Absolute Drift

This game absolutely sucks!!! The controls are horrible and the drift physics make me want to never play any games that has cars in it.

- The Vaz Box

good

- Carlos Lee · v1.0.22

no working controller support. big loss. its just no good without, in a age of handhelds. The touch screen controls have me questioning what i am pressing, which is no good in combination w the actual drifting learning curve. The app says it supports controllers but I tried two different ones w no luck. If the issue is addressed I will change my review.

- Joseph Gericke · v1.0.22

I don't understand the negative reviews, I've enjoyed this game so far! it's challenging and I think that's why people are making such a fuss about it. The only reason for not having a 5 start review is it does lack the options to have functional customization, but the game is wonderful.

- Blake Shelley · v1.0.22

Quite difficult to pick up, vehicle is too grippy and slow off the line

- Omilowo Mohammad · v1.0.22

this is the worst driving game I've ever played

- Anton Rude

one of the worst drifting mechanics i've ever played. Somehow it's not considered "Drifting" when my tyres were skidding so loud against the corners and clips, it's broken. And that's not all. The grip on those tyres were insane, feels like i'm trying to do gymkhana with a frickin grip tyres. And there's no tuning setups for this! The buttons were also a big problem, i was pressing the steer button so hard but no responses. So please, fix this.

- Deez Nuts · v1.0.22

there is no support to play with backbone joystick. please add it

- Djtaddaa _ · v1.0.22

This is a Game, it's about driving it drifty style. Pretty straight forward, decent phone controls if you read the reviews sometimes people add other controler or what all might help?

- Francisco Martinez · v1.0.22

game crashes at launch, can't play it on a s22 ultra

- Caelin Dastey · v1.0.11

update: as of June 2026 it works again!!! now I'm just hoping they add controller support for mobile! original: One of my favorite games of all time, but it won't load on the latest version of Android :( sent in a support ticket and was told they are working on it, but it's been almost a year now :(

- Cullen Chase

Absolute Cinema of a Drifting game. Coming back to this game, I genuinely think people review bombing this game low because of their skill issue and blaming it on the controls is so funny to me. Blame it on Y'all Skill issues not The controls. For me, Controls are perfect and It's definitely easy once you master it. Git gud

- I.W.R · v1.0.22

buen juego, vi muchos comentarios sobre sobre los controles tactiles, en mi caso ni siquiera los probe ya que conecte un mando y funciona perfecto.

- carlos astorga · v1.0.22

If I master this game's controls I can probably win competitions irl with my fwd civic.

- ZF Low

The learning curve is a fun challenge to grapple with, and it's a blast once you get the hang of the physics. Everyone complaining about the controls being bad needs to get gud.

- Finn Morneweck · v1.0.22

Very frustrating. It's infuriating even.

- Vincent LeGrowl · v1.0.8

inconsistent physics force you to randomly hope rather then using any skill

- Iland Turner · v1.0.22

Doesn't support the Ps4 controller :( Edit: works fine now. would recommend playing with a controller when possible

- Mischa Sofyan · v1.0.22

does not open on s25

- Justin Wilson · v1.0.22

Crashes on startup.

- Jon Vancouver · v1.0.11

DON'T BUY THIS GAME for android! ...Buy it for PC! The android ver doesn't support a controller. I used mantis buddy (google it) to overcome that. steering is improved however you're still stuck with digital throttle and brake inputs. which is dreadful for this game. On PC not only that you have controller support, but you can also drive a manual transmission - you really need that! I now regularly stream this game from my PC (using sunshine/moonlight). the android version isn't good enough. :0

- Shachar Liberman · v1.0.11

Uncontrollably frustrating! The lack of throttle and gear control forces me to over cook or stall my drift! This makes "full send" the only viable technique for getting through a corner. It's too frustrating to be fun! Edit: I was definitely not using the speed controls properly, my bad...

- Nathan Lucca · v1.0.11

zero stars couldn't even get it to open. glad it was on play pass but kinda sucks that I couldn't play it.

- Jeremy Frix · v1.0.11

crashes on launch using pixel 7

- Kaleb Cheeseman · v1.0.11

S24 Ultra. Game freezes on menu. Rated 1* and uninstalled.

- Stuart T · v1.0.11

suddenly the app will not open and just gives me a black screen

- Tim Tichgelaar · v1.0.11

not working on S25, thanks

- Michael Print · v1.0.11

doesnt start on pixel 9 pro, it opens for like 5 seconds and then crashes. Id love to play it but it doesn't work

- Reginald King

The app doesn't even open on my Pixel 10 Pro XL. Please support newer android versions, and latest phones.

- Ajinkya Zalkikar · v1.0.11

good game

- Jules doolan · v1.0.11

Please fix the controls!! Ideally make it two sliders, once for steering and one for throttle.

- Mauritz · v1.0.11

does recognize my flydigi vader 4 pro bluetooth controller but accelerate, brake, turn are not implemented. thats why i dont play the game at all

- P L · v1.0.11

it's good!! it's a pretty chill game. it's hard though! but worth the dollar :) now! something cool would be the option to zoom in! the car is waaaaaay too small to see :/ Also a bar to adjust the steering sensibility would be awesome to try. update 8/28/'25: game won't open in my galaxy fold z 7 :/

- Israel Ramirez (Obviously isREAL) · v1.0.11

cant get past the main menu cause it "stops responding" on my s24 ultra.

- H Hh

Came here just to leave this review, please update the game so it works on newer devices. I have problems with crashing and not starting for my last 2 phones S22 Ultra and S24 Ultra. I love the game and I have it on steam as well so it sucks that I can't play it on mobile.

- Bercut Iancu · v1.0.11

trash game doesn't even load

- Yau Ming Chang · v1.0.11

game keeps freezing while loading

- Alexander De Leon

Good port

- Jacob Contreras · v1.0.11

I can't even rate it properly, because it doesn't have an option to customize button placement or narrow the UI - so it's literally unplayable on a 21:9 screen phone.

- Lukasz Wrzeszczynski-Siuda

why crash(no crash no more), when Xbox wireless controller support?

- Gabriel Lacdang · v1.0.11

won't even open. and I can't refund it.

- Zach Ramos · v1.0.11

well crafted and balanced... enjoy very well .

- Hanook Sahota · v1.0.11

app won't launch

- Lachlan Bredahl · v1.0.11

great game overall

- Christopher Trotter · v1.0.11

No Controller support or rather broken controller support make this a miss for me. Please fix.

- Finn Bunschek · v1.0.11

game crashed every time I opened it, never got to play the game.

- Colter Yancey · v1.0.11

it doesn't start at all

- Francesco Demoro · v1.0.11

I think nobody loves this game better than me. The art style is so unique that people don't even notice that the gameplay is so epic.

- KARN · v1.0.11

crashed as soon as I opened the game

- curtis spencer · v1.0.11

I absolutely love this game it has become my all time favorite mobile game I've ever found from the art style to the mechanics all the way to the gameplay there's only a few reasons why I didn't give 5☆ 1. the controls layout hurts the hands to use it would be amazing if we could customize the layout to personalized the experience and 2. for some reason when I downloaded on my new phone (S22 ultra) it downloaded the app but tells me I have to buy and download the app when I open it when I did..

- zak stevenson · v1.0.11

game crashed after download

- richard bwoy · v1.0.11

Could be good just not. the sideways menu first is a just no. second, the gameplay is way to touchy for the fov to be sideways. just put a pov or close up straight with the game. trying to make it multi dementional gameplay is goofy. third make better or even different cars avaliable from the beginning the ae86 is known for drifting yes. the culture behind it, I understand but its not the best starting drift car. no one cares I bet but I have hope for the game.

- James Selvig · v1.0.11

terrible game..screen is always stuck on one view...screen does not rotate with game play...

- m

Game crashes on launch. Galaxy S25 Ultra

- Michael Higbee · v1.0.11

Fun and relaxing

It’s really fun, I use a phone controller for this game and it works perfectly. The game is relaxing and fun. Although I couldn’t see myself using touch controls. They also mastered the drifting physics.

- :) (: :D :p XD ._. .-. · v1.0.11

Dookie

This ain’t worth 3 bucks bruh

- sjejehrhr · v1.0.11

Great!! But....

It needs floating controls for iPhone gaming, or at least be able to resize the steering controls. I find that most of my errors in driving are a result of my thumb not hitting the thumb stick or l / r button on the spot.

- That1HoneyBadger · v1.0.11

Incredible, but needs fixes bad

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.

- john_440_6 · v1.0.11

Almost perfect

Physics are great. Turn off all assists from the beginning though. I wish the snap back into traction was a bit more dramatic

- Chancey21 · v1.0.8

So close to the console version

For controller players, we need to have a manual transmission option and key binds option. Maybe I’m missing a settings option for it? And separate leaderboards for controller players vs touch. Great game, No manual option has me scratching my head tho.

- Clint russ · v1.0.8

Very difficult, want refund

Very difficult to play. How do I get a refund?

- Sophie26773389: · v1.0.8

Good game but some major issues

The steering feels sluggish at best, the clipping points are super bipolar and the controls are too close together.

- Hennessy_101 · v1.0.8

Great game, but has an issue

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.

- Outlaw1-1 · v1.0.8

Great game, battery drainer

This game is an absolute blast and a great time-killer. Only issue I’ve found is that on both my old 6s+ as well as my new XS Max this game kills more battery than any other app I’ve ever used. Not sure if that is anything that can be addressed on the software side, but other than that it’s a fantastic game. Definitely worth the download!

- J4ckc1234 · v1.0.8

Paid but you still get ads

I found the game fun and the style is truly unique but after paying for this game I do not expect to be shown ads. I requested a refund because of that alone otherwise I would have kept playing the game.

- Okizeme · v1.0.8

Control

Way more frustrating than fun

- Skrimfid · v1.0.8

Paid version has ads

Ad revenue must be tiny compared to what I paid for this game, why ruin the experience?

- P-Dizog · v1.0.8

Good game but...

This game is fun and is time consuming but I would really like to see more cars like a bmw with a spoiler or other cool drift cars with big wings and more worlds

- olyres · v1.0.8

The best game in the world

It’s still as good as on the Xbox

- hxbxhzhz · v1.0.8

Fantastic iOS port! a must buy for any iOS device

it runs incredibly smooth. controls are very precise. the milestones in each track help you become a drift king. the music is lovely and keeps you going on for more. you can easily drift. but it is difficult to master. i’m sure you will be playing this for a very long time. worth the money.

- shlok · v1.0.8

PLEASE READ

I LOOOOOVVVVVEEE THIS GAME.the physics are great the graphics are interesting to look at but I just want a phew things like the nissan s14 and the regular non pop up headlights for the missile and the Nissan GT-R r34 and it would be BETTER AND THAT IS HAAARRRRD TO BE BETTER THAN RIGHT NOW👌😄

- Son doesn't die · v1.0.8

Uncontrollable

Aweful on ios, essentially unplayable I want my money back Try FR Legends instead, free and functional

- Ivtec2007 · v1.0.8

Can't drift multiple donuts in a row

My biggest problem in this game is that you can't drift multiple donuts in a row. It just won't even count them for you, even if the donut resets. I think this is probably a bug because it makes some goals almost impossible to achieve like 7 donuts in two minutes. I can drift seven donuts fine, but not if I have to keep exiting the circle and coming back in.

- snowe2010 · v1.0.8

Way too difficult for mobile

I’ve played racing games for years but the events are just way too hard with the controls and assists available on a mobile. Track setup is brutal in difficulty and margin of error is slim. The steering/stability assists are not too useful in my opinion. I understeer way too much with them on and wash out wide. With them off the snap overteer kicks in. Ive tried all the different configurations and degrees of dificulty and success finding a suitable one (yet). I mostly leave it in Steer Assist OFF, Stability Assist in 10% or OFF and Steering Sensitivity in 60% or 70%. Good, minimalistic, aesthetics and clever car culture references. Car sounds are a hit and miss. Car only sounds that like it has one gear and too digital at low speeds. But you do get nice blow off noises sometimes and a nice brake squeal. Great in-game music. Everytime you hit anything, even at slow speeds, you get a super annoying crash sound or scraping sounds with a curb. If you’re not a patient person nor a drift/car culture superfreak just consider skipping this game. Way, way to hard to be enjoyable on the track-based events. Free roam is great though which is the only Zen element to the actual game were you kind off can just blow some steam, have fun, and not be too agry with it. So close to being a great game for me. It really is fun if you stay out of the events. I would make the stability or steering assists more fine-tuned to make the user less understeer prone and/or allow you to hold more angle without you spinning out. Or a tuning mode were you can easily tweak the steering controls and assists without quitting and jumping to the settings a million times. Or maybe allow some throttle/power delivery modifications. Or maybe some power delivery modifications to make the drift progression more modular.

- Kevin M. 182 · v1.0.8

customization options

more cars and customization and this game would be perfect

- weston ways · v1.0.8

Buggy

Also whoever decided to put the retry button next to the finish button is probably the biggest detractor for your game. Its annoying and a bad design choice. So much so that instead of giving you 5 stars i look the time to open the app store and write this to give you 1. Fix it.

- Cody15951 · v1.0.8

This is a hard game. That’s ok.... except

I can’t keep my fingers on your stupid buttons!!!! Why not use the button sizes of games that work well? The narrow button placements consistently cause me to make errors and when the game is this difficult.... I hate losing cuz my finger was off by a 1/16th of a inch.

- I like this · v1.0.7

Absolute Drift

Can’t go wrong with this game. Excellent for the price if u enjoy driving games whatsoever

- T4Z3RS · v1.0.7

Best stress free release

Good skid mechanics, love this game, developers should make a ps vita version

- Manoftrees · v1.0.7

Console quality, I Just want manual shifting!

I've played this on PC for years, and it handles almost identically on my phone. I just wish I could use manual shifting (hint!) Game is excellent though

- Kevin Beyel · v1.0.7

Does what it says on the tin

Is drifting game. I originally bought this on pc, and really liked the pc version. The game doesn’t work as well on a small screen. As far as I can tell, this is a port or clone of the pc version. I’m not getting the same kind of enjoyment out of this on the small screen.

- Sly Hoax · v1.0.6

Manual Shifting?

I saw a tip about manual shifting but I can’t figure out how to enable it, other than issues with the game shifting up mid drift, it’s great.

- Red_072 · v1.0.6

Absolute drift

The game is a great game but here’s the thing I every one or two weeks the game resets it self and after getting back to that level it resets me again.

- Widowmaker445 · v1.0.6

Thanks for a great game!

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

- Kizah76 · v1.0.6

Where’s the saves bruv?

Great drifting game but where are the slaves bruv?

- Kieran perman · v1.0.6

Resets every time

I love this game but for the fourth time my progress gets lost and I have to start over. 👎🏿

- James the fiend · v1.0.6

Fun!

Really fun game but it’s really annoying how it restarts your progress every time you quit the app.

- IkeD1222 · v1.0.5

Progress resets every time I close the app.

I have played the first three worlds over and over again because my progress keeps resetting. I can accept in some cases losing progress after a big update but this happening every time I close and re open the app. I did enjoy playing this game but if I wanted to start over from scratch every time I wanted play a game I would go back to my NES.

- talley1985 · v1.0.5

Fun game

To bad after I unlock a lot of stuff the game decides to reset my progress every so often

- sonicfinatic · v1.0.5

Fun game if it worked

Every single time I play it deletes my progress the next time I open the game

- BewareOfEddie · v1.0.5

Also deleted my save twice!

Don’t buy until they get this fixed! Sad because it’s one of my favorite games. We need manual button size Mg and positioning. Also an option for a manual transmission would be nice! iCloud as well, if it’s not too much to ask for!

- Bacon-N-Eggs · v1.0.5

Great Game

The game is simple, relaxing and intuitive. The only problem I have is the game keeps resetting my progress, if the fix that I’d easily give it ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

- DDave08 · v1.0.5

Terrible mechanics

I understand most people playing don’t drift in real life but these mechanics are the worst I’ve ever seen. Car has no option to increase horsepower and anything. No manual option. YOU GIVE US A TIP TO TRY MANUAL MODE AND DONT EVEN HAVE IT!!! Waste of money...

- Saltlife insta: Kris_Wyche · v1.0.5

I want to give 5 stars but....

This is one of the best drifting/racing games I’ve played on the App Store....but....I’ve lost all my progress 3 times now for unknown reasons (even without an update occurring) and I can’t figure out whether it’s just a mechanic of the game (I hope it isn’t) or if something is wrong with cloud save/updates. Please help.

- Heftyfaun03 · v1.0.5

KEEPS RESETTING MY PROGRESS!!

When I found this game it looked pretty great, and I was right, then after updating the game it reset my progress and keeps doing so whenever I close and reopen the game. Please fix this it was so fun but now it is pointless 🤬🤬🤬

- Shrimp o · v1.0.5

Game keeps resetting, but would be fun

Really fun game but the game kept resetting and I’d have to redo all the levels over again, menu writing sometimes gets messed up, but if they fix the reset button it would be pretty fun

- Yeetmang · v1.0.5

Lots of fun, too short though

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”.

- Motox20 · v1.0.5

Amazing game on PS4/PC - wack on iOS

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.

- Ian Brent · v1.0.5

UPDATE DELETED MY PROGRESS

The game was going great. There were occasionally some bugs and the controls are OK, but the last update had a problem. I updated and the beginning story appeared. I drove through all of the tutorials and everything was gone. I had been playing since the game came out and had done a lot. Devs, I really hope you can fix this.

- Grant Wiggins · v1.0.5

Best game I’ve ever played until this happened

I’ve played this game on PC and was so excited to see it come out in the App Store. I bought it in a heart beat and loved every second of it. 1. Graphics, amazing 2. Controlling of the car, amazing 3. Music, amazing 4. The way the blocks flew away when I knocked into them, amazing The thing that messed it up for me is that when I woke up this morning I hopped onto the game and it hit me with the tutorial... I am now at square one and lost all my progress.

- Kbaezmaster1 · v1.0.5

Last update deleted all my progress

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.

- Polymathic · v1.0.5

Great Game!

This game is great it simulates drifting really well. The one thing I wish was in the missions(not in the open world) it was a longer time or not timed especially in the tutorials. The only time you can find those courses or tracks are in the missions and you only get a minute at a time per mission. Other than that love the game.

- BubblBuddy · v1.0.5

Please give refund I’m just a kid and I accidentally bought it when I was looking at it.

K

- Granster8 · v1.0.5

Good game. And great update! But control...

I am very happy that you guys finally added graphic settings but can you also add button size settings too? I use 9.7 inch ipad and my thumbs are really tired even with my big hands. Thank you.

- noobl52 · v1.0.5