Good Drifting Techniques?
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The techniques that allow you to pull off a smooth drift are good. The techniques that make you spin or fly into the grass are bad.
It's up to you to figure them out for yourself. We can't manipulate the wheel and pedals for you.
It's up to you to figure them out for yourself. We can't manipulate the wheel and pedals for you.
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That's like asking which is the best tool for a toolbox, or the best brush for painting with. They're all useful, you use them according to the situation you're in. Watch the Drift Bible for a good introduction to all the various ways to initiate a drift and examples of scenarios where you would use them.
The best place to start, though, is with the basic power slide. That's where you go into the corner normally, like a grip driver would, but once you've entered the corner you give it a bit more throttle than a grip driver would to break the rear tires loose and the rear-end should slide out naturally. It's easy to initiate, so you can just focus on keeping the car sideways while managing speed & angle.
The best place to start, though, is with the basic power slide. That's where you go into the corner normally, like a grip driver would, but once you've entered the corner you give it a bit more throttle than a grip driver would to break the rear tires loose and the rear-end should slide out naturally. It's easy to initiate, so you can just focus on keeping the car sideways while managing speed & angle.
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Didn't feel like starting a new thread, hope I'm not hijacking this one.
Would anyone e up for a practice or something this Friday night (CST)? I should have my new mic by then and would love to get some instruction from experienced drifters. I'm not bad at it, can run good laps at Tsukuba and Suzuka East but my issues are:
-I tend to be slower than most of the room. At Tsukuba for example, I enter the turns doing around 55mph and exit doing around 25-30mph, sometimes faster. I enter the big turn doing about 85 mph, will dip down to 52 mph and exit at around 60mph. I tend to run cars with 300-450 hp, Comfort Med on the front and Comfort Hard on the rear (don't ask me why but that combination gets me better control). I have some cars with fairly high camber and LSD set to 60 all around. I have others that I can drift just as easily that are pretty much stock
- There are some other courses that give me fits. Could be the pavement, elevation changes, etc but for example there are parts of Autumn Ring (not mini) that seem way too easy too spin out for me on - I don't know if its my entry speed, gear, or what.
I can follow tandem pretty well - I can control my drift (and stay in it) in relation to the leader's line and speed, that is until I get left! The cars I drift with are:
1. Honda NSX that I RM'ed. I know its midship but I can control it quite well and its allows me to run around the track pretty quickly. Its a very loud and obnoxious neon green color.
2. Supra RZ - high LSD settings, good to drift. Mostly motor power (not the high rpm turbo) - I need the throttle to be responsive.
3. RX-7 Spirit - Pretty much the same as the Supra
4. I can pretty much drift any stock RWD car provided I've got about 250 hp or more, and as long as there isn't any huge turbo lag.
Your thoughts folks?
Would anyone e up for a practice or something this Friday night (CST)? I should have my new mic by then and would love to get some instruction from experienced drifters. I'm not bad at it, can run good laps at Tsukuba and Suzuka East but my issues are:
-I tend to be slower than most of the room. At Tsukuba for example, I enter the turns doing around 55mph and exit doing around 25-30mph, sometimes faster. I enter the big turn doing about 85 mph, will dip down to 52 mph and exit at around 60mph. I tend to run cars with 300-450 hp, Comfort Med on the front and Comfort Hard on the rear (don't ask me why but that combination gets me better control). I have some cars with fairly high camber and LSD set to 60 all around. I have others that I can drift just as easily that are pretty much stock
- There are some other courses that give me fits. Could be the pavement, elevation changes, etc but for example there are parts of Autumn Ring (not mini) that seem way too easy too spin out for me on - I don't know if its my entry speed, gear, or what.
I can follow tandem pretty well - I can control my drift (and stay in it) in relation to the leader's line and speed, that is until I get left! The cars I drift with are:
1. Honda NSX that I RM'ed. I know its midship but I can control it quite well and its allows me to run around the track pretty quickly. Its a very loud and obnoxious neon green color.
2. Supra RZ - high LSD settings, good to drift. Mostly motor power (not the high rpm turbo) - I need the throttle to be responsive.
3. RX-7 Spirit - Pretty much the same as the Supra
4. I can pretty much drift any stock RWD car provided I've got about 250 hp or more, and as long as there isn't any huge turbo lag.
Your thoughts folks?
