Drift technique- complicated for expert drifters

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Hey guys,

Have any of you tried pulling the e-brake, then revving the car, braking, dropping a gear, then releasing the e-brake? its soo good.... You can slide so easily with that..

I drift a FD, and i dont use sims, most of you would know that the FD looses revs as you slide on tyres that arent sims. But with this new technique, all you have to do is follow those steps and the rear will slip easily instead of dropping revs n pulling out of the drift.

the steps are...

1. Brake into the corner,
2. Whilst on the brakes, pull the e-brake
3. Rev the engine with the ebrake on, but dont redline it.. coz this jus makes the car sound dodgy as if you dont have control over it by bouncing the dial around.
4. Drop the gear... at this stage you still have the e-brake on.
5. Release the e-brake @ the right time to get a instand boost of power to the rear...

6. counter steer... u may need to do this earlier depending on the drift.. u guys know this.

I dont recomend that begginer drifters try this one, its a bit hard to time everything corectly for this. But practice makes perfect... as soon as i figure out how 2 post videoclips.. ill show you what i mean through a tutorial.

for beginners, to start practicing this style of drifting, start doing side-long drifts... this is when you pull the e-brake early to get the car sliding very early before the corner... so you enter the corner sliding facing the inside wall @ 90 degrees.
once you master this side long drift, then progress to revving teh engine whilst doing your sidelong drift, when you master reving the engine during a drift, play with dropping gears whilst braking and revving... you need to get a feel for the gears, so that when you release the e-brake the car isnt just revving, instead it gets teh kick it needs. you need to keep teh car in the revrange for the gears...

this technique is awsome if your car is loosing speed and revs whilst you are drifting.. this problem might occur whilst drifting long corners in underpowered cars. or powerfull cars that have too grippy tyres...

have fun :D
 
I've actually done this a few times on underpowered cars, It's not that complicated, you just have to get your finger around it ;) Welcome to GTP my good friend... It seems as though you know your drifting... Just don't depend on the e-brake too much...
 
DarkAzN
omg, thats not very hard to do, if you have watched ne ones drifts.
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He's right actually. that's a technique used by a lot of the users on this forum. I'm not a big fan of it cause using the ebrake doesn't look that good in my opinion. Also, e-braking while braking, depending on brake balance, can really throw your car way off balance. I'm more into feinting and more direct forms of weight shifting. But that's just me.
 
Hello and welcome to GTP.

As said by the others, that technique I suppose does work and probally is good... but for me... handbrake ussage is less than %1 save for 90-360+ turns unless I can manage that simply using the car's power. But besides that, I don't use the handbrake ofthen. It's a rarity for me but I can see where you'e going with this.

Swift answered in a similar fashion about his own style.. I myself tend to feint a lot... but I also have some good skill in braking drifting and lift-off denepnding on the car, I figure that any car can be drifted well and a lot of drifters, both beginner and professional use sims becuase besides how they do simulate just how the car would function in real life 90% of the time (they don't call em sims for noting as I've said maybe now 8 times...) if not 100%. Not to mention they teach you a ton of stuff that I feel is not quite the same always with other tires. But this is strickly my opnion.

A vet here, Silvia-Drifter had some suggestion/theory to the tires that the higher the bhp in a given range would mean you may have to switch to a stronger tire set (both front and rear, mixing tires is not the best thing but this is again me...) but it really largely depends on the car, not to mention an overall comfort level. It applies to everything, not just games. Unless you're comfortable doing something, you wount be able to do it well, and you could argue about that but this is from what I can figure by many things. If you feel comfortable doing something, you'll be able to perfrom well in that system, even if that system may not work well for someone else but everyone is unique.

Besides that... I could... I may try that but doubtful becuae well... I just try and hone my skills with the current style I have given how much limited time I can actually play GT3 (I"m stuck in a boarding school a few hundred miles from home or any avaiable PS2+GT3 game disk + GT3 Game saves... :(....)...

I guess that's about it... till later...
 
a sort of makeshift heel-toe manuever, no?

we dont have a clutch...so i guess thats a way to improvise. even with underpowered car though, you shouldnt really have to be dependant on this technique.

welcome to gtp, lol.
 
everytime you down-shift, it automatically rev matches for you (auto heel toe). so it's POINTLESS to rev the car when you're on the e-brake. try this technique without REVVING. it'll do the same thing

[complicated for expert drifters? i think not...]

:dunce:
 
I just thought of something. This was Driftosenyou first and only post so far. Hey bud, did you read up on any of the stickies or anything before you posted this? just wondering.
 
please. underpowered cars do not require e-brakes unless for some 4wd cars. Any FR can drift easily underpowered without the e-brakes whereas a 4wd uses its power to create angle along the turn. Unless it's an underpowered 4wd car, you don't need to e-brake. 👍
 
ForcedInduction
please. underpowered cars do not require e-brakes unless for some 4wd cars. Any FR can drift easily underpowered without the e-brakes whereas a 4wd uses its power to create angle along the turn. Unless it's an underpowered 4wd car, you don't need to e-brake. 👍
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That's about as correct as you can get. Nicely put FI. :sly:
 
i like palying around with the Ebrak but if im going slow on my r33 , i will hit the ebrake ^^
 
not a big fan of the e-break.....i think i have used that technique in the past....but i see how bad it looks on the replays so i switched to another technique....for my personal use i only use it as nk4e said.... when u just don't have enough speed....or for me angle
 
RX-7_FC_DrIfteR
not a big fan of the e-break.....i think i have used that technique in the past....but i see how bad it looks on the replays so i switched to another technique....for my personal use i only use it as nk4e said.... when u just don't have enough speed....or for me angle
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idk why but just call me NK, i have been called on Socom and on Gaia and i kind of like being called that
 
ForcedInduction
please. underpowered cars do not require e-brakes unless for some 4wd cars. Any FR can drift easily underpowered without the e-brakes whereas a 4wd uses its power to create angle along the turn. Unless it's an underpowered 4wd car, you don't need to e-brake. 👍
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Well, i have been using the R tune before it got erased TT_TT , well if i got to a corner that i had little speed like the competition video i had for Swift, i think that was one example
 
fair enough :)

thanks 4 the feedback... but with out using the e-brake, how do ya guys get into doing side-long drifts? coz if youre on the trottle whilst doing a side long drift then your car tends to gain excess grip and slowly creep the front end towards the wall [this is all before you have entered the corner]
i dont use the ebrake much, but when i do, i use it to that technique i explained, and teh time when your actually have the ebrake on is maybe only a second... the only other time i use the ebrake is when im doing a side long drift into a corner...

i use the 2nd corner on tokyo R246 track to do my sidelong as its a straight and you can slide into that corner, then tap the brakes to change the weight over to the front and use the rebound weight to push the car into drifting into the 3rd corner.

this forum is great! =D
 
Driftosenyou
fair enough :)

thanks 4 the feedback... but with out using the e-brake, how do ya guys get into doing side-long drifts? coz if youre on the trottle whilst doing a side long drift then your car tends to gain excess grip and slowly creep the front end towards the wall [this is all before you have entered the corner]
i dont use the ebrake much, but when i do, i use it to that technique i explained, and teh time when your actually have the ebrake on is maybe only a second... the only other time i use the ebrake is when im doing a side long drift into a corner...

i use the 2nd corner on tokyo R246 track to do my sidelong as its a straight and you can slide into that corner, then tap the brakes to change the weight over to the front and use the rebound weight to push the car into drifting into the 3rd corner.

this forum is great! =D
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I suggest you learn the correct terms... I have no idea what you mean by a "side long drift"... Furthermore, the technique you described is over complicated IMO... You don't need to do all those steps just to drift a corner, or even link corners... Proper weight transfer will do the job just as good if not better, and it will definitely look more polished...

I drift a FD, and i dont use sims, most of you would know that the FD looses revs as you slide on tyres that arent sims.
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This is not true at all... If the car is set up well, and the driver uses good technique, there will be little to no difference between sims and stickier tires... The only real difference being that the higher HP car on stickier tires will have better acceleration, and thus will reach higher speeds...

The e-brake is a wonderful tool, but should be used sparingly... It is mainly a corrective tool (i.e. extending drifts, fixing angle, etc...) and should be used accordingly... As FI stated, it is a very helpful tool for underpowered AWD's, or AWD's with severe understeer problems... I tend to use the e-brake a lot more with AWD's than anything else (excluding FF's of course), unless I need to extend a drift (FR's)...

BTW, welcome to GTP... As Swift said, please read the stickies at the top of the forum as well as the "acceptable use policy"... Enjoy your stay and if you have any questions regarding drift tuning or technique don't hesitate to send me a PM... I am more than happy to help...


;)
 
i do something a bit like what kazama does in d1 is during the drift shift back and forth 2nd and 3rd to adjust rpm without but i can only use my gt wheel to do that
 
I seem to prefer the feint and braking drifts really, i think i used the e-brake a couple of times when i first started but nowadays i only use it if i really need the angle to prevent a crash...
I hate having to start from a complete stop with some of my cars :yuck: .

Dan.
 

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