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CarX Drift Racing Online

CarX Drift Racing Online

CarX Technologies, LLC · released Nov 16, 2017

ActionCasualMassively MultiplayerRacingSimulationSportsPCPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo Switch

Master realistic drift physics, tune 120+ cars and drift online with up to 16 players across platforms. Compete in TOP-32, build unique setups and explore hundreds of community-made Workshop maps.

89
VGC Score
Stablehigh confidence

anchored at patch: “PTR version 2.28.2 is now available!” (1mo ago)

84%
At launch
95%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
64%
Player sentiment
95%
Recent sentiment

PC 89 · PlayStation 71 · Xbox 58

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 299 sampled Steam reviews (283 positive / 16 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

Positive reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

What negative reviews complain about

Negative reviews don't converge on specific aspects.

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

82%

39 reviews

5-15h

96%

73 reviews

15-40h

99%

77 reviews

40-100h

97%

59 reviews

100h+

94%

51 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)0
All-time Steam reviews95%901000
Metacritic user ratings0
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)95%89664
Calibration prior (typical game)7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 89.0, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 89,265 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Jul 19, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 664 total reviews in window · weighted 237.9 up / 12.9 down · computed 4h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (1)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 80
    trust 52Sep 19, 2020

    CarX Drift Racing Online is a very capable drift simulator. The physics work, the joy of sliding and skidding is real, and if you have the slightest interest in the noble Japanese art of drift, you need to play this game.

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Patch history

  1. PTR version 2.28.2 is now available!
    Jul 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Development News #4
    Jun 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. CarX Drift Racing Online 2 Development News!
    Jun 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. CarX Drift Racing Online 2 Development News!
    May 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Development News #6
    Apr 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  6. Update 2.28.0
    Apr 10, 2026
  7. PTR update 2.28.0
    Mar 27, 2026
  8. PTR v2 Update 2.27.3
    Mar 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  9. PTR Update 2.27.3
    Mar 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  10. Update 2.27.2
    Dec 30, 2025
  11. PTR Update 2.27.2
    Dec 29, 2025
  12. Update 2.27.0
    Dec 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  13. PTR update version 2.27.1 v4
    Dec 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  14. PTR Update 2.27.0
    Nov 24, 2025
  15. 8 Years of Drift History
    Nov 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  16. PTR Update 2.27.0
    Nov 11, 2025