JDM: Japanese Drift Master is Coming to PS5 on February 6

After having launched JDM: Japanese Drift Master on PC in May last year and Xbox Series X/S in November, developer Gaming Factory has now announced that the racing game is coming to PS5 on February 6, 2026, and will cost $34.99. The announcement was made with a brand new trailer that you can check out below.

Along with the base game, the JDM: Made in USA DLC will also be available, featuring six unlicensed vehicles that are designed to pay homage to classic muscle cars that are often seen in the American drift racing scene. The DLC will be priced at $5.99. The DLC has been available on PC and Xbox Series X/S since November, and also brought with it 30 new tuning parts.

The trailer itself showed off some of the drift racing gameplay from JDM: Japanese Drift Master, leaning quite heavily into its Japanese drift scene influences. The trailer even went as far as to feature the iconic Toyota AE86 Sprinter Trueno driven by the protagonist of classic drift-racing manga and anime Initial D.

Paying further homage to Initial D, Gaming Factory has also detailed the most recent major update to have been released for JDM: Japanese Drift Master on PC and Xbox Series X/S. The update brought with it five new non-licensed cars from the Akina family, as well as more tracks for the in-game Eurobeat radio station, including “Running in the 90’s” by Max Coveri and “The Top” by Ken Blast.

As you might guess from the title, JDM: Japanese Drift Master is a racing game that is all about taking on the various curves of a typical race track in the most stylish way possible: by drifting. The title even features a story that puts players in the shoes of the Europe-based Thomas, who travels to Japan after inheriting a garage in Guntama prefecture—an area based on the real-world Honshu prefecture. Thomas quickly gets embroiled in the local underground racing scene thanks to his friend Hideo, and before long, has to take on a variety of challenging race tracks that range from narrow rural roads to vast highways and the curvy roads along the sides of mountains.

Aside from the story mode, JDM: Japanese Drift Master also features an open world that boasts of over 250 kilometers of traversable environments. This open world map has plenty of variety in its own right, thanks to a dynamic day/night cycle, and various weather conditions.

Alongside driving, JDM: Japanese Drift Master also encourages players to partake in the customisation of their vehicles, from tuning their car’s performance to find the perfect balance between speed and agility, to the visual aspects, with options for colour and parts like spoilers and bumpers.

For more on JDM: Japanese Drift Master, check out our review of its launch version, where we gave it a score of 5 out of 10. While we praised the general gameplay for how good the drifting feels, as well as the visuals and art direction, the game’s AI, story and mission design left us feeling underwhelmed. Since then, however, it has seen plenty of updates that have brought in various improvements.