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Drift City
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Developer(s)	NPLUTO
Publisher(s)	NHN Corporation, Arario
Engine	Drift City Engine
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	(Released) August 1st (Closed beta) September 5th (Open beta) February 29 (Full Release) (Released)
Genre(s)	Racing/RPG
Mode(s)	Online Multiplayer

Drift City, also known as Skid Rush in Korea, is a Korean-developed game published in America on 1 August 2007 by NHN. This game combines the features of an RPG with the features of a racing game.

Plot

A screenshot of Drift City, while doing a chase mission.

The game takes place in the near future during a worldwide oil shortage. A mysterious material dubbed Mittron is discovered on an island in the North Pacific. The island was named after the material, and the Organization for Mittron Development (OMD) is set up to manage the island and its resources. This resource quickly became the preferred fuel for all methods of transportation as Mittron-fueled cars ran much longer, cleaner, and faster than traditional gas-powered cars.

Unmanned vehicles dubbed HUVs (High-Tech Unmanned Vehicles) began appearing around the island terrorizing the people. This threat has become so widespread that pedestrians no longer walk the streets for fear of being attacked. As a result, the OMD has started importing professional drivers to assist in destroying the HUVs and uncover the mystery behind their sudden appearance.

Gameplay

Players earn experience points and the in-game currency of Mito for completing missions and deliveries, as well as for bounties when hunting HUVs.

Players can choose from a variety of vehicles in different classes. They can also purchase upgrade parts for their vehicle for increased performance, though many parts require the player to have reached a certain level before they can be equipped. Performance parts can be further enhanced by enhancers for increased stats.

Players can also earn "coupons" to unlock cars for purchase by completing certain in-game requirements, similar to the Burnout series' Trophy requirements. The player can also earn items through driving and hunting HUVs. These items can range from fuel for the car to car parts.

Players also have the option to join and form "crews," as well as form impromptu "parties" for extra experience. They can also trade items directly with each other.

Having been released first, Skid Rush contains a number of features have yet to be implemented in Drift City. These include a wider variety of customization options for the player's car and new cars.

Mittron Island

Mittron Island consists of four cities: Moon Palace, Koinonia, Cras, and Oros. Players start in Moon Palace and work their way into Koinonia, Cras, and then Oros by completing storyline missions and reaching certain levels. Once these cities are opened, players can travel between them at any time using the highway system.

Each server hosts a central hub known as the Driver Dome where drivers can converse with each other. The Driver Dome contains several buildings, which include the Battle Zone where drivers can challenge each other on preset courses, the Auction House, where players can purchase items that others have posted for sale through an in-game browser, the Dealership, where players may purchase new vehicles, the Parts Shop, where players may purchase new parts from an NPC, the Garage, where players can switch between each of the vehicles they own, and the Crew Center, where players can create a crew or participate and spectate in crew battles. The Driver Dome also has an underground level only accessible by players over Level 31 which also contains the aforementioned buildings.

Cities

• Moon Palace - The city where rookie OMD drivers are deployed. Moon Palace is a seaside metropolis with a wide open road system. The east of the city also houses a portion of the island's industrial district, where Mittron is refined into fuel. There is an airport on the west side of this city that is shared with Oros.
• Koinonia - Mittron Island's industrial and commercial center, which also features a seaport.
• Cras - A hilly city that is also home to the facilities where Mittron is mined. The city also has a tunnel that leads the player directly back to Moon Palace without having to pass through Oros or Koinonia.
• Oros - A desert city that is a hotspot for Mittron development. Its main facilities are a space center and a secret military installation named "Area 71" based on Area 51 in America. Released November 21st.

Cars

The cars are organized by classes ranging from V1 to V9 with V9 being the highest. Each class requires the player to have reached a certain level, attained a certain amount in mito. Most of the cars also require the player to have previously attained a "coupon" which unlocks it for purchase.

While most of the cars are fictionally branded yet modeled on their real-life counterparts, a number of vehicles from Chrysler and Jeep have been licensed for the game, most prominently the Dodge Viper SRT-10 and the 6th-generation Dodge Charger.

Rush Time

Rush Time is a new feature of Drift City where anyone can join a massive "Boss HUV" chase, which consists of chasing one of five possible large HUVs, with significantly increased HP and different abilities. The event occurs at scheduled times. Users gain items by crashing into the boss HUV. The use that deals the fatal blow will receive a big prize: 3 Mittron Enhancers (used for upgrading parts) and random amount of mito (100,000, 300,000 or 80,000).

Parts Enhancing

Parts can be enhanced (upgraded) by using Mittron Enhancers. All parts are divided into 3 branches, Normal parts (lv 1-lv 26 parts), Super parts (lv 31-level 55 parts) and Hyper parts (lv 60-lv 80 parts). Since the stage 2 update, each branch requires a corresponding Mittron Enhancer to enhance the part (e.g. H Mittron Enhancer is needed to enhance Hyper parts). However, the old Mittron Enhancer which have 24 hour usage period limit can be still obtained by various ways (e.g. Rush Time) and can be used to enhance ANY part. Pay item "Mittron Enhancer Booster" can be used to double the effect of Mittron Enhancers. Enhancing have a certain chance to fail or even breaking the part. Broken parts can be repaired by repair kits that remove all your earlier enhancements or the pay item "Restore kit" that keep the enhancement a player made.

New Features

Sticker Feature

By uploading up to 5 images per day, Players can fully customize their cars. While the stickers themselves are Mito, the adhesive used to apply them to the car costs G-Coin.

Glossy Paints

Paint with a special, reflective finish. Unlike regular paint, it cannot be removed from the car it was bought for until it expires. New players can choose a free, unlimited glossy paint, but the same rules apply, and only four greyscale colors are available.

Undercity

Undercity is a dungeon instance where a party of players may participate in multiple HUV chasing events for items and money. Completing one round of Undercity earns the player a coupon for the Monster, a large truck with a high durability stat built to destroy HUVs. The game mode also give special parts called "Shinoya Alpha set" and "Shinoya Beta set", that's unavailable outside Undercity other than buying them from other players.

Real Match

A balanced team race where every player drives the same car, a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 look-alike called the Duel. Completing 100 Real Match races earns the player a coupon that they can use to purchase their own Duel. Currently, Real Matches are only available during special events.

Lap Time

Similar to the style of racing found in Trackmania. Here, players compete for the best time around the track without using powerups and may earn parts and part enhancers depending on their position.

External links

• Drift City Official Site
• Official Korean Site
• Official Japanese Site