Neon Drift Circuit: mastering the drift, corner by corner

Neon Drift Circuit punishes anyone who drives it like a normal racing game. Braking bleeds your speed and your boost, and the whole scoring loop is built around staying sideways.

The key insight for us was that the drift is your brake. Initiate early, hold the slide through the apex, and let the boost meter fill as you come out. It feels wrong at first and then it feels amazing.

We switched from tilt to on-screen controls for the tighter tracks and immediately got more consistent. Tilt is great for the wide sweeping courses but too twitchy for the technical ones.

Race the ghost of your best lap constantly. Nothing teaches the racing line faster than watching a slightly better version of yourself pull ahead on every corner.