Help Drifting

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RX-7_FC_DrIfteR
What do you mean by sound technique?

all the techniques that are being talked about in this forum about drifting. Such as using weight shifting instead of just power oversteer(a viable way to drift, but not always needed), good countersteer, throttle control, a good line, etc....

Once someone understands what it "feels" like to have the car sideways, then it's possible to teach them sound technique. For example, I couldn't understand feinting until I understood what was going on with the weight of the car. Once I understood what feinting does to brake the tires free from grip, it was attainable for my to control it. Before, it just felt like I was going to fast or throughing the car around. Know what I mean?
 
i think probably the easiest way to learn how to drift, is by doing the lap normaly without losing control. as you get more and more familiar with the limits of the car you can push them and eventually lose a little grip, just keep pushing it and seeing how much control you can keep over it until you're a full-fledged drifter!
 
PublicSecrecy
i think probably the easiest way to learn how to drift, is by doing the lap normaly without losing control. as you get more and more familiar with the limits of the car you can push them and eventually lose a little grip, just keep pushing it and seeing how much control you can keep over it until you're a full-fledged drifter!

First off, welcome to GTP PublicSecrecy, hope you enjoy your stay.

Second, I suppose what you're saying is preaty much correct I guess. I can't find much if anything wrong with what ya mean, ineed it makes more sense to know your car inside and out while keeping it on the road...THEN maybe you can drift it on a given set of turns, but it boils down to just what car you're using to...

as for you and everbody else whom cares...

The vets and pros ofthen suggest Silvia's, Truenos and RX-7s (FD models) because they are light weight and low power, they teach ya a lot of things, espically when you apply sim tires since they more or less realistcly apply just how those cars would behave in reality for the most part. You get used to those, you'll be able to handle cars of higher power and performace range, examples inlcude Camaros, Skylines, Corvettes, TVRs and so forth.

If noting else, as Swift pointed out just pratice sound technique, or just pratice, learn some things little by litte, I first learned power-over before I got to other techniques such as feniting, and yes a little undersanding of weight shifting helps, but pratice is the best weapon, one can read about techniques for all the time, it's trying to do it or actually doing it that helps the best.

That's about it for now...maybe more later...

Till then...
 
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