Well, as hybrids are meant to be a way to save the environment from certain doom, I thought it could be nice to show some of the wilder sides of these electric FF beasts. In the process I learned that drifting FF cars is just as hard as it sounds.
The Insight is a pure monster!
Don't try this at home, but if you do here are my settings:
- Full engine tuning (so much for the environment...)
- Full weight reduction
- Add 200 kg ballast to the rear do give the back some weight
- Comfort medium front, comfort hard back
- On the Insight I also dropped the suspension in the rear to the minimum ride height
When driving, approach the corners with care. Touch the handbrake when entering and turn sharply to make the rear lose traction, give full throttle and DON'T COUNTERSTEER (if you do the car will slip back to traction just like that and you will end up in the outer wall)! Just small corrections are necessary to make the car point in the direction you want. In the middle of the corner all your tires will be red, but in the exit you will have regained traction back and now you're sort of power-understeering out of the corner. Huge amounts of smoke, especially from the Insight.
Bonus: To make donuts, turn the wheel fully to left or right, reverse and press and hold handbrake. The car will make a perfect circle with the entire car rotating around the inner rear tyre's axis. Lots of smoke of course.