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''SkyDrift'' is an [[Cool Plane|airborne]] [[Vehicular Combat]] racing game by Hungarian developer Digital Reality, creators of [[War Front Turning Point]]. It was self-published by them for the [[PC]] (November 21, 2011) and [[Play StationPlayStation]] 3 (September 6, 2011) while [[Namco Bandai]] Partners handled the Xbox360 release. (September 7, 2011)

[[No Plot, No Problem|There isn't a plot to speak of, but that isn't really an issue here.]] The premise is a [[Vehicular Combat|brutal,]] [[Wacky Racing|over-the-top]] series of races involving a variety of [[Cool Plane|colorful, fast, and very well-armed aircraft,]] [[Scenery Porn|pretty-looking environments]] and lots of [[Power -Up|Power Ups.]] [[Improbable Piloting Skills]] are a must. There are no [[Cosmetic Award|achivements]] for second place.

** Power Race: Racing with [[Power -Up|Power Ups.]] [[Vehicular Combat|A no holds-barred brawl]] to the finish.

** Speed Race: Racing ''without'' [[Power -Up|Power Ups.]] Instead there are [[Nitro Boost|"speed rings", passing through which gives you a burst of speed.]]

Online play also includes (With [[Downloadable Content|DLC]]) Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch.

* [[Copy and Paste Environments]]: Somewhat. Of the six tracks in the game, three take place on tropical islands with similar valleys, caves and beach areas. For variety, "Wrecks" [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|has wrecked ships to fly through]] and "[[Meaningful Name|Heatwave]]" has a river of lava.

* [[Competitive Balance]]: The planes are fairly well balanced against one another, though some might perform better in certain game modes. This is also likely why the jets offered in the [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] aren't flat-out better then the vanilla prop-driven planes.

* [[Convection, Schmonvection]]: Part of the "Heatwave" track is spent flying mere feet above a river of lava. While it doesn't damage your plane, it ''does'' cause heat distortion on your screen if you fly really low.

* [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist]]: If you get wrecked, you respawn a few feet back from where you wrecked.

* [[Deflector Shields]]: The Shield [[Power -Up]] protects you from [[Everything Trying to Kill You|bullets, rockets, shockwaves, mines and even scraping up against environmental objects.]] [[Too Dumb to Live|It can't save you from a head-on crash, though.]]

* [[Homing Projectile]]: The Rocket [[Power -Up]]. You get two from a single pickup, four if you get a second one. You can fire one at at time or [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|all at once.]]

* [[Nitro Boost]]: Every plane is equipped with a boost meter that is filled by performing stunts, "burning" [[Power -Up|Power Ups]] or damaging other planes. Planes with low top speed often have high boost power to compensate, like the Spark and Triwing Vintage.

* [[More Dakka]]: The Cannon [[Power -Up]]. Against long range targets, it's actually more effective then the homing rockets, which can be fooled into hitting walls rather easily. ''And'' it can't be intercepted by shockwaves.

* [[The Same but More]]: The [[Downloadable Content|DLC]] planes have identical stats to specific vanilla planes, with ''slight'' edges in one attribute. The Sparrow X1 is the Stallion Turbo with more acceleration, the Vanguard is the PV Warbird with more maneuverability, and the Triwing Vintage is the Spark with more armor.

* [[Power -Up]]: Pickups include [[More Dakka|Cannon,]] [[Homing Projectile|Rockets,]] [[Deflector Shields|Shields,]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|Mines,]] [[Shockwave Stomp|Shockwaves,]] and [[Heal Thyself|Repairs.]] Each can be upgraded by grabbing another of the same type. You can have two different ones at once, and can "burn" them to generate boost instead of using them.

* [[Shockwave Stomp]]: Well, not a stomp really. The Shockwave [[Power -Up]] lets out an [[EMP]] blast that damages and slows nearby planes, and can destroy mines and incoming rockets.