how do you tune a car for drifting !?
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Comfort tires are usually the way to go, as anything higher will just snap the car around violently. Drivetrain parts, suspension, possibly weight reduction and an LSD are all you really need beyond tires. Add power as you become used to the car.
I'd advise against slamming the car or tightening the springs completely, since a little weight shift is helpful when linking corners.
Browse the drifting sub-forum for a wealth of information. Beware of nk4e though, he's not a mod but he tries to patrol it like a sheriff or something.
The stickied threads at the top can be useful, and are advised to look through first. If you can't find what you're looking for in the stickies, the older threads are more helpful as the main page is generally cluttered with team/events threads lately.
I'd advise against slamming the car or tightening the springs completely, since a little weight shift is helpful when linking corners.
Browse the drifting sub-forum for a wealth of information. Beware of nk4e though, he's not a mod but he tries to patrol it like a sheriff or something.
The stickied threads at the top can be useful, and are advised to look through first. If you can't find what you're looking for in the stickies, the older threads are more helpful as the main page is generally cluttered with team/events threads lately.
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- Tehran
- smjbj
thanks mateComfort tires are usually the way to go, as anything higher will just snap the car around violently. Drivetrain parts, suspension, possibly weight reduction and an LSD are all you really need beyond tires. Add power as you become used to the car.
I'd advise against slamming the car or tightening the springs completely, since a little weight shift is helpful when linking corners.
Browse the drifting sub-forum for a wealth of information. Beware of nk4e though, he's not a mod but he tries to patrol it like a sheriff or something.
my problem is i dont understand what LSD & the other parts actually do.. i should try to read manual & use dictionary to understand it sometime soon:tup:
PARTS TO BUY
~Adjustable LSD
~Tires you are comfortable with
~Fully Customizable Suspension
~Chassis Rigidity Bars (Found under weight)
~Full Weight Reduction ***Optional
~Fully Customizable Transmission ***Optional
~Fully Customizable Suspension
For my style of drifting, I use COMFORT HARDS only. This makes it so your torque alone, if high enough, can send your car into a wicked, full-straight powerslide. That is the first thing to do though; find a tire that works for YOU. Then, after you have done that, take the car for a lap or two WITHOUT drifting. Just get the feel.
WHEN YOU TEST FOR THESE NEXT FEW STEPS, YOU MUST DRIFT ATTEMPT TO DRIFT THE CAR!
After these first two steps have been performed, what you need to do is tune your LSD, or Limited Slip Differential. What you should do first: If your car spins very easily while launching a drift, RAISE your Acceleration Sensitivity. In vise versa, if your car does not want to launch a drift, LOWER the Acceleration Sensitivity. Try this and make tunes accordingly to your liking.
Then after the car wants to launch a drift, you need to feel out how the car feels during the continued radius of the corner. (Between entrance and exit) Now here is where your new, shiny Suspension comes in. If your car seems too tight in the front of the car, you want to look into your camber.
I won't go into too much detail as to why you want to do this, but if it feels to tight, look at your front camber and raise the positive camber by about .2 or .3. Keep doing this until your car feels comfortable.
If your car feels loose through the radius of the corner and want to spin perpendicular to the inside of the wall and then spin, you may have too much camber. You may want to lower it by increments of .1-.2 as it is more touchy than increasing positive camber.
I will explain this more in a guide that I will be posting on general tuning within the next week or so.
Then you are two thirds of the way done. Or if you didn't buy the Transmission, you may stop reading now, and slide that new tuned up car
You need to look into your Transmission now. If your car seems to have too much torque for the track, raise up your top speed.
If it feels like it lacks torque, then you should lower your Transmission's top speed.
After this, you should try your car. Remember, this is just a general statement/guide to tuning, some cars may require much more time to tune perfect, or some may be great right out of the box with tires. Welcome to the world of cars.
But check out my new guide coming up soon in a matter of days. It will consist of tuning for Le Mans cars, street cars, and some drag racing tuning tips.
Hope this helps!
~Adjustable LSD
~Tires you are comfortable with
~Fully Customizable Suspension
~Chassis Rigidity Bars (Found under weight)
~Full Weight Reduction ***Optional
~Fully Customizable Transmission ***Optional
~Fully Customizable Suspension
For my style of drifting, I use COMFORT HARDS only. This makes it so your torque alone, if high enough, can send your car into a wicked, full-straight powerslide. That is the first thing to do though; find a tire that works for YOU. Then, after you have done that, take the car for a lap or two WITHOUT drifting. Just get the feel.
WHEN YOU TEST FOR THESE NEXT FEW STEPS, YOU MUST DRIFT ATTEMPT TO DRIFT THE CAR!
After these first two steps have been performed, what you need to do is tune your LSD, or Limited Slip Differential. What you should do first: If your car spins very easily while launching a drift, RAISE your Acceleration Sensitivity. In vise versa, if your car does not want to launch a drift, LOWER the Acceleration Sensitivity. Try this and make tunes accordingly to your liking.
Then after the car wants to launch a drift, you need to feel out how the car feels during the continued radius of the corner. (Between entrance and exit) Now here is where your new, shiny Suspension comes in. If your car seems too tight in the front of the car, you want to look into your camber.
I won't go into too much detail as to why you want to do this, but if it feels to tight, look at your front camber and raise the positive camber by about .2 or .3. Keep doing this until your car feels comfortable.
If your car feels loose through the radius of the corner and want to spin perpendicular to the inside of the wall and then spin, you may have too much camber. You may want to lower it by increments of .1-.2 as it is more touchy than increasing positive camber.
I will explain this more in a guide that I will be posting on general tuning within the next week or so.
Then you are two thirds of the way done. Or if you didn't buy the Transmission, you may stop reading now, and slide that new tuned up car
You need to look into your Transmission now. If your car seems to have too much torque for the track, raise up your top speed.
If it feels like it lacks torque, then you should lower your Transmission's top speed.
After this, you should try your car. Remember, this is just a general statement/guide to tuning, some cars may require much more time to tune perfect, or some may be great right out of the box with tires. Welcome to the world of cars.
But check out my new guide coming up soon in a matter of days. It will consist of tuning for Le Mans cars, street cars, and some drag racing tuning tips. Hope this helps!
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- risewithefallen2
if you want to be 100% equipped for drift then do the following:
tune the power up to about 350 or 400hp, or drop the limiter slightly if the car has more than this at stock levels.
then get the limited slip differential and set the accelleration ratings to 50 and 50, but don't touch the brakes.
get full suspension, stiffen up everything a touch but leave the ride height about the same, add 4.0 camber in the front and 3.0 in the back, -.35 toe out in the front and -.25 in the rear
anything from comfort hard to sport hard tires
chassis strenghtening and some weight reduction if you feel so inclined, but it doesn't really matter. leave the aerodynamics basically alone, don't mess with the ballast weight.
these are my settings and they work extremely well on my supra 3.0gt and nissan 370z/s13/s15
- 468
- Tehran
- smjbj
PARTS TO BUY
~Adjustable LSD
~Tires you are comfortable with
~Fully Customizable Suspension
~Chassis Rigidity Bars (Found under weight)
~Full Weight Reduction ***Optional
~Fully Customizable Transmission ***Optional
~Fully Customizable Suspension
For my style of drifting, I use COMFORT HARDS only. This makes it so your torque alone, if high enough, can send your car into a wicked, full-straight powerslide. That is the first thing to do though; find a tire that works for YOU. Then, after you have done that, take the car for a lap or two WITHOUT drifting. Just get the feel.
WHEN YOU TEST FOR THESE NEXT FEW STEPS, YOU MUST DRIFT ATTEMPT TO DRIFT THE CAR!
After these first two steps have been performed, what you need to do is tune your LSD, or Limited Slip Differential. What you should do first: If your car spins very easily while launching a drift, RAISE your Acceleration Sensitivity. In vise versa, if your car does not want to launch a drift, LOWER the Acceleration Sensitivity. Try this and make tunes accordingly to your liking.
Then after the car wants to launch a drift, you need to feel out how the car feels during the continued radius of the corner. (Between entrance and exit) Now here is where your new, shiny Suspension comes in. If your car seems too tight in the front of the car, you want to look into your camber.
I won't go into too much detail as to why you want to do this, but if it feels to tight, look at your front camber and raise the positive camber by about .2 or .3. Keep doing this until your car feels comfortable.
If your car feels loose through the radius of the corner and want to spin perpendicular to the inside of the wall and then spin, you may have too much camber. You may want to lower it by increments of .1-.2 as it is more touchy than increasing positive camber.
I will explain this more in a guide that I will be posting on general tuning within the next week or so.
Then you are two thirds of the way done. Or if you didn't buy the Transmission, you may stop reading now, and slide that new tuned up car
You need to look into your Transmission now. If your car seems to have too much torque for the track, raise up your top speed.
If it feels like it lacks torque, then you should lower your Transmission's top speed.
After this, you should try your car. Remember, this is just a general statement/guide to tuning, some cars may require much more time to tune perfect, or some may be great right out of the box with tires. Welcome to the world of cars.
Hope this helps!
hey man did you finish writing this guide?!
i wanted to send you a private msg but i think you have disabled it so i had to post here
sorry for bumping an old thread
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