How to use the Fortnite Nitro Drifter
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How to use the Fortnite Nitro Drifter

Learn how to drift and boost with the Fortnite Nitro Drifter, and not only destroy objects required to complete quests but also make a quick getaway.

Fortnite Nitro Drifter how to drift - a white sports car is obliterating a pink cherry blossom tree in the middle of Mega City.

How do you get a Fortnite Nitro Drifter? One of the new futuristic vehicles from last season is a variant of the regular cars seen in previous seasons, each with sleek, futuristic designs. However, unlike other sports cars, they don’t have a nitrous tank to speed up at the press of a button, instead requiring you to drift to build up boost charge.

You can find the Fortnite Nitro Drifter everywhere on the Fortnite map, but the most accessible place to find one in the battle royale game is on the race track north of Mega City. Once you’ve boarded a Nitro Drifter in Fortnite, you’ll soon realize it acts like a regular car in many ways, with similar durability and maximum speed stats. However, as the car’s name implies, there is a way you can drift around corners and get a boost of speed, just like the karts in Mario Kart. This is how to drift with a Nitro Drifter in Fortnite.

Fortnite Nitro Drifter how to drift - dust masks the drifting car as seen during a match. The car is about to plough into a white fence near a farm.

How to drift into objects with the Fortnite Nitro Drifter

Hold down the driver brake button (the space bar on a keyboard and mouse or L1/LB on a controller) to drift with the Fortnite Nitro Drifter. If you want to drift for longer, holding the button for longer will give you more charge to boost off into the distance when you let go of it.

You probably don’t want to drift all the time as it makes it harder to control the car. Save it for tight corners or if you need to finish a mission. If it’s the latter, you can easily destroy fences or the inside of a small building if you build up enough speed.

That’s how to drift with the Fortnite Nitro Drifter, but there are other vehicles, such as the Fortnite Rogue bike and the newly returning Fortnite raptors, to use instead if you want. While you’re here, you may also want to know where to find all Fortnite NPC locations in the free PC game. On top of that, we’ve recently updated our picks for the best Fortnite skins ever to see which ones you should keep an eye out for their return to the premium store.