Torque Drift News

Let’s get a bit of commotion happening for Update 2.24.0! This one was hard to keep quiet from y’all – Trust us, this car is ALL we hear about, and we are EXCITED to finally debut FD Pro Driver Jhonnattan Castro’s Rocket Bunny GR86 just in time for FD Round 2 – Atlanta on May 11-13!


NEW FD CAR – JHONNATTAN CASTRO’S GR86!
It’s wide, it’s AGGRESSIVE. We’re extremely thrilled to finally debut Jhonnattan Castro’s NEW FD Car to the game – Toyota GR86. Not just any GR86, turn heads and shred up the tracks with attitude in the Rocket Bunny bodykit and B58 engine under the hood!
Smoke up FD Atlanta next with this turbocharged beast and let us know if we should consider a stock GR86 bodykit in future updates!

FORMULA DRIFT ROUND 2 – ATLANTA!
GEAR UP GANG! We’re headed into Formula Drift Round 2 in Atlanta on May 11-13 with more round-exclusive challenges and rewards!
Our FD Season Leaderboard Event will be running during this period, our Top 12 end of season winners will receive both in-game AND real world prizes to commemorate their FD 2023 feats!


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed an issue preventing tyre stacks from appearing correctly on Minami
  
• BMW E92 HGK body kit spoiler positioning corrected
  
• Orlando Practice score-earning issue resolved
  
• Single player events no longer causes multiple cars to spawn
  
• Fixed issues preventing players from logging into certain accounts with controller
  
• Incorrect player spawns fixed on Gingerman
  
• Signing new sponsors after completing sponsor missions should work as intended
  
• Claiming sponsor rewards should correctly show Cash/Bullion balance
  
• Updated controller calibrations settings
  
• Improvements to throttle response
  
• Updated 2023 FD Sponsors around FD tracks
  
• Major changes to Minami visuals, performance, overhauled trees, lighting and mesh rendering
  

Burn some rubber in Castro’s GR86 and rack up those FD Leaderboard points for Round 2: Road to the Championship – Atlanta!

– Torque Drift Team

THIS IS IT DRIFTERS – Formula Drift 2023 Season has officially kicked off! Update 2.23.0 is flying you out to Long Beach for Round 1, April 7-8! We’re absolutely ecstatic to start Torque Drift’s FD 2023 Season Championship – A season-long leaderboard event that will run alongside the FD series with spectacular in-game AND real world prizes! Before we take you the sunny streets of Cali, we’re doing a quick pitstop in Japan for our long awaited Minami track! Our newest track boasts a signature jump initiation so hop over and burn all the rubber you want!


FORMULA DRIFT ROUND 1 – LONG BEACH!
California bound baby 🌴 Warm up those tires as we take you to The Streets of Long Beach next weekend! To kick off the season, Long Beach-exclusive challenges, sponsortree, titles & rewards are up for grabs for a limited time only!

*FD Long Beach challenges & sponsortrees will be active from GMT 8PM, 7 April – Midnight 12AM, 14 April

FORMULA DRIFT 2023 CHAMPIONSHIP!
We saw some serious competition in our first official in-game Formula Drift Championship last year with incredible runs, neck and neck standings, and the overall feedback for running our own series alongside the real FD season was OUTSTANDING – We’re ready to see it all over again!

We’re making some improvements to how we run our FD Season Leaderboard Event this year!

• Round 1 – Entry Cost: 50x Bullion
  *(Entry cost will be reduced at the start of each round)
• In-Game and IRL Prizes for the Top 8 Leaderboard Players at the end of Irwindale!
  
• Round standings will be automatically calculated for each round. As each round’s points accumulate, results will be displayed on a separate Overall Leaderboard system players can access and view in-game.
  

Stay tuned for what prizes we have in the works
BRAND NEW TRACK: MINAMI!
When you mention drifting, we can guarantee you those in the scene will enthusiastically rave about one of the most iconic raceways at Ebisu – Minami! Expect a brand new map built from scratch to slam doors and shred rubber on, and don’t worry drifters, it wouldn’t be Minami without the signature jump initiation! Although the beloved Drift Stadium track is no longer accessible for drifting in the real world, get ready to relive the Formula Drift Japan hype as we expand on the Ebisu map with this incredibly exciting track!


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Memory Leak fixes occurring in Paint Shop
  
• Sim Rig Players this is for you! – Updated input system to fix steering wheel input
  
• Minor fixes for tuning and livery swapping
  
• Minor fixes for Youtube Carousel
  
• Localisation issues corrected
  

Keep those engines on team, we’ve got NEW liveries and drivers in the pipeline for this season!


– Torque Drift Team

Not long to go before we kick off Formula Drift 2023 Season – But FIRST! Update 2.22.0 is now live with a BRAND NEW YSR Angle Kit and Mustang RTR Bodykit for you to tune and build up. We’re making (good) in-game flow changes with the ability to swap livery and tune slots during Car Selection and ensuring y’all are staying up to date with all the latest Torque Motorsport Youtube content with some sparkly new UI additions to the game!

NEW MUSTANG RTR BODYKIT!
Okay okay we get it you asked, and we HEARD! Nothing screams more gains than giving this muscle car a brand new bodykit to play around with. Don’t walk, RUN to the garage NOW and experience the 'Stang in all its glory!

NEW YSR ANGLE KIT!
WAKE UP BABE – Newest Alignment Kit just dropped in the part store! Go get 'em!

SWAP LIVERY/TUNE SLOTS IN CAR SELECTION!
Ever forget to change your livery or tuning set up right before a battle? We’re making life easier for you with these new Car Selection features!

To change your slots, keep an eye out for these controls:
*Tune Slot - Tap on Tune Stats (Mobile) / Page Up (PC) / LS (Controller)
*Livery Slot - Tap on Car Thumbnail (Mobile) / Page Down (PC) / RS (Controller)

YOUTUBE CAROUSELS NOW LIVE!
In case you’re living under a rock, we are officially on Youtube at Torque Motorsport! Find us here: Official Torque Motorsport Youtube Channel
We’ve given our beloved in-game carousels a brand new look with real-time updates for our latest motorsport content! Make sure to check us out and hit that fat Subscribe button!


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Various paint shop changes and bug fixes
  
• Various localization and UI fixes
  
• Entry level cars should now feel easier to drive
  
• Fixed an exploit where players could acquire 2 starter cars in the tutorial
  
• Plus more tweaks and overall QoL improvements!
  

Get KEEN for FD Season ‘23 folks – Excited to hear what y’all think of Update 2.22.0, let us know in the comments and as always, feel free to shoot through any feedback on our Instagram and Discord!


– Torque Drift Team

HEYA DRIFTERS – We hope you enjoyed your break over the holidays! The TD team is officially back with its first update to warm up a foreseeable hectic 2023. In the meantime, strap yourselves in for LNY event-exclusive content, a tribute to Ken Block, a BRAND NEW Carbon-grade engine and more bug fixes for this patch!

HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR 2023!
恭喜发财! We are absolutely gassed to welcome you into 2023 (twice!) – Kick into the Lunar New Year with fortune and fun with EXCLUSIVE content for the next 2 weeks!

• LNY 2023 ‘Flower’ Alloys & ‘Spokes’ Alloys
  
• LNY 2023 Rabbit Stickerpack
  
• LNY 2023 Bundle
  
• LNY 2023 Challenges
  

To ensure you are EXTRA prosperous this year, make sure to claim your Red Envelope in the Special Offers tab!

*LNY Alloys, Stickerpack, Bundle & Red Envelope available now – UTC Feb 5, 11pm
*LNY Challenge available UTC Jan 27, 9am – Jan 30, 11pm


REMEMBERING KEN BLOCK
The motorsport world will never be the same after the passing of Ken Block.

To honour late motorsport legend Ken Block, a mural has been permanently installed in the player garage and the Cali Garage track for the community to keep his legacy alive.


NEW CARBON ENGINE – RB30!
NEWEST addition to the part store just landed! Which car are you putting this beast of an engine in?


BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Fixed a sporadic issue where screens turn colourful in open-lobbies or battles
  
• Hakone differences between PC and Mobile are now in sync (players no longer can get stuck in some areas)
  
• Some tutorial soft-lock issues fixed
  
• Torque Motorsport link added to social area
  
• Tire PSI no long reset after purchasing new ones
  

2023 is OUR YEAR drifters – We’re only getting started.

– Torque Drift Team

HO HO HO DRIFTERS, FESTIVE SEASON IS UPON US! 🎄🎄🎄 Exclusive holiday content for Xmas ‘22 with dashing NEW challenges, alloys, and more! We’re jingling ALL your bells with NEW cars here, there, EVERYWHERE for Update 2.20.0! Get excited for the E92 and JZX100 bodykits, as well as 2 NEW car releases – NISSAN R29 and Jonathan Nerren’s Mustang!

FESTIVE SEASON 2022!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… We’re blessing your holiday season with our annual Advent Calendar challenges AND a whole separate Holiday-exclusive sponsortree with more unpredictable lines. Paintshop getting spoilt with 2022 Xmas themed stickerpacks and don’t worry – We heard y’all LOUD and CLEAR during Halloween; NEW Festive Alloys just in time for Xmas!

NEW NISSAN 2000 GT-R!
What’s it like having a piece of history in your garage? Introducing one of the first performance-bred Skyline GT-Rs, you simply cannot deny the timeless design and sheer competition it upheld during its Japan touring race era. Have a taste of the 70s with the classic two-door NISSAN 2000 GT-R now!

NEW JONATHAN NERREN MUSTANG – 2017 SHELBY TRIBUTE STREET CAR!
How often do you get to see two motorsport legends in the same sentence – Let’s get a bit of commotion going for North Carolina-based FD Pro-Driver Jonathan Nerren and his weathered race livery for the Carroll Shelby Tribute Mustang! We know y’all have been asking for more ‘stangs, so here’s the first in our pipeline!

P.S Will Nerren finally get his Speedy Gonzales in-game title? (We’ll have to find out in our next Twitch stream!)

NEW BODYKITS – E92 & JZX100!
No explanation needed – Grab your brushes NOW, we just added NEW stock bodykits for our cult-favorite cars, the BMW E92 and Toyota Chaser JZX100!

BUG FIXES & PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS

• Optimised store panel UI loading times
  
• Fixed multiple matchmaking issues – Rematch responsiveness and flow, DQ and timeout notifications
  
• Lobby UI fixes and adjustments
  
• & More quality-of-life improvements!
  

What an absolute wild ride 2022 has been drifters.

From everyone here at Grease Monkey Games, a massive thank you to another year of ever-growing support and love for Torque Drift, and for our new, upcoming title: Torque Drift 2!
Torque Drift would not be where it is right now without its loud, vibrant community (YEP YOU!), and we are ready to kick off 2023 with more player-feedback oriented features, solutions, improvements, exciting new car releases, drivers, and more!


Happy Holidays everyone, stay safe and we’ll see you in the new year!


– Torque Drift Team