Drifting AWD /w weight distribution

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Before I tried to drift AWD without weight distribution tuning nothing would work at all, I mean all AWD appeared to me as were understeering cars. But I was wondering if weight distribution tuning was just another "crutch" or "training wheels" and cover up for a loss of technique. Before I tried drifiting an EVO and it was horrible. I tried suspension tuning, lsd tuning, VCD set so its 10% to the front, and still I had problems. Recently I got a Subaru that you can purchase directly from Subaru, I forgot the version of the car but i'll list what I used below.

351 HP, Fully customizable LSD, n3 or n2 tires in the rear and front, RC suspension usually 12.5f/10.5-11.5r and sway bars at 5f/3r, all drivetrain rc, brakes and brake controller, VCD set at 30% to the front, weight distribution set at -25%.

I'm not sure these are the exact specs because I'm not near my ps2 console now but these are pretty close to what I have on the car. After the weight distribution the car was sliding with ease and I even started to like it more than RWD drifting because of the great power and traction on the straights and the awesome 4 wheel control on the drifts.
 
when i drift awd i dont use the weight dis i havent really noticed a difference without it. if that helps????
what subaru do you use?
 
Ummm.... I'll go turn on my ps2 and check it out and mess with the settings. I'll take off the weight distribution and turn down the VCD to see if it drifts. Maybe its the model of the car that makes a difference in the way it drifts.
 
I wouldn't say it's a crutch... It's up to prefference... I don't think it's necessary to add balast to most front engine AWD's in GT4, to make them driftable, but I don't see anything wrong with it... I didn't use ballast on any of the AWD's I used in "Positive Lock", although I did use mixed tires for a couple of them (N2's up front, N1's in the rear)... I think both is up to preference... It's best to learn with non-mixed tires, but mixing tires on some vehicles seems to work out, and get around some of the inherant bugs in GT4's code (i.e. Latitudinal/longitudinal traction curve)... I just recieved my new copy of GT4 in the mail (after my girlfriend stepped on my previous copy)... So, I will be posting a few different settings in the "drift settings depot", as per request... So, you might want to check those out and see how you fair with them, at least as a base to tune from...

Setting your VCD at 10 is a last option for me... I like to utilize all the traction I can with AWD's... It allows for higher angles with less countersteering... Which in turn gives you more control with less input from you...

You might want a bit more power for most AWD's... I try to up the power to at least 420hp to 500hp, unless the car is really light, in which case 300hp to 400hp is sufficient...





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Thanks for all the help and tips. I use a Subaru rally car '03 and I found in my setting that I did mix tires N2/N1. I also use 16.5f/14.5r instead of the 12.5/10-11.5 that i thought i used earlier. I removed the weight distribution from -25% to neutral (0%)
and found I could still manage to drift well. My VCD was set to 30 so maybe I will put it lower to compensate for the weight distribution loss. I also used the same type of weight distribution setup for a skyline and it worked well, so i'll remove it and try a similar process as I did with the subaru rally car. I guess i'm gonna go mess around abit with settings for AWD cars and familiarize myself with the characteristics of the cars.
 
If you know how to shift the weight of your car, then weight distribution isn't really needed. It just helps you fine tune your car to what you want.

Stock drifting is always fun 👍.
 
All wheel Drive drifting just baffles ATM..
I may fiddle with it more soon, But IMO, the physics for AWD in GT4 are reasonably unrealistic.
 
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more weight in the back will give you that oversteer. so will stiffening the rear.
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Works opposite for me in the game, If I stiffen the rear end it controls oversteer (Like in my Elise race set up) If I soften the rear then it slides all over the place (Elise Drift Set up).

I've not tried AWD drifting yet, because I'm still getting to grips with settings for RWD... I'll be at it soon enough though, Just for the hell of it.!
 

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