I started with a lower powered car kind of like grassroots when you learn with an under powered car you have to commit to every drift. Like pegging the throttle to the floor to keep it in the power band, not to much throttle control is needed mostly just on and off the throttle. Drifting an underpowered car lets you focus on your steering and hand input and you really get a feel of how to keep the car balanced with mostly just steering control. This is just how i started to learn drifting on the wheel hope this helps out.
Cj.
Like a '79 Celica GT Liftback with a struggling 20R, welded diff, and cheapie tires? I loved that thing...
Anyway, in the interest of addressing the OP, I'd like to say that Dorifto's suggestion involving slowly adding parts is a point in the right direction, as they will gradually eliminate the problem of lacking slip, but as an adjustable LSD and fully customizable suspension are recommended anyway, I like to start with those.
Opening the differential (lowering the numbers, i.e. 7/35/15) will help the tires overspin and loosen the tires' grip, while stiffening the rear suspension in proportion to the front will increase the amount of power that is put to the ground and help to maintain the loss of traction. Helping to control the car once sideways is best accomplished by increasing the negative camber on the front (I like to start with a minimum of 1.5 and see where I need to go from there), while toe angle reduction (slider moved to the left) will assist in maintaining a constant angle, my first move is .10 on the front and 0 on the rear just to see how the car behaves with it adjusted. Keeping in mind the "rules" of tuning, changes can be made accordingly.
Conversely, if the car has too much power already and you don't want to start anew, I recommend closing the diff (higher numbers, I like the feel of 47/11/23 on my maxed Spirit R FD3S with 3.1° camber and front and 2.1 in back) and decreasing the stiffness of the rear suspension in relation to the front. As you can see, the aforementioned rules still apply when working back.
I hope this is used well and you get a feel for drifting with the wheel, it's fun and I can't imagine going back to the DS3. Just remember that your right ankle is what you'll be moving the most, modulating the power, as steering inputs are much more difficult to master with the wheel than with the controller.
it's stupid to drift a stock car in my opinion
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is, however, good to get a feel for what the car is likely to do before any changes are made, as those changes (especially power increase) will only make potential problems even worse, and the tuning can be planned before any parts are installed.
... what i do is drift the car stock with only comfort hards if i feel they stall i slowly put power mods and if its uneasy to control that where you play with the lowering settings. I just tried your method and its awesome
