Use of accel

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It's kind of weird. I just found out a few mins ago that by controlling a 4wd drift, I'm supposed to push the accel button to the max to produce understeer.

On the contrary, in FRs I have to tap the accel lightly to produce oversteer by itself.

I know how oversteers work in FRs, but what of 4wd? Why does it produce understeer when I press the pedal? Does it have the same concept as in FF? :confused:
 
Because the power from the engine is being transferred to the front wheels. That's why if you enter the corner correctly on your drift, the car stays neutral throughout the turn unless something is acting upon it to change its course. I guess you can say it's like a FR without the oversteer, depending on how you tune the car.
 
I got a Ford Focus to drift like a FR pretty well. It seems like it takes more work since it's 4wd? How you aproach the turns makes a difference too. I'm still practicing drifting in general though.

Settings -->

F R
SR 11.0 10.0
RH 145 150
SB 8 8
SR 8 8
CA 5.0 4.0
TA -0.5 0
S 3 3

BB 14 24

LS IT 10 60
LS A 20 40
LS D 10 60
GR Auto Level 30

ASM 0
TCS 0
VCD 10%

Sims

500hp (would use less but it seems to work better with more hp)


Nick:banghead:
 
You really are a genius Thio

Just changing to TCS can be a huge difference... :)

I have a EvoVI with pretty much stock settings, with turbo 3, super soft tires on front and hard tires on back. I like this setting very much... I let the pedal to control the steering so there is hardly any countersteer involved. I'll post a video or two later.

VipFreak, what is the purpose of the high camber on both front and back? I don't understand.
 
Naw, leave VCD at about 45%. It sounds like the problem is that you're countersteering. Don't =)

If you countersteer, the front wheels maintain traction and will pull the front of the car out of the turn. It also has to do with the way the differential is tuned so play with the diff a lot.
 
Well I'm not totally sure but in some drift vids of real cars drifting they have extreme cambers. Aside from distroying the insides of your tires quicker I suppose it makes it easier to drift since there's "less" tire contact, looks cool too. As for the "real" answer I don't have any.

Nick:banghead:
 
The extreme camber angles that are used on most real life drifting tuned cars help give more traction and control to the front tires when the car is sideways. As for tire wear I don't it occurs as fast with no camber angle.
 

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