Sup Drifters!
It's Christmas Update time! We've got Christmas challenges, a new car, new UI, new liveries, new bodykits, new features...and so so much more! Enjoy the content, drive safe during the holidays! Merry Christmas from the Torque Drift Family!
Christmas Update!
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and Torque Drift is here to party! We've totally refabbed our already brand new Hakone, with snow, Christmas trees, decorations and unique challenges. We've got daily chase challenges with player cars, and an entire Sponsor Tree dedicated to Christmas! There are some great spots to take some photos in the snow, so slap on some snow boots and shred that mountain!
New UI!
We know PC gamers have a totally different expectation to mobile players. When we moved from Mobile to PC, we started working on completely revamping the game and restructuring the entire User Interface and User Experience to get it where you all expect it to be. We're really proud to present the culmination of this work in this new UI, which involves a new paintshop, menus, navigation, battle screens, garage, reward screens....just about everything in TD really! We hope you enjoy this beautiful new navigation system, which makes it easier to check out parts, your account, and so, so much more.
New Pro Liveries: Chelsea Denofa and Vaughn Gitten Jr 2020
The RTR gets a facelift to celebrate their success this season. You can now drive Chelsea and Vaughn's 2020 liveries, just go to the paint shop and change them up!
Neo Samurai kits for the S13 and RX7!
We know you are keen for new bodykits, and this update we got TWO of the coolest looking kits in TD dropping. We've got a Van Halen inspired kit and a neo-oriental look to go with on the S13 and the RX7. Both are available with liveries, or paintable so you can design your own unique look!
New Tutorials!
We know drifting is tough, so we've tagged in our friend Mad Mike to help you out! Whether you're a new player or just someone looking to get back to basics, Mike will take you around Englishtown and show you donuts, clipping points and handbrake turns in this brand new tutorial!
New Car: 240Z
If you're an active Twitch Subscriber this month, you'll be receiving a Twitch crate with a brand new Nissan 240z this update! It's a beautiful classic car that's come in the iterations of the Datsun, S30 and Fairlady, and it's a MUST HAVE collector car to get sideways. For those that aren't subscribers, the car will be available in the future, but Twitch subs will get it first! You can subscribe at https://www.twitch.tv/torquedrift
Crate Overhaul!
We took a look at the crate system in TD, talked to some players, and decided to improve the drop rates, give out better prizes, add decals to the potential rewards. In case that wasn't enough, we added a brand new explosive animation to make opening crates feel like the present it is.
Oh, and we drastically reduced the drop rate of tires. YOU'RE WELCOME!
Wheel Support and Telemetry!
Wheel mapping and force feedback improvements on PC! (You can now hook up any combination of wheels/handbrakes etc! Inc Fanatec and Thrustmaster gear). We've also added telemetry output to support Motion Simulator platforms using SimRacingStudio, so we're now one of the only fully wheel supported drift games going around! We're always talking to professional drifters when it comes to fine-tuning this, so keep an eye out on constant improvements as we take drift to wheel!
New Audio: Ambiences
We've totally rebuilt the world of Torque Drift this update with brand new ambience on every track. You can drive past megaphones to hear commentary, the leaves rustling on the trees and the scaffolding creak in the wind on longbeach. The world is alive, so drive around and check it out!
Full Change Log:
- New body kits for the S13 and RX7!
- 2020 Liveries for Vaughn Gittin Jr and Chelsea Denofa Pro cars!
- Hakone winter theme!
- New tutorials (PC only currently)
- Wheel mapping and force feedback improvements on PC! (You can now hook up any combination of wheels/handbrakes etc! Inc Fanatec and thrustmaster gear)
- Uniform and Non-uniform scale for decals in the paint shop (PC only currently, coming to mobile in the new year!)
- Nissan 240z with body kit available early to our Twitch subscribers after update drops!
- New Ambience audio for every track
- More exciting Crate opening animations
- Filter by rank in some leaderboards
- Better controller support across whole game
- Cooler world map!
- Nicer loading screens
- Refresh of the Profile screen to display stats about you and your account.
- Better UI for displaying opponents car information before a battle.
- Better UI for displaying what you have earned after a battle/events such as Rank increase, cash earned, XP earned etc.
- BIO's for real drivers in the game
- Nicer Login screens!
- Controller virtual keyboard for text input!
- Car summary screen for you cars in the garage so you can get an overview of your whole setup to share with friends.
- Better navigation of the battle replay area.
- Added some brand new details to Ceshen, Driftshifters and the Yard