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Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge system and meter explained

Are you looking for a guide on the Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System and meter? Here is how it works and what it means for matches in the game.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System: Luke can be seen

Street Fighter 6 is incredibly impressive and it makes a lot of changes to the series. But, one of the biggest to the gameplay is the new Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System and meter, which rewards tactical play and risk and reward balancing.

The Drive Gauge unlocks a selection of brand-new attack types for every character that can save you in a pinch or change the tide of a battle. These attacks are pivotal to the game, but learning how those attacks and the Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System and meter work isn’t. So, to find out what all those attacks are, how much of the meter they use up, and more, read through the rest of the guide below.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System Explained

Street Fighter 6’s Drive Gauge is a new meter system implemented into fights that allow for more customizability and choice when it comes to how you fight and unlocks new moves:

  • Drive Impact
  • Drive Parry
  • Overdrive
  • Drive Rush
  • Drive Reversal

By over-using these moves, you will enter Burnout, the meter will recharge over time, as well as throughout the match naturally. This all adds up to a system that requires you to manage your Drive Gauge meter to make the most of the powerful attacks it offers. Here are more details on the five different attacks.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System: A Drive Impact can be seen being performed

Drive Impact

Drive Impact is a powerful strike that can absorb an opponent’s incoming attack. It effectively acts as a shield that lets you absorb a hit. If your opponent is in the corner, you can induce a wall splat by performing this hit, even if they block the attack.

Using Drive Impact costs one Drive Gauge Stock.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System: A Drive Parry can be seen being performed

Drive Parry

Drive Parry allows you to automatically repel an opponent’s attack and it will also replenish your Drive when performed successfully. A Perfect Parry can be performed by parrying just before an opponent’s attack hits you, giving you an extra boost.

In order to use a Drive Parry, you will need to have at least half of a Drive Gauge Stock, with the same amount replenished on a successful parry.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System: An Overdrive can be seen being performed

Overdrive

Overdrive is the third Drive Gauge choice you have. By pressing two of the same button type instead of one when performing one of your special moves you will turn it into an Overdrive Art. These Overdrive Arts are effectively EX moves from past games, powered-up attacks.

This is one of the more expensive attack types, costing two Drive Gauge Stocks to use it.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System: Luke can be seen charging and punching Jamie

Drive Rush

Drive Rush is a super powerful quick rush forward from a Drive Parry. It can be performed from a quick rush attack or a cancelable normal attack. It can help you close the gap on your opponent.

Drive Rush from a parry costs one Drive Stock, but from a cancelable normal attack, it costs three Drive Gauge Stocks.

Street Fighter 6 Drive Gauge System Explained: Jamie can be seen performing a Drive Reversal

Drive Reversal

A Drive Reversal is an incredibly valuable counterattack while blocking an opponent’s attack at the same time. This doesn’t do a whole lot of damage, but it helps you get out of tight situations or when you are being pressured.

Performing a Drive Reversal costs two Drive Gauge Stocks.

Street Fighter 6’s Drive Gauge System is a pretty major overhaul to what we had before and it involves a whole new level of meter management. Burnout can drastically harm your ability to fight during a round, so you want to avoid it at all costs and really use these attacks when they will be most useful. If you want to find the character for you when using this system, our Street Fighter 6 tier list has the rankings of all the characters.