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.
| Component | Positive | Quality (0-100) | Weight (pseudo-reviews) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Press reviews (Metacritic) | – | – | 0 |
| All-time Steam reviews | 95% | 90 | 1000 |
| Metacritic user ratings | – | – | 0 |
| Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted) | 95% | 89 | 664 |
| Calibration prior (typical game) | – | 72 | 50 |
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
“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
- Update 2.28.2 is now available!Jul 23, 2026
- PTR version 2.28.2 is now available!Jul 19, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- Development News #4Jun 10, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- CarX Drift Racing Online 2 Development News!Jun 4, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- CarX Drift Racing Online 2 Development News!May 29, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- Update 2.28.1 is now available!May 16, 2026
- PTR version 2.28.1 is now available!May 9, 2026
- Development News #6Apr 17, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- Update 2.28.0Apr 10, 2026
- About update 2.28.0: AXIS G2 - customizationApr 2, 2026
- PTR update 2.28.0Mar 27, 2026
- About update 2.28.0: RZ70 - customizationMar 26, 2026
- PTR v2 Update 2.27.3Mar 20, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- PTR Update 2.27.3Mar 13, 2026significant · resets scoring window
- Update 2.27.2Dec 30, 2025
- PTR Update 2.27.2Dec 29, 2025
- Share your feedback on the 2.27.0 update!Dec 25, 2025
- Mods in update 2.27.0Dec 22, 2025
- Update 2.27.0Dec 22, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- PTR update version 2.27.1 v4Dec 14, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- The third PTR version of update 2.27.0Nov 28, 2025
- PTR Update 2.27.0Nov 24, 2025
- 8 Years of Drift HistoryNov 19, 2025significant · resets scoring window
- PTR Update 2.27.0Nov 11, 2025
