Ossu!
November will be busy! We’re entering the month with some major updates to the game, so, without further ado, let us go through the highlights of upcoming changes and additions.
JDM: MADE IN USA DLC
You’ve been asking for some diversity in terms of cars and we decided to deliver. The first ever DLC is coming to JDM November 6th (in just two days!). Six unlicensed cars, providing raw drifting power and a completely new, unique style to Guntama, for only 5,99 USD.
Ironvale Thunderbolt T40
Ironvale Stallion ‘69
Taipan
Delray Vanquisher TR
Delray Venom
Falcon HellFeather
The DLC will also launch with new, unique car parts for the above vehicles.
Buying the DLC will unlock the new cars at the Car Dealer. You will need to buy them in-game like any other model. Before you raise your hands and ask the obvious question here - we did not want to abuse the beginning of the game by giving an ‘unfair’ advantage and providing the DLC cars straight to your garage. Remember that you can always take the car for a test drive first before you grab it from the Dealer.
Side note - we know you’re asking for new JDM cars as well; We are at it!
November Update Sneak Peek
First and foremost, thank you for participating in our small beta branch experiment.Your support is very much appreciated. Time and time again you prove you’re the best community we could’ve wished for. You’ve launched the game, you’ve played through the new features and you’ve provided feedback. We’ve heard you loud and clear - the paint shop update still needs more love and polishing and as such will remain in development for a little longer. The goal is to bring it to you as soon as possible with your feedback and requests added to its scope. Once we have it nailed down, we’ll let you know about when we expect it to launch for all players.
So what will the new update bring?
Shortened loading screens / soft event restarts
The other feature from the beta testing proved to be ready and as such will go live with the next update.
We’ve drastically shortened the loading times needed to restart an event.
The first time you launch an event it will still need the time to load it all up to your memory before it’s playable but after that each restart will literally take only a couple of seconds to reboot it.
New Villain Side Story
It’s time for the Honey Badger! You can learn all about his past by playing a new side mission campaign, complete with new manga pages. It spans over 6 events, consisting of time attack challenges and one drag race tournament. Completing it will reward you with Honey Badger's own, heavily tuned car.
As always, you will find the new side mission marker in the open world. Completing the first event will unlock the next one, and so forth until you complete them all.
We’re planning to release the patch alongside the DLC on November 6th. Expect a full patch notes list that day as well.
JDM Coming to Consoles
If you’ve somehow missed the news earlier - JDM: Japanese Drift Master is coming to Xbox Series X|S on November 21. We will be opening pre-orders on November 14. If you decide to support us early on Xbox, you will receive an exclusive reward - the Akina Phantom - an unlicensed car, which should be more than familiar to fans of a certain manga / anime.
The PlayStation 5 version of JDM is scheduled to release in Q1 2026.
Aaaand that’s a wrap for today’s devlog. To sum it up:
November 6th - JDM: MADE IN USA DLC launches
November 6th - JDM update, featuring the shortened loading times and the new Honey Badger side story campaign.
November 14 - Pre-Orders start for the Xbox version of the game.
November 21 - JDM launches on Xbox
Q1 2026 - PlayStation 5 launch.
Mark your calendars!
If you want to discuss the news or just talk about JDM (game), JDM (cars) and everything in-between, you can find us on our Discord server.
Let’s Drift
The Gaming Factory Team