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Can I Run The Drift Challenge?

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Developer Vencious GamesRelease 2023
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System requirements

Minimum requirements

CPUIntel Core i3-6xxx or AMD Ryzen 3 3xxx
GPUDX11 GeForce GTX 950 2GB / Radeon AMD R9 270 2GB
RAM2 GB
Storage5 GB HDD
OSWindows 10 64-bit
DirectXVersion 11

Recommended requirements

CPUIntel Core i7-9xxx @ 3.6GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 3xxx
GPUDX11 GeForce GTX 1060 3GB
RAM4 GB
Storage5 GB HDD
OSWindows 10 64-bit
DirectXVersion 11

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Can you run The Drift Challenge?

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Can run iton a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the graphics card is the tightest fit.

The Drift Challenge is light on hardware. Its minimum, DX11 GeForce GTX 950 2GB / Radeon AMD R9 270 2GB, 2 GB RAM, about 5 GB free, sits below what an entry-level PC ships with today, so nearly any modern machine, and many older ones, will run it.

Bottleneck: GPU

Projected by resolution

ResolutionProjectionHeadroom
1080pComfortable1.7x
1440pBorderline0.96x
4KBelow the bar0.43x

A projection, not a measurement. We scale the published GPU requirement by pixel count, since 1440p draws 1.78 times the pixels of 1080p and 4K draws 4 times as many, then compare against RTX 3060 / Ryzen 5 build. The publisher did not state a target resolution, so 1080p is assumed as the baseline. We hold no frame rate data, so no FPS figure is claimed. Headroom above 1 means the reference machine has room to spare at that resolution.

Common GPUs

Graphics cardVerdict
GTX 1060 6 GBRuns great
GTX 1060 LaptopRuns well
GTX 1650 4 GBRuns well
GTX 1650 LaptopRuns well
RTX 2060 6 GBRuns great
RTX 2060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3060 12 GBRuns great
RTX 3060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4060 8 GBRuns great
RTX 4060 LaptopRuns great
RTX 3070 8 GBRuns great
RTX 3070 LaptopRuns great
RTX 4070 12 GBRuns great
RTX 4070 LaptopRuns great
RX 6600 8 GBRuns great

Each card is compared against The Drift Challenge's published GPU requirement, assuming an otherwise-capable PC. Laptop rows use the real mobile chip's benchmark, a mobile GPU is always slower than its desktop namesake.

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Frequently asked questions

Can my PC run The Drift Challenge?

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What are the minimum system requirements for The Drift Challenge?

The minimum requirements are CPU: Intel Core i3-6xxx or AMD Ryzen 3 3xxx; GPU: DX11 GeForce GTX 950 2GB / Radeon AMD R9 270 2GB; 2 GB RAM; OS: Windows 10 64-bit.

How much storage does The Drift Challenge need?

The Drift Challenge needs about 5 GB of HDD storage.

Can an RTX 3060 run The Drift Challenge?

The RTX 3060 runs The Drift Challenge comfortably, clearing the title's GPU requirement with room to spare.

What is the bottleneck for The Drift Challenge?

On a typical modern PC (Ryzen 5 5600, RTX 3060, 16 GB RAM), the tightest component for The Drift Challenge is the GPU.