this was the best racing game i'd played in years
i bought it out of nostalgia over Hot Wheels Stunt Track Driver - which I'd played as a kid - expecting to just check it out and refund in <2 hours and then played through the whole campaign because it was so solid
there is drifting but you don't get a speed boost out of it like in MK, it's primarily for making turns
instead you have a persistent boost meter which charges up as you drift and is used at the press of a button, with different cars have different types of boosts
i really recommend pirating it, just don't buy any of the MTX slop and don't expect an active multiplayer scene