Mercedes Drift
The goal of this game is to make a perfect drift and send in the snow to those boards and ear the maximum points. A little hard at first, but very easy to master and will keep playing it to get higher score. The animation of the snow is very impressive and a very well done game with a strong concept.
Did you know? History of Drifting
No one knows for sure exactly where the concept of drift started but most of them point it towards Japan around 30 years ago. It is rumored that it all started with Kunimitsu Takahashi, whereby he was driving in a race and drifted through a tight corner to get a high-speed exit. He earned a lot of fam by this style and since then initiated the drifting style.
With more and more people adopting this style, Keiichi Tsuchiya, later known as the Drift King, went and organized the first of the many to come drifting games called the D1 Grand Prix. With his unique drifting skills, he was champion of a lot of drifting games competition. Since this Grand Prix, drifting games has gained a lot of popularity, pushing a lot of fans and passionate drivers to try out this smoking style of driving. The thing that most of them like is they give you a very high-speed exit so you can gain time since you do not brake much.
For countries out of Asia, in the western region, they only learned about drifting in around 1996 where Keiichi and some other experts in drifting games, came to America to introduce drifting games by organizing the first drifting games in California. The drifting games then exploded in America with thousands and thousands of enthusiasts learning and doing drifts. This trend then went on to catch people from Australia and Europe. Competitions were held worldwide, attracting masses of fans to watch their favorite drifters. Championships erupted worldwide as the drifting games start to set in as a serious sporting event instead of show-off.
Nowadays, drift is a term all drivers know, and even though they do not realize it, drifting games is now one of the must watch event. A lot of competition in a lot of countries is done. Malaysia, Australia, Italy, United States, United Kingdom, Bangladesh, Canada all host drifting competition every year and attract a lot of media. Most of them in the competition link up several turn in a race in one single drift. They have perfected the drifting games to a professional level and made drifting games something famous.
Drifting games are also practiced in the underground world, which is illegal. A lot of tuned car would then race in parking lots or on the tight streets as they attempt to be drift king of the underground world. Though considered illegal and dangerous, a lot of people still practice it since they cannot make it to the official tournament but still want to race and win competitions. Japan is famous for these underground drifting games as demonstrated by the movie “Fast and Furious – Tokyo Drift”.