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Hi guys,
I have been drifting real cars for last 2 years, and have had 2 drift cars, 180sx and r32 gtst skyline, so you could say i understand how to use drift.
I also have been playing LIVE FOR SPEED for last 4-5 years and would consider myself "a good drifter"
I also play any other race sim's, and would consider myself a race sim enthusiast, don't get me wrong, I'm saying this so ppl may trust my thoughts on GT4 drifting.
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I have owned GT4 for sevral years now, and have recently tried seriously to practice / master drift in this game..
I have watched alot of video clips and some are very impressive. But it almost seems your all trying TO hard. Drift is correctable, if you take a slightly wrong line, you can correct it via your inputs, ...unlike GT4.
In GT4 you must only drift low angles, if angle is too deep, more countersteer to provent SLEDGE flings the car back agressivley, I have tried other setups and technique but low angles are the only safe way to drift.
you cant be heavy with the throttle!, in my 180sx i often have my foot pinned to the floor, deep with the rpm's just needing to use my counter steer to do the work.
Now i see alot of ppl have complained about donuts and etc,
If you rev a car up with high LSD differential settings, release brake and turn the car drives in a circle, as if the LSD was failing and ONE wheel was spinning. Now this is shocking for a REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR, and if it does that how can you trust the physics of the car while drifting.
The throw-in types in GT4 are nice, braking methods, feint, weight shifting, over-power all good, but the moment you break traction all turns to crap.
Its a RACE sim game. It has Awesome physics for racing and i love racing for hours on end, setting my cars up etc with good times.
I felt GT3 had MUCH more realistic IN DRIFT feel, although sloppy moving from side to side (heavy like) the hard throttle and counter-steer is accurate.
Truth is if your good at GT4 drift, your wasting your time and skill into something unrealistic, but by all means your all welcome to do whatever you like.
A well setup car in real life is very easy to drift, you can off throttle with a lock-diff for sometimes 2 seconds, while the de-accel holds you in your drift.. TRY THAT ON GT4, even with high deaccel, the moment you off throttle in GT4 drift the wheels regain traction and you go where your front wheels were pointing from counter steer.
My conclusion
GT4 is unrealistic for drifting, EXELENT race simulator.
If you want the best of both try Live for speed, if it wins awards for BEST PHYISC'S OF THE YEAR then Id certainly trust it.
p.s drifting in live for speed is similar to real drift. and is no way nearly as hard is GT4. My friends in real life that i met through the drift scene tried Live for speed and straight away could drift it, they were amazed and all bought G25's and the game to practice! hows that!
good luck, and keep wasting your time on GT4 drift
I have been drifting real cars for last 2 years, and have had 2 drift cars, 180sx and r32 gtst skyline, so you could say i understand how to use drift.
I also have been playing LIVE FOR SPEED for last 4-5 years and would consider myself "a good drifter"
I also play any other race sim's, and would consider myself a race sim enthusiast, don't get me wrong, I'm saying this so ppl may trust my thoughts on GT4 drifting.
******************************************************************************
I have owned GT4 for sevral years now, and have recently tried seriously to practice / master drift in this game..
I have watched alot of video clips and some are very impressive. But it almost seems your all trying TO hard. Drift is correctable, if you take a slightly wrong line, you can correct it via your inputs, ...unlike GT4.
In GT4 you must only drift low angles, if angle is too deep, more countersteer to provent SLEDGE flings the car back agressivley, I have tried other setups and technique but low angles are the only safe way to drift.
you cant be heavy with the throttle!, in my 180sx i often have my foot pinned to the floor, deep with the rpm's just needing to use my counter steer to do the work.
Now i see alot of ppl have complained about donuts and etc,
If you rev a car up with high LSD differential settings, release brake and turn the car drives in a circle, as if the LSD was failing and ONE wheel was spinning. Now this is shocking for a REAL DRIVING SIMULATOR, and if it does that how can you trust the physics of the car while drifting.
The throw-in types in GT4 are nice, braking methods, feint, weight shifting, over-power all good, but the moment you break traction all turns to crap.
Its a RACE sim game. It has Awesome physics for racing and i love racing for hours on end, setting my cars up etc with good times.
I felt GT3 had MUCH more realistic IN DRIFT feel, although sloppy moving from side to side (heavy like) the hard throttle and counter-steer is accurate.
Truth is if your good at GT4 drift, your wasting your time and skill into something unrealistic, but by all means your all welcome to do whatever you like.
A well setup car in real life is very easy to drift, you can off throttle with a lock-diff for sometimes 2 seconds, while the de-accel holds you in your drift.. TRY THAT ON GT4, even with high deaccel, the moment you off throttle in GT4 drift the wheels regain traction and you go where your front wheels were pointing from counter steer.
My conclusion
GT4 is unrealistic for drifting, EXELENT race simulator.
If you want the best of both try Live for speed, if it wins awards for BEST PHYISC'S OF THE YEAR then Id certainly trust it.
p.s drifting in live for speed is similar to real drift. and is no way nearly as hard is GT4. My friends in real life that i met through the drift scene tried Live for speed and straight away could drift it, they were amazed and all bought G25's and the game to practice! hows that!
good luck, and keep wasting your time on GT4 drift
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