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Basically this is a guide for all the folk out there trying to start drifting.
When I started and had barely any help and it wasn't an easy experience lol.
Hopefully I can help some newcomers and give them an understanding of
tuning your car and stuff.
1. Choosing a car
When choosing a car remember that you must get a car with FR (Front Engine, Rear Wheel Drive), MR (Mid-Engine, Rear Wheel Drive) RR (Rear Engine, Rear Wheel Drive) or 4WD drive train. There is no proper way of drifting a FF car. Most people know this but those who don't I'm just putting this in for ya lol.
Also check the BHP. Slower cars are much more suited for drifting but you can drift fast cars if you want. I would not recommend fast cars for beginners though.
Remember, any car will do as long as it aint FF. There are barely any FF cars so you're favourite car will most likely be driftable.
2. Parts
Once you got you're car get yourself in the parts shop or GT Auto if you want some aerodynamics. There are plenty of stuff you're gonna need but here are the fundamentals.
Tyres: Most obvious thing you'll need for drifting. Get yourself a pair of Comfort Hards' (front and back) or you can choose the much more user friendly Sports Soft (for the front tyres) + Sports Hard (for the back) combo.
Suspension: Buy your car a fully customisable suspension
Drivetrain: Semi racing flywheel, twin plate clutch, carbon proppeller shaft (if available), torque differiental (for 4WD cars) and fully customisable LSD.
Transmission: Fully customisable transmission but if you can't afford it go get yourself one of the speed close transmissions.
Body: IF you can, get yourself all the parts in the section. If you can't then get stage 1 or 2 weight reduction and maybe the rigidity improvement.
Make sure you have atleast 100,000 for tuning so you can kit yourself up properly!
3. Tuning
Now this is the hard part where people get stuck. Ofcourse, you're going to want to tune it to your style but this is the template for tuning.
Suspension: Lets start with the ride height.
What I tend to do is -5 from the lowest height possible. For example:
The maximum height is -30 so I put -20 on the front and -15 at the back.
Reason I do this is for a little bit more oversteer -A higher back end adds oversteer.
For the spring rate this is what I do: say the max spring rate is 20 I minus 3 or 4 from the number and put that on the front. Then take away any number from 0.5 to 1.2 from the front number and add it to the back. Same as ride height, adds oversteer.
Shock Absorbers and roll bars are the easy bit. I usually put a number near 8 for SA (shock absorbers) extension on the front and back and then I put one less on the SA compression on front and back. Roll bars should be about 3-4. 2 if you want.
Camber angle is a little complicated. Put a number around 2.0 for the front and nothing for the back at first. If you don't like it, change it around.
Toe angle is preference. I go for -0.25 at the front usually and maybe a little at the back. Mess around with it.
Mess around with the brake balance. Some cars need some oversteer so you might like to have a 4/6 balance. But 7/4 is the best for me. I'm not the best braker so it's good to have the extra brake power lol.
Torque diffriental (4WD) is basic stuff. 10 at the front 90 at the back.
LSD is something you shouldnt touch if you don't know what you're doing.
You can tweak it a bit so the rear has much higher settings if you're using 4WD though.
And finally, transmission. If you have about 6-7 gears you would like to put the the top speed down a bit. If not just keep the same really.
Shifting weight: Make all of your front settings slighty lower than the back. For example: Ride height -14/-19
Same with the LSD aswell, make the front settings lower and the rear higher. Once done should be more RWD for 4WD cars and handling should feel nicer.
4. Testing
Choose a track to practice on...
Some people like Tsukaba, some people like Suzuka East depends.
The best track for the testing all types of bends is Suzuka East Course.
If you wanna improve your hair pin corners go on Tsukaba
Give the car a drift around. If theres something wrong exit the session and tweak the car settings. Some tunes are actually bad and have nothing to do with your drift skill. But most cars should be driftable. Maybe a little hard to control but you can still drift properly if you know what you're doing.
5. Enjoy
Place you're controller on the floor and get ready for a jump. Leap into the air and do a somersault. Once you land, get you're ass online and show off in a drift room.
Goodluck!
When I started and had barely any help and it wasn't an easy experience lol.
Hopefully I can help some newcomers and give them an understanding of
tuning your car and stuff.
1. Choosing a car
When choosing a car remember that you must get a car with FR (Front Engine, Rear Wheel Drive), MR (Mid-Engine, Rear Wheel Drive) RR (Rear Engine, Rear Wheel Drive) or 4WD drive train. There is no proper way of drifting a FF car. Most people know this but those who don't I'm just putting this in for ya lol.
Also check the BHP. Slower cars are much more suited for drifting but you can drift fast cars if you want. I would not recommend fast cars for beginners though.
Remember, any car will do as long as it aint FF. There are barely any FF cars so you're favourite car will most likely be driftable.
2. Parts
Once you got you're car get yourself in the parts shop or GT Auto if you want some aerodynamics. There are plenty of stuff you're gonna need but here are the fundamentals.
Tyres: Most obvious thing you'll need for drifting. Get yourself a pair of Comfort Hards' (front and back) or you can choose the much more user friendly Sports Soft (for the front tyres) + Sports Hard (for the back) combo.
Suspension: Buy your car a fully customisable suspension
Drivetrain: Semi racing flywheel, twin plate clutch, carbon proppeller shaft (if available), torque differiental (for 4WD cars) and fully customisable LSD.
Transmission: Fully customisable transmission but if you can't afford it go get yourself one of the speed close transmissions.
Body: IF you can, get yourself all the parts in the section. If you can't then get stage 1 or 2 weight reduction and maybe the rigidity improvement.
Make sure you have atleast 100,000 for tuning so you can kit yourself up properly!
3. Tuning
Now this is the hard part where people get stuck. Ofcourse, you're going to want to tune it to your style but this is the template for tuning.
Suspension: Lets start with the ride height.
What I tend to do is -5 from the lowest height possible. For example:
The maximum height is -30 so I put -20 on the front and -15 at the back.
Reason I do this is for a little bit more oversteer -A higher back end adds oversteer.
For the spring rate this is what I do: say the max spring rate is 20 I minus 3 or 4 from the number and put that on the front. Then take away any number from 0.5 to 1.2 from the front number and add it to the back. Same as ride height, adds oversteer.
Shock Absorbers and roll bars are the easy bit. I usually put a number near 8 for SA (shock absorbers) extension on the front and back and then I put one less on the SA compression on front and back. Roll bars should be about 3-4. 2 if you want.
Camber angle is a little complicated. Put a number around 2.0 for the front and nothing for the back at first. If you don't like it, change it around.
Toe angle is preference. I go for -0.25 at the front usually and maybe a little at the back. Mess around with it.
Mess around with the brake balance. Some cars need some oversteer so you might like to have a 4/6 balance. But 7/4 is the best for me. I'm not the best braker so it's good to have the extra brake power lol.
Torque diffriental (4WD) is basic stuff. 10 at the front 90 at the back.
LSD is something you shouldnt touch if you don't know what you're doing.
You can tweak it a bit so the rear has much higher settings if you're using 4WD though.
And finally, transmission. If you have about 6-7 gears you would like to put the the top speed down a bit. If not just keep the same really.
Shifting weight: Make all of your front settings slighty lower than the back. For example: Ride height -14/-19
Same with the LSD aswell, make the front settings lower and the rear higher. Once done should be more RWD for 4WD cars and handling should feel nicer.
4. Testing
Choose a track to practice on...
Some people like Tsukaba, some people like Suzuka East depends.
The best track for the testing all types of bends is Suzuka East Course.
If you wanna improve your hair pin corners go on Tsukaba
Give the car a drift around. If theres something wrong exit the session and tweak the car settings. Some tunes are actually bad and have nothing to do with your drift skill. But most cars should be driftable. Maybe a little hard to control but you can still drift properly if you know what you're doing.
5. Enjoy
Place you're controller on the floor and get ready for a jump. Leap into the air and do a somersault. Once you land, get you're ass online and show off in a drift room.
Goodluck!
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I know I'm probably an idiot for not knowing this and yes I know it tells you in the in-game manual for each setting but... It'd be nice if it was explained clearly from someone who uses the settings themselves.
