About Burnout Drift
Speed and sideways style are the twin obsessions of Burnout Drift. You take a car onto roads shared with other traffic and try to keep the pace high while sliding through corners, by day or by night. That traffic adds real tension, since a perfect drift counts for little if it ends with you buried in the side of another vehicle.
Making the car your own is part of the appeal, with modification options that let you set it up to suit your taste. Once you're on the road, the game becomes a matter of rhythm: brake, turn, hold the slide and straighten out before the next car appears. It suits players who enjoy loose, expressive driving and car tinkering, and the simple keyboard setup means you'll be sliding within seconds of starting.
How to play Burnout Drift
- Choose and modify your car, then head out onto the road.
- Drive with WASD or the arrow keys, building speed on the straights.
- Use Space to brake into corners and set up your drifts.
- Weave around traffic while keeping your speed and slides flowing.
Burnout Drift controls
| Input | Action |
|---|---|
| W A S D / Arrow keys | Accelerate, reverse and steer |
| Space | Brake |
Tips and tricks
- Brake before the turn, not during it; entering a corner too fast in traffic leaves you no room to correct.
- Check for gaps in traffic before committing to a long slide, because other cars won't move out of your way.
- Short, controlled drifts are easier to link together than one huge slide that leaves you facing the wrong way.