Drifting?

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I've been learning how to drift since I found this web site. I'm trying to drift with a mazda rx7 and it is not happening. I got the simulation tires ASM and VCS are off. When I enter a corner and try to drift throught it I eather spin out or slide right into the wall. I've searched but I can't find anything. Please help me out.
 
Try searching the forums for previous questions similar to your own. I see this question come up all the time so I'm sure you could find a lot of good information.
 
You definetely want to leave both ASM and TCS at zero. They are both electronic limiters that prevent the car from doing what you tell it to do. In other words, they're idiot-protection. If you're not an idiot, you don't need them.

ASM - Active Stability Management. Limits power and applies brakes to wheels individually as the car starts to slide, in order to prevent it from doing so. In other words, this is the LAST thing you want if you're drifting.

TCS - Traction Control System. Attempts to prevent the car from spinning out if you give it too much throttle. The main use is for launches (that's why the car is so much faster off the starting line if you have TCS on). However, for drifting, we obviously want to be able to freely control the throttle even when the car is sideways and spinning out already. So this is the second to last thing you want if you're drifting.

The rest is all personal opinion and style, but I can garauntee that you want these both set at zero.
 
Originally posted by H22Eg6Rus
I've been learning how to drift since I found this web site. I'm trying to drift with a mazda rx7 and it is not happening. I got the simulation tires ASM and VCS are off. When I enter a corner and try to drift throught it I eather spin out or slide right into the wall. I've searched but I can't find anything. Please help me out.
it sounds liek ur either giving it too much gas or not counter-steering enough. Try not to just floor it while drifting. Tap the accelerator to get urself through the turn.
 
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