It's all DXRacer's fault. If you were wondering why the vast majority of gaming chairs have that sports car aesthetic, it's because in 2001 DXRacer was a company that were making sports car seats. Then in 2006 they produced their fist – and arguably the first – gaming chair. Named the Formula chair, it had all the hallmarks of what today can be recognised as a gaming chair. But where does the Drifting chair fit in to all of this?
Today, the original Formula chair represents the cheapest chair DXRacer sell, at around $300. Then the Drifting series sits above that, at the $390 mark. The next chair up is the Craft series at around $500, so I'd say that the Drifting is DXRacer's affordable/mid-tier option. Right now, that's a very competitive part of the chair market.
