How do you people keep your drift in the middle of the road?

[Globetro]

I've seen videos where people drift around entire hairpins and rings.

My question is, how do you keep the car from sliding too far back and hitting the outside wall or sliding too far in and hitting the inside wall? For example, if you're in a drift, and your car is drifting too far to the outside, what do you do? (in terms of braking, gas, and steering)? And what about if you're drifting too far towards the inside?

 

[BlackIce90]

They control the speed of their cars. Every turn has an entry speed, find it and don't go faster then that speed. If you find yourself sliding a bit too far out, let go of the gas, the tires will grip a little and guide you more inward. Its all about feathering your throttle and steering your car in the right direction, as well as your actual speed in the turn. Don't go too fast and you wont slide out. If you find yourself going towards the inside wall/grass, decrease your angle a bit. Good Luck.

 

[ZSPaulus]

I've seen videos where people drift around entire hairpins and rings.

My question is, how do you keep the car from sliding too far back and hitting the outside wall or sliding too far in and hitting the inside wall? For example, if you're in a drift, and your car is drifting too far to the outside, what do you do? (in terms of braking, gas, and steering)? And what about if you're drifting too far towards the inside?

For the outside wall: its all entry speed; take a little less speed into the corner..

As for hitting the inside wall; id like to know myself!

I know that that if youre entry speed is to low but you hit the gas anyways; the result will be to much angle and therefor youll hit the inside.. But how do you correct it? Max countersteer and no throttle? or just a little in 2nd instead of 3rd?

 

[WeeblBull]

I know that that if youre entry speed is to low but you hit the gas anyways; the result will be to much angle and therefor youll hit the inside.. But how do you correct it? Max countersteer and no throttle? or just a little in 2nd instead of 3rd?

I'd reduce the angle of drift and apply more throttle to get more speed into the corner, then increase the angle to push the car through the rest of the corner.

Without making it sound like a physics lesson, it's all about having the correct momentum to get around each corner at a great enough angle - too small an angle and you understeer off, too great and you spin or hit the inside of the corner.

Also, if your car is sliding at too much of an angle (depends on the car, but over 70 degrees things start to get a bit sketchy) there isn't much you can do to correct it. The lock on the front wheels plus the forward push from the rear wheels won't get you out. That's where 4wd makes things easier I guess!