Best to learn?

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Hi, I'm new to this forum, so I'll introduce myself a bit.
I live in Costa Rica (latin america). I am crazy about drifting since I saw an episode of Rides 'bout drifting. After that, I saw a vid about rc drifting, so I got myself an rc car and started drifting it. Never thought about trying it on GT, when I found this site.

Now I tried drifting with the DS2, but I never could use the analog (I use it, but in an all-or-nothing kind of way), so I tried with the wheel.
My wheel is the one for nascar from logitech. It' wierd, the 1st third of the travel of the pedals gives me all the throtle travel, and the first degrees of turning feel like nothing is happening.

If I go tto the options and change the steering settings, does this affect my wheel and in what way?

What would be the best car to learn? I'm using the Nissan Skyline r34 N1 (white w/ black hood) all mods, 550 HP at the flywheel, n1 tires, asm set at 5 (understeer) just to get it sideways (Ifeel like it's got a huge understeer problem).

And now, as last question, what's the best track?
 
ok first off:

Welcome to GTP! 👍
be sure to read the sticky posts and use the forum search function.

Now to address your post.
I won't say that the R34 is a poor first car to learn on - you can do as you please. But I would suggest that an FR might make a better choice. Silvias and Rx-7's are quite popular and they're easy to setup (or find setups for), but it really doesnt matter.
Whatever you decide to learn on, just stick with it. Do not hop from car to car when something isnt working. Become thoroughly aquainted with the car and when you have problems learn to work through them by either changing your technique slightly, or making small settings adjustments. I think this is the best way for a new drifter to build up skill quickly.

Any of the tracks you find in the 'Original Tracks' section make decent drift courses. But again, it's hard to say that any single track in the game is the 'best' place to learn. Find one with a decent variety of turns that will expose you to a number of different drifting situations. When you feel more or less comfortable at one track, move on to another that offers up a slightly different challenge.

here's what some others think:
Fav/Best Drift Cars
Fav/Best Drift Tracks

Enjoy your stay!
 
I get what you mean for FR cars, but I'd rther stick to AWD cars to get the feeling of drifting, with the possibilit of zero-countersteer u have on an awd.
I have already looked at these posts, but just wanna know what kind of ciruit to use that has a good selection of (quite) easy corners, that would best suited to learn.
I'm driving the deep-forrest at the moment.
 
milen
I get what you mean for FR cars, but I'd rther stick to AWD cars to get the feeling of drifting, with the possibilit of zero-countersteer u have on an awd.
I have already looked at these posts, but just wanna know what kind of ciruit to use that has a good selection of (quite) easy corners, that would best suited to learn.
I'm driving the deep-forrest at the moment.
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BL told you exactly what to do. You would do well to listen.

FR and AWD drifting are as different as the drivetrains. The entry points, lines and techniques are significantly different.

I would suggest starting with FR first. Since it takes less settings tuning and technique is easier to understand. But, do what you feel like.
 
There is no best track to learn on, every track is the same after you get use to the ART of SIDEWayz but if you want a good learning track, try Trail Mountain.
 
I learned on Autumn Ring Mini with the FD RX-7 R Bathurst R. I was king at GT3 drifting and f'ing sucked at this game for the first 2 months and quit trying due to frustration untill I found FBI Mikes "The Beginning". Then suddenly I became really good after studying his vid. Now I think I'm as good if not better than he is. Though he has one CRAZY ASSED STYLE that I couldn't match for my life!! But if your using the wheel the best advice I can give you is to correct late and then unwind your correction way early to avoid the snap. ;)

My first good drift ever was by mistake at Suzuka with the GT-R 34 Gran Turismo Race Car, btw. It had med. sports tires 500 ish HP and set up like a racer. I feinted in the esses. I quickly got back into the RWD RX-7 and sucked again. That's when I gave up drifting for a while in GT4.
 
And anybody's got some tips on how to make my wheel work perfectly, I mean how to resolve these travel problems?
 
nightkids4ever
There is no best track to learn on, every track is the same after you get use to the ART of SIDEWayz but if you want a good learning track, try Trail Mountain.
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I think twin ring is a bit different from hong kong when it comes to drifting p:
 
i learned on fuji speedway 90s & 80s.. learned with the Buick Special [700+hp] after i got the D1 silvia it was a bit easier.. i still suck tho :lol: [i'm just a good photographer].. going sideways rally-style is a bit different than going sideways on pavement-as you'd imagine, putting ANY car sideways on dirt is pretty easy [except maybe a few FF cars]
 
milen
Now I tried drifting with the DS2, but I never could use the analog (I use it, but in an all-or-nothing kind of way), so I tried with the wheel.
My wheel is the one for nascar from logitech. It' wierd, the 1st third of the travel of the pedals gives me all the throtle travel, and the first degrees of turning feel like nothing is happening.

If I go tto the options and change the steering settings, does this affect my wheel and in what way?
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I have a Logitech Driving Force wheel which I think uses the same settings as yours.. in which case you only need to worry about the first two settings in the "steering" options: Active and Mode (or something like that). The rest of the settings are for Driving Force Pro only.

I set Active to off, as it probably won't help much anyway. Mode MUST be at amateur or pro, NOT simulation.. sim mode seems to render countersteer useless, I think it might emulate the middle 200 degrees of a 900 degree wheel or something. I haven't noticed much difference between am and pro settings, but the straight line jitter seems to be less harsh in amateur, so that's what I use. If the steering seems dull around the center, check if active is on, and try professional mode and see if it feels better.

I've noticed the same thing about the throttle pedal too.. most of the feathering has to be done within the top few millimeters of the pedal travel.

milen
What would be the best car to learn? I'm using the Nissan Skyline r34 N1 (white w/ black hood) all mods, 550 HP at the flywheel, n1 tires, asm set at 5 (understeer) just to get it sideways (Ifeel like it's got a huge understeer problem).
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I agree with Boundary Layer, I'd start with FR cars.. or mix tires if you want to drift 4WDs.. many people put N2 up front and N1 in the back when they drift 4WD to overcome the physics flaws.

milen
And now, as last question, what's the best track?
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To each his own, sort of.. there are a few tracks that feature a little bit of everything when it comes to turns, so they're good for learning. The most "popular" tracks may be Apricot Hill, Midfield, Autumn Ring reverse (normal and mini) and any Grand Valley variant. High Speed ring (long sweepers) and Tsukuba (tight hairpins) are also great tracks to learn specific corner types.


@hideyourface: You're not making sense at all....
 
hideyourface
my point was that you drift differently on long wide turns compared to short 90 degree city corners.
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but its the same procedure
 
nightkids4ever
but its the same procedure
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well the thin roads in hong kong make it next to impossible to feint, and some of them, to get through you need to put the car sideways immediately and let it slide by itself into the turn. The techniques you use are different.
 
Ok, well I think this thread has run it's course. No reason to have two "getting started" threads at the same time.

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