle control, braking, and steering on a gamepad, this game will completely break your brain. It actively punishes you for knowing how to drive. And don't even get me started on the PC port. The M&K support is absolute dogwater. ZERO custom keybinds, and they force you to juggle WASD and the arrow keys? It aggressively screams 'lazy console port'. Even on the Steam Deck, the experience is painfully mid. Literally the only redeeming quality this game has is the art style.