Drift City, from Ijji, in my opinion, is the only, true, racing MMO. You actually drive around a very large city, made up of 4 smaller cities. The city feels alive for lack of another word; NPC cars drive around the city, stop at red lights, and even honk and flash their lights at you when you’re too close for comfort. You can even crash into them but their is no damage representation in this game. What keeps the city from being perfect is the lack of pedestrians which is explained by the story, which is actually really good for an MMO, and especially for racing games in general.

Basically, in the near future, we’re out of petroleum, but luckily, a new fuel source, called mittron, was discovered on an island in the north Pacific. This is where all of the game takes place. You work for the island’s government, the Organization for Mittron Development (OMD), as a driver. Kind of like in The Transporter movies, fighting the High-Tech Unmanned Vehicles (HUVs) that suddenly appeared in the island, attacking its citizens. Why the HUVs are attacking people is up to you to find out.

Since this is a driving MMO don’t expect a lot of battling, the closest thing to combat in this game is attempting to destroy HUVs, which you do by ramming into them. Most of the story missions consist of timed drives around an area, or stalking someone, but if you get tired of those you can choose to chase down HUVs by accepting missions that are randomly sent to you as you drive. At around level 25, doing the story mission won’t level you up sufficiently to keep doing mission after mission (which have level requirements), you’ll have to level up using other methods, such as going HUV hunting, or battling other players in the Driver Dome, the community area of the game where you can purchase cars, parts, and just chat with other players.