Originally posted by Shinez
Post it once more for ya
Technically it can't be sustained, and no "going sideways" isn't drifting...going sideways is going sideways.
Excuse my while I preach on it for a bit here.
drift
v. drift·ed, drift·ing, drifts
v. intr.
To be carried along by currents of air or water:
To proceed or move unhurriedly and smoothly:
Here's where we break this down and settle it.
These are the exact word for word definitions of "drift" in the dictionary, and it relates to the automotive aspect of drifting as such. "To be carried along by currents of air or water" would be to be carried along by the engine within your vehicle....In MR and FR, such a thing is true, you are carried along by the power your engine creates, however the same cannot be said for FWD drivetrains. Durring an alleged "drift" in a FWD car the thing powering the car through the corner is the built up intertia the driver has created in a car, not the engine..The only thing the engine does is take the car out of it's motion. As far as "To proceed or move unhurriedly and smoothly" Those aspects can be related to, Drifting not being the fastest way to get from point A to point B, however it is consistant in it's actions and styles (I hope you understood that) a FWD car follows only 1 characteristic, and that is that it doesn't take the fastest way from point A to point B, simply because it is TRYING to lose control. However in a FWD car the E-brake is used to stop the rear wheels so that the inertia can send the rear end of the car sliding outwards, but this cannot be sustained..If the e-brake is on the gas isn't pressed, meaning there is no power, meaning you're going to stop in the middle of a corner facing the wrong way...However if you release the ebrake once your rear end is at a desired position it will whip the car right back around to the direction the front wheel's are facing, completly wasting the time of E-braking, so in order to get around a corner using such a style the driver must constantly revert from his/her E-brake to his/her gas pedel, and every time that transition is made there will be a instantaneous whipping affect to the car and will be fully aparent from both the inside and the outside as the rear end of the car slowly slides back into it's place, following the front wheels...Meaning it is not a smooth motion..It doesn't matter how fast the driver is with his/her hands and feet, there will always be that motion of the rear end jerking back to re-align with the front/powered wheels which throws the concept of "Smoothly" out the window..I'm well aware that some/alot of drivers using FR MR and AWD drive layouts use their Ebrake and such things can occur with those aswell, but with those drivelayouts it can be avoided depending on the driver, with a FF car there is no way to get around it.
