I may have found the 'trick' to drifting.

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Hi new poster,
Just wanted to put my opinion out there, I thought it was very hard to drift at first in GT4 and thought the low speed characteristics of the cars was poor. But i hav been playing with a dualshock2 and when you realise the whole countersteering fiasco with a analogue stick compared with a force feedback wheel, it makes you realise that you need to drive completely differently with a pad than a real wheel.

Hope this isnt in the wrong thread its just my thoughts on the drifting "problem" in GT4.

On another topic (sorry) would a decent wheel be advised with GT4 if so which one?
 
I dont have a wheel but i can tell you EVERYONE is going to reccomend the DFP. I prefer the DS2 myself.
 
Yeah, the dfp is very different from the ds2. The countersteering on a wheel has to be more precise than the ds2. Prefer the dfp, because of feel. But I can drift better on ds2.

I have a question: Do you guys control the angle of the drift and the sustaining of the drift with the steering, the throttle, or a combination of both. Or does it depend on the corner.

Just wondering.
 
Ive found you have to be very delicate with both, and it does depend on the corner. :)
 
Castor on a real car (and all road cars have some) won't neccessarily centralise the steering. It works just like castor wheels on a shopping trolley - the wheels try to point in the direction of least resistance. So, when turning, the wheels try to straighten up, and when oversteering, the wheels try to turn harder, as they do when reversing, when they are effectively trying to swivel through 180 degrees. Castor is what makes steerinf feel heavier when turning, and then lighter when oversteering. Lots of castor (typical in front wheel drive cars to combat torque steer I think) makes steering feel springy when applying lock. Having little castor makes a car difficult to drive in a straight line, and is partially responsible for the tendency of a racing car to feel like it wants to wander when going straight.

In a rear wheel drive car with no power steering you can often get away with letting go of the wheel - castor effect will quickly wind on just a little too much opposite lock. With front wheel drive cars, the castor effect can be affected by throttle position, and power assisted steering can resist castor, making it wind on to opposite lock too slowly. Hence in some cars you will get away with letting go of the wheel. In others, you need to wind the wheel manually. As a general rule, you simply turn the steering wheel so that the front wheels are pointing where you want to go.
 

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