Best drifting in racing games?

[Lant_War]

If there's one thing I dig in racing games, is some sort of cool and satisfying drift mechanic that makes blazing through the tracks fun and more engaging than just pressing R2 and turning with the sticks.

For them to work well and be satisfying, imo, there needs to be some sort of risk-reward system in place that makes it worth to potentially mess up your race for the reward. The games from the GIFs above get this perfectly, having some of the most satisfying drifts in games.

So, to you, which are the games that better achieve this?

 

[ghostcrew]

Gotta be OutRun 2? Surely?

 

[impingu1984]

Riiiiiigde raaaaaccceeerrr revolution on PSX

 

[Yrch]

Yeah Outrun 2006 feels so good. A damn shame that it's nearly impossible to get now (luckily I got it on steam)

The burnout series also feels so damn fine. Even thou drifting is easy, you can evade things like solid objects and cars.

Oh and DIRT Rally 2.0 feels soooo good but solid drifts are hard to pull of.

 

[retroman]

Gotta be OutRun 2? Surely?

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Yup.

 

[LordAlu]

I'll take some SEGA Rally driftin' myself.

 

[turbobrick]

Personally, I don't like the drifting mechanic in the more arcade racers.

I did find the drifting in the Forza Motorsport games to be satisfying though.

 

[Dache]

Daytona 2 is great, even better than the original. It's difficult but feels so great, especially on a machine with proper force feedback.

 

[pg2g]

Project Gotham

 

[N.47H.4N]

I remember loving in Hot Pursuit 2,but I prefer racing games without drifting.

 

[KillstealWolf]

Mastery of Crash Team Racings Drift System lets you get some absurd speed, espicially on the Sacred Fire/Blue Flames courses.

 

[SuperHans]

Crazy Taxi had some great drifting

 

[bert muscle]

Stealth Crash Team Racing thread.

 

[Xero grimlock]

one of the initial d arcade racers cant rememver the name a friend has one in his garage.

 

[Nerdkiller]

I'll vouch for Wreckfest. The game would probably be only remembered for it having impressive damage physics for a mainstream game were it not for the fact that it also has a brilliant driving model. Pulling off drifts always feels so satisfying.

 

[Toxi]

 

[LordHuffnPuff]

If we define "best" as "most fun" then probably Mario Kart DS where rapid drift chaining ("snaking") was the entire game at the high end.

 

[Whitemex]

Mario Kart DS

Snaking broke the game but it was fun

 

[Aurica]

I think it feels most satisfying in Sonic & Sega All-Stars/transformed. I really love those games.

 

[nekomix]

Mario Kart DS. I know many R triggers died because of this.

 

[Richter1887]

Outrun 2, Ridge Racer R4 and the PSP game, Sega Rally are all so damn satisfying.

It might be forgotten but Driver 1 and 2 had really satisfying driving. Drifting was risky as hell but so damn satisfying to do. Crashing/bumping into anything would make you lose health so the feeling of driving dangerously was so good.

 

[Lant_War]

If we define "best" as "most fun" then probably Mario Kart DS where rapid drift chaining ("snaking") was the entire game at the high end.

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I can't believe I forgot about it! It's the sole reason why MKDS is still my favorite Mario Kart game.

 

[djplaeskool]

Outrun 2 and Ridge Racer

 

[Tailzo]

• Outrun 2006
• Sega Rally 2
• Crazy Taxi

 

[MajesticSoup]

Mario Kart 64 red smoke power slide is still the most satisfying to me.

 

[Jahranimo]

Sonic and Sega All Stars Racing drifting was super fun, can drift just about the entire track. Love it.

They needed drifting in the sequels.

 

[nano87]

My left joy-con

 

[I KILL PXLS]

Burnout will always be king to me, but I'll give R4 props for a more down to earth (but still arcadey) variation.

 

[NO!R]

My left joy-con

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LMAO! Oh shit, that's good!

Give this post an award. :)

 

[thesuperfunk]

Daytona

 

[zyvorg]

The only way I can do drifts in sim racers with a force feedback wheel is with GRID Autosport and it "feels" difficult but not impossible.

Very rewarding. I realize that game is a SimCade racer btw.

 

[808s & Villainy]

If we define "best" as "most fun" then probably Mario Kart DS where rapid drift chaining ("snaking") was the entire game at the high end.

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I knew MKDS would be mentioned. Ruined online for me