Drift Cars, FWD, or RWD?

Crispy · Mar 12, 2012

So me and my friend had an argument over drift cars being FWD, or RWD. I said RWD but he won't believe me, so am I, or is he right?

DRiFT Junkie · Mar 12, 2012

You're right. They can be either RWD or AWD, with FWD it's damn near impossible.

UnionStrike · Mar 12, 2012

The fact you had to ask if you were right makes me wonder a little about you... :dunce:

deadcell96 · Mar 12, 2012

Ask your friend to show you a video of a fwd drifting, not some lift off oversteer that can be corrected in a second.

aadil717 · Mar 12, 2012

RWD, unless you're referring to the "F" in FWD as four..

Front Wheel Drive is ridiculously hard and near impossible.

Bopop4 · Mar 12, 2012

Impossible on the road, nearly impossible on snow.

Eric. · Mar 12, 2012

So, neither of you know what kind of cars those are out there drifting? "Oh look at that FWD 4-rotor RX7 out there drifting!"

Bopop4 · Mar 12, 2012

Eric.
"Oh look at that 4WD 4-rotor RX7 out there drifting!"

That would be a sight to behold. :drool:

Eric. · Mar 12, 2012

Might as well get an Evo if you're going to ruin an FD's dynamics.

Bopop4 · Mar 12, 2012

"Whispers" Its actually a rally car with the 787B engine and a fiberglass RX-7 shell over the top. But don't tell anyone...

CodeRedR51 · Mar 13, 2012

FWD can be done, but huge props to anyone that can do it.

Zenith · Mar 13, 2012

Drifting with a Front Wheel Drive car is done by using the eBrake to slide the rears and the power to point and move the car. Often referred to as "ass dragging"

RWD started to practice and is considered the purest by many and a relic by some. Front wheels steer, rear wheels slide through power.

AWD drifting is known to be the easiest since the front wheels can be used to control the position and heading to great effect. Some don't consider it to be drifting.

DRiFT Junkie · Mar 13, 2012

Yeah FWD drifting(if that's what you want to call it) looks something like this:

This dude is just dragging ass lol. Still though, he must have a lot of years of experience under his belt.

CodeRedR51 · Mar 13, 2012

You forget this one.

DRiFT Junkie · Mar 13, 2012

R1600Turbo
You forget this one.

CodeRedR51 · Mar 13, 2012

Last year I went to a drift meet out here and some kid was drifting a Chevy Cavalier. He was good too.

sneakypete123 · Mar 13, 2012

I remember seeing people in fwd at mod shows and car meets attempting to drift
What they did was drive their back wheels onto tea-trays, apply the handbrake (e-brake) and drive round without the rear tyres being in contact with with road surface
Looked quite funny

CodeRedR51 · Mar 13, 2012

That's the n00b way to do it. :lol:

DRiFT Junkie · Mar 13, 2012

R1600Turbo
Last year I went to a drift meet out here and some kid was drifting a Chevy Cavalier. He was good too.

I mean the only reason i would practice it is for the props you get because it's such a hard thing to do. But i would never do it for fun, not that i have done it or even tried it but drifting with a RWD car is a lot of fun. Trying to drift a FWD car just looks unbearably boring and annoying. But i might try it if i come across an FWD car to prove myself right or wrong... hopefully right.

sneakypete123 · Mar 13, 2012

Totally agree

Joey D · Mar 13, 2012

**Warning this video contains EXTREME Japanese rambling about Kei cars**

So it's possible, however I doubt the average person could do it to easily without a wet or snow covered road.

Keef · Mar 13, 2012

Extreme Japanese Rambling. :lol:

Bopop4 · Mar 13, 2012

I take back my previous statement. Nearly impossible, unless you're Japanese.

Keef · Mar 13, 2012

Where there's a will, there's a Wa.

squirlybmx · Mar 13, 2012

Keef
Where there's a will, there's a Wa.

Where there's something you can do well, there's an Asian kid that can do it 20X better.

Keef · Mar 13, 2012

There's at least one thing I'll always be better at. :lol:

Dennisch · Mar 13, 2012

Drifting sucks.

I'll get my coat.

eight6er · Mar 13, 2012

The rules of D1gp allowed FWD or RWD but not 4WD. I can drift FWD better than some can do in a RWD. But RWD is really the only true drifting in my opinion and 99.999% of drift cars you see are RWD.

Drift Cars, FWD, or RWD?

Crispy

DRiFT Junkie

UnionStrike

deadcell96

aadil717

Bopop4

Eric.

Bopop4

Eric.

Bopop4

CodeRedR51

Zenith

DRiFT Junkie

CodeRedR51

DRiFT Junkie

CodeRedR51

sneakypete123

CodeRedR51

DRiFT Junkie

sneakypete123

Joey D

Keef

Bopop4

Keef

squirlybmx

Keef

Dennisch

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eight6er

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