Driftnewb110
I need a lot help with drifting.
Heres a sample. What should I do?
ok, the first thing you should do is realize that angelfire doesnt allow directing link to files hosted on their servers, in the way you tried to do it.
For other members, here's how you view it. Right click the link, copy the link location, then paste that into your address bar. Clicking the link doesnt work. Maybe edit your first post and add this in driftnewb
secondly about the drifting:
my first suggestion in this regard is perhaps try de-tuning your Altezza a little bit. It sounded pretty beefy, I'm going to guess...360-ish hp? try taking it down to 270 and see how it does. Too much power can make proper throttle control more difficult than it really need be.
It looks like the main thing you need to focus on is getting your countersteer working in harmony with your throttle control.
Notice how on turn one, you lose your drift when you go to full opposite lock for a second?
the same thing happens on the double-apex right-hander going into the tunnel. From what i can see there wasnt the need for the drastic steering motion you took on that turn. You had a real nice drift goin.
I know it can be instinctive to pour on gobs of steering angle when things are looking like their headed for an off-track excursion, but just try giving it a little less. And so what if you
do end up in the dirt. Collect it up, do another lap, and be a bit more gentle on the controls, maybe take a tighter line or less speed if you find yourself always running out of road in the same place.
Maintaining a drift at constant angle is all about force equilibrium. However, since forces are not a visible entity in GT3, i will explain my point in terms of velocities and accelerations, its easier to understand like this anyways.
Speaking loosely, in a drift, the angular velocity (rotation) acting most noticeably on the rear of the car must be held in check by the tangential velocity of the car with respect to the turn's radial arc (aka. the curb), which is controlled predominantly by the steering wheels up front.
Balance is crucial!
If the angular velocity of the rear wheels with respect to the fronts becomes too large, the tail whips around, and you end up looking backwards. Every car has its limits, its up to you to learn them.
And, if you're accelerating around a turn (increasing tangential velocity, called tangential acceleration) faster than you're increasing the rotation of the car (angular acceleration), then you lose some or all of your drift angle (and could end up with a bunch of understeer if you take it far enough). This is what happened to the 2 drifts i pulled out of your video.
Simple physics.
So its easy to see why drastic steering changes are going to end up causing you to lose your drift, unless drastic amounts of power are also sent to the rear wheels.
the problems encountered on the next long lefty i think are just to do with your entry. You took a little bit too tight of a line into this one, and got the front tires on the rumble strip. Its hard countersteering when the front end is bouncing eh?
Dont worry, you'll get it right.
all in all, if i were you, i wouldnt sweat it too much.
After your opening remarks, i was expecting much worse.
You're headed along the right track, imo, just more practice is required.
I know its frustrating when a lap doesnt quite come together the way you wanted, but you just have to keep at it.
best of luck
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(i may add more later if i view it a few more times)
edit:
ok, here's the 'more' i was talking about
i think my advice still applies to the second vid you just uploaded. Just really focus on being smooth on the gas and steering. Ideally, you want to make them work together, not against each other.
Turn 2 looked great btw!
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