Drive Shaft if damaged got few symptoms:
1) outer CV joint drive shaft - while U turn got vibrate and noise
2) inner CV joint drive shaft - while starting moving dead stop sometimes can feel jerk and noise and vibration when travelling fast on highway say 90km/h and above
3) the shaft itself - if bended due to strong impact also vibration during high cruising at highway say 90km/h
4) CV joint boot - when the boot first started to torn you will start to experiencing hearing some grinding noise while driving but no jerk or vibrate when turning but as time goes by the those jerky and vibration symptom will get more noticeable cause water and sand will enter into the CV joints and the grease will leak out.

My foreman told me Best is to change to those silicone based CV joint. more durable and more resistant to chemical attack when come into contact with all sorts of lubricants.