Drift City

Drift City
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Developer(s)	NHN Corporation
Publisher(s)	NHN Corporation
Engine	Drift City Engine
Platform(s)	Windows
Release	(Released) August 1st (Closed beta) September 5th (Open beta) TBA (Full Release) TBA
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 1 August 2007 by NHN. This game combines the features of an RPG with the features of a racing game. This game was in open beta as of 5 September, 2007. Premium items were added to the drift shop for purchase with G coins on October 24, 2007.

Plot

A screenshot of Drift City, while doing 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.

This prosperity would not last, as the island was soon besieged by mysterious unmanned vehicles dubbed HUVs (High-tech Unmanned Vehicles). 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 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 temporary stat increases.

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 an inter-crew battle mode for "ownership" for the "channels" of each server.

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 and then Cras 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 30 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 based on Area 51. 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. Many 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 off their real-life counterparts, a number of vehicles from Chrysler have been licensed for the game, most prominently the Dodge Viper SRT-10.

V1 Class	V2 Class	V3 Class	V4 Class	V5 Class	V6 Class	V7 Class	V8 Class	V9 Class
Kicker	Panda	Muse	Eric	Rotary	Impact	Deluxe	Aria	Gigas
Condol	Ensony	Tokio	MPMCC	Above	Nova	Tiger	Viper SRT-10	Torero
Advance	MMT1	DragonFly	Spotlight	Crossfire	Comodo	Snake	Dew	Arena
Ironia	OMDSS	Invention	Village	Dreamer	Atoka	Action	Ruby	Utopia
Laputa	Comet	Boarding	Maxi	Unlimit	Cielo	Solution	Seven	Natura
Birdie	-	-	Compass	PT Cruiser	Fondo	Solo	Vega	Cross
Metro	-	-	-	Fairplay	Charger	Romeo	Indigo	Nevera
Drifter	-	-	-	-	USR	Myth	Chrysler 300C	Tyrant
Caliber	-	-	-	-	-	Spirit	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	CR2	-	-

Soundtrack

• I Can't Stop
• Garage Funk
• Jam in a Car
• Garage Funk
• Waiting for Signal
• Overdrive
• Wild Booster
• Skid Marks On a Crossway
• Crasher
• Faster
• I Can't Stop (Novox)
• Urban Runaway
• SOS
• High Time
• Lowrider
• No.1 Band in the Mittron Island
• Forest Circuit
• Are you ready?
• Moon Light
• Maximum Drive
• Old Rival
• Red Line
• Right Now

All songs are made by NHN Corporation exclusively for Skid Rush/Drift City. The player may also listen to their own MP3 files during gameplay by placing the files in the right folder.

External Links

• Drift City Official Site
• Official Korean site
• Template:StrategyWiki
• Drift City Portuguese Site