Last updated on January 2nd, 2026 at 08:46 pm
CarX Drift Racing 3 – Simulation Game Review
CarX Drift Racing 3 is a Simulation/Racing/Entertainment game from KAR IKS TEKHNOLODZHIS, OOO, first launched in 4th December 2024.
It’s rated 4+ and currently has 9,729+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes CarX Drift Racing 3 Stand Out
Welcome to the world of drift, now in your pocket!
CarX Drift Racing 3 is the long-awaited sequel in the legendary game series from developer CarX Technologies. Assemble your very own unique drift car from scratch and compete in tandem races with players all over the world!
ATTENTION! This game can occupy you for hours. Don’t forget to take breaks every 40 minutes!
HISTORICAL CAMPAIGN
Immerse yourself in the world of drift culture with five unique campaigns that trace the history of drift racing from its inception in the 80s to the present day.
REFINED CARS
Your garage will become a real museum of iconic cars! More than 80 parts per car are available for customization and upgrades, and the engines will help unleash the full power of your vehicle.
DAMAGE SYSTEM
Pay attention to the condition of your car! The unique damage system allows breaking and tearing off body parts to reflect real changes in vehicle performance.
ICONIC TRACKS
Compete on world-famous tracks such as: Ebisu, Nürburgring, ADM Raceway, Dominion Raceway, and others.
FANS AND SPONSORS
Become a celebrity in the world of drift by fulfilling sponsorship contracts and building your reputation. The Fans system will help you expand your popularity and gain access to new tracks and rewards.
TOP 32 CHAMPIONSHIPS
Test your driving skills in single-player TOP 32 mode, competing with artificial intelligence that will adapt to your every action.
CONFIGURATION EDITOR
Create the configuration of your dreams! Choose a track and adjust your configuration for tandem races by editing the markings, placing opponents, and adding obstacles and fences.
Terms of use: https://carx-online.com/en/carx-technologies-eula
Privacy policy: https://carx-online.com/en/carx-technologies-privacy-policy
This Simulation game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, CarX Drift Racing 3 is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 29th December 2025
Recent improvements include:
Happy holidays, everyone!
- Festive events: Throughout the month, you'll be able to play new exclusive modes, get valuable rewards, and collect a new currency: blueprint parts.
- Licensed car: The Mercury 23 Sayaka Special. You can get it for blueprint parts.
- Drift Pass holders can get an exclusive car: the Vankel R7D.
- New rotary engines: R13 and R20. Look for them in event rewards and in Drift Pass.
- Paint material change for colorful liveries.
- Overall optimization and bug fixes.
Download & Availability
CarX Drift Racing 3 is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get CarX Drift Racing 3 on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
The games really good but you should add the c5 corvette pretty please.
Ive been playing this game for 2 months and we do like the physics and graphics and car crash physics as we Submit.
5 stars but we dont know how to get on multiplayer online. Is that an option.
This is a great game to get away in.
We love the game Dont get us wrong no ads LOVE IT but one problem we cant find the tires at all please make an update to CLEARLY see where to change the tires thanks.
Seriously great game. Damage is done tastefully and cars drive well. Wonderful graphics and map design, and we seriously would like this damage system to be incorporated into CarX Rally, because it would make a much bigger impact to gameplay than its current system.
Love the game but just wanted to let you guys know that the previous season pass wheels are not showing up we removed them from our car and they they are gone this needs to be fixed pleaseeeeeee.
After having any problems with accounts or purchases we know we will always get a response and the problem will get fixed.
Havent played with the rotaries yet but Ive been wishing they had some for a while so Im really glad you added those. Ive completed the campaign and Ive built all the available engines. Coming from playing ForzaMS obsessively, this is about as good as a mobile car game could be. We recommend it to all our friends.
CarX is the best it is just fire.
Not saying its meant to be the same but one thing we miss is the availability of currency, we are a very casual player and just enjoy free roam driving. For a mobile game its almost perfect we just wish we didnt have to grind so much.
Slowdown disqualifying is terrible makes most game modes unplayable. Its hard to imagine how anyone programming thought the slowdown feature would help sell any product. Loosen the cuffs fun police maybe people will spend some money with you.
In our opinion we dont think the auto sales feature is a very good idea, like is there really a large enough player base to make selling cars worth the time and effort?? Probably not. Id rather just be able to sell the car for a set price like in previous games. Thats honestly the only thing we personally do not like about the game.
Best quality game ever people should definitely download it its the best keep it up.
The game would be 10x better with a controller.
This is literally the best game we have ever played in terms of customization and just the ability to make the car yours. Only thing is we are a big American muscle guy and there is only 4-5 American cars while there is 50 other common drift cars. So if you could add more mustangs and maybe even a challenger or charger that would be nice and more engines. We have a rb26 and the 2jz and the vr38 but we want a different American engine like the coyote or the hellcat. We would just like to see that side of the game developed but other than that this is literally our go to game.
Guys this update was extremely good we were wondering when are you guys going to put open lobbys multiplayer mode and to change the day into night you know. Thank you for the updates they are very good thank you.
Really good game. Could you please add a car rental option, we have way to many cars.
They whole game is a solid 10/10 the only problem is we cant verify our account even with the right email.
We like the physics so far and its pretty fun.
Would be nice if it was compatible to a controller.
Please lower the prices cuz Im kinda broke.
Graphics are best Ive ever seen in a game for mobile and there is also the crash physics that are also very good, love how the cars behave and how you can customize them.
Dont get us wrong we enjoy the concept and almost everything else but the fact that the tuning and wanting to upgrade is so hard and just not worth it but then you have to and blah blah blah overall enjoy the game but if you changed the tuning/upgrade process Id love it.
Duels with friends is not actually with them. You cant tandem or race together, they are not visible on your screen, all you see is their score after the race. They do their runs on their own as do you. No free mode with multiplayer and to get money you have to spend real cash or it takes far too long to get any money to do anything in the game. The ranked races is rigged with computer players, not real people. Guys will hit the wall, spin out and still roll through the finish line with more points. The graphics and controls are sick, the concept is good, but overall, too much lacking.
Nothing like the original car x2 cant even login with our apple account or verify anything at all the email login thing is all messed up on our end Ill just wait till this game gets the update it needs besides that Ill wait on this good game when its ready back too the perfected carx2.
The game is so cool an physics seem really nice how they link to tuning,but you do all this work to not even be able to play with other people. The constant battles gets so annoying we really just want to run laps or tandems with people but you cant until they add a true multiplayer.
Which is better? Its tough 3 seems to have more stuff to do in this one its def harder Im going to slightly lean this one but we might change our opinion after Ive played more. Either way great games car x its dope not only for a mobile game but straight up as a racing game in general,.
This game is so realistic and fun even our friend said its the best game ever.
This is an amazing game you can its just amazing we dont have words.
Fun to play and it's very easy to learn.
This game can get boring on phone but on computer its BUSSIN ngl.
But the new update literally was uploaded about 30mins ago and for some reason game isnt functioning says its under maintenance.
Great game kind of reminds us of the original CarX with how easy it is to play and navigate through the menu. We truly enjoy playing this game especially now that the market has been added to the game. We wish they didnt get rid of the yellow brakes and they had the pig nose front and type s kit for the 180sx. A rx7 & 300zx would be nice too.
Like for example if we want to swap engine or engine parts or car color etcc.. It takes wayyy too long! Also getting money is kinda hard to get and claiming different engine parts is hard since we swapped our car and we dont get the engine parts for the engine swap we did when we click on the random cards. Lastly add multiplayer!! Please read this!! @carx Thank you Other than that game is great.
Its a good game we just wish you could get the parts you needed.
We play CarX drift 2 religiously and really enjoy it but we wanted to try drift 3 for a change and after playing for a couple weeks, we wouldve thought we could unlock an open online map or world with other online players but idk if thats even a feature in this game like drift 2. Imo, thats honestly a huge thing with online car games is to have an open world with people you can just hang around and drift with/show off your rides to.
Where is the multiplayer mode thats all this game is missing.
Game feels definitely pay to win at times. Ranked races are somewhat ridiculous. Clearly watching the opponent crash and still somehow get an insane amount of points. Vehicle selection is good, but Ive had this game since launch and have only seen the AE86 available in the store once when the game came out. Lack of support (probably because theyre working on the console version) is disappointing. It has potential, but has a lot of issues.
This game is fun and torcher at the same time its not a ptw game either.
This game is definitely a 10/10. The cars are amazing and the game itself is very well put together.
The game is super realistic and love playing.
The game need to have higher graphics like carxstreet and also another good idea is u should put a highway and a street with a lot of cars and u can control traffic like project no hesi highway, and make the highway very long and another good thing is u should add a street with a real map. Another good thing is u should travel every were like New York.
Hi guys our names Rodrigo ive been playing all your guys game andlove the work you guys do Lets get this CarX on Console for demos?!! Atleast we know you guys have a lot right now.
For starters the game is very fun to play and we very much enjoy that its not full of ads and paywalls. Our problem is when playing with controller there is no way to configure button mapping. When you select the mechanical transmission option there is no way to shift.
Best graphics and game physics Ive ever seen on mobile.
Its a decent drifting game, upgradings annoying but its fine, car selection could do some work, but the drifting itself is good. One problem Im having is its saying we dont have internet when we do? We cant play because of it and its very frustrating.
Love the physics and damage and the cars but Im kinda tired of having to do championships for money. Been playing the game since car x lite came out and still have car x 1,2,3 on our phone. Could you please bring back races like in car x 1 where you have to get drift score to get money.
Can you please add the s14 because it doesnt really make sense to have an s13, 108sx, and an s15 but not an s14.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 1.8.2
- Size: 1,860.64 MB
- iOS: 17.0 or later
- Languages: EN, FR, DE, HI, ID, JA, MS, PL, PT, RU, ZH, ES
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Contests, Loot Boxes
- Developer: KAR IKS TEKHNOLODZHIS, OOO
Last updated: 29th December 2025 | Genre: Simulation, Racing | Developer: KAR IKS TEKHNOLODZHIS, OOO