Low rev drifting?

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Maybe people watch a Different Drifting than I do but I redline all my cars, because mainly thats what real drifters do. Maybe it's because I run sport tires.
 
The turbo or supercharger makes the difference between me flooring it or keeping revs to max of 5000
Turbo wise I always use a stage 2 (mid-rpm) as it gives a good increase of torque and bhp with minimal lag This means I'm trying to stay at 6k to 7 1/2k in revs.
But with my supercharger I'm normally at low revs because, I know if I need power I won't have any lag + there's nothing better than a muscle car at low revs.
But the over riding factor is YOUR drift style.
 
DaveM-sport
A 4ag..... torque??? Bahahahahahaaa :D

Your right though, AE86s in real life too really need you to keep the shoe in through the corner. On entry most low powered cars, rely on the flick and then planting the throttle to keep the drift going.

big powered cars like V8s and very torquey engines get away with far less throttle input to sustain a drift as too much will see you spinning away all your grip and spinning out.

For example, my AE86 and 2002 requires almost full throttle everywhere after imitation.

My Z4m, S-bodies and some other cars with around 3-400bhp especially the NA ones such as most of my BMWs need a fair bit of throttle and maybe 3-6K and upto the redline out of the corner to keep the drift going.

Then in the case of my Viper and other huge torque monsters with grunt all through the rev range, I'm rarely using full throttle or need the let the engine rev to the redline apart from the odd track that has very long corners that would be flat out in 5th gear.
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Listen to this man! I owned a 86 and in order to drift it you gotta be crazy! Basically you gotta go in as fast as possible and floor it or RPM's drop and you come up short on your drifts! This is why you rarely See 86's in Pro drifting anymore. With high HP cars you can go in slow and just power over Plus and heres an example, but let's say you have an AE86 Vs a Viper with the Viper leading. The viper could theoretically go in slow scrubbing the AE86's power and cancelling it's drift or go in fast, Slow down in the apex again scrubbing the AE86's power and then speed back up. These are tricks pro drifter use on their opponents.
 
Viper vs 86 on Ebisu south, Viper would get owned.
Vipers are good for formula d crap but they're not proper drift cars.
 
I try to keep my revs as low as possible. Less revs, less wheelspin, more traction, more speed. I rarely bounce of the limiter. Also depends on which car and the power ratio, but i can manage that in my 350Z, my IS F and my S13 as well.
 
sorry to say guys but when your drifting you tend to be over say 4k revs.. when you watch people it will always show them at 2/4k revs. i dont know why but if you watch 95% of people they will have low revs etc in spectate. im not saying they dont do it though
 
SKOT_FREE
Maybe people watch a Different Drifting than I do but I redline all my cars, because mainly thats what real drifters do. Maybe it's because I run sport tires.
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I redline most of my cars as well unless I really need the pull out of the corner. But to be fair in real life you would stay in 2nd or 3rd all day long (drift days, not professional standards of drifting that few will experience) whereas in GT5 I'm changing gear all over the shop.
 
DriifterzZ
I redline most of my cars as well unless I really need the pull out of the corner. But to be fair in real life you would stay in 2nd or 3rd all day long (drift days, not professional standards of drifting that few will experience) whereas in GT5 I'm changing gear all over the shop.
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I like the last part of this.. i go from 3rd to 4th the most unbelievable amount of times lol.. technique that just stuck.. lets say.. 9/10 gear changes per corner on suzuka D1 line lol
 
I noticed one thing.
Nowhere here was evidenced what tire set we use at this discussion. Specialy when we are talking about torque pushups and lots of smoke.
 
I normally find myself high in the revs and then might bounce off the limiter at the exit.
This is mainly due to the fact it's impossible for me to shift up during a drift. Thanks to the lovely g25 support that means if you try and shift while the wheels are spinning you just get neutral. Unless you pause for ages between gears by which time you're straight again anyway.

The other way is to use the paddles but those are hard to grab when the wheel's spinning.

It's a pain really.
 
Warren4649
I don't know how the speedo works in GT5, if its like in real life (in relation with the driving train) or if its just the relative speed (like with a GPS).
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It works like a GPS because if you press the brake and block the wheels at 200 MPH let's say,the speedo won't go to 0 MPH until you completly stop.
 
Kyriakos-X
It works like a GPS because if you press the brake and block the wheels at 200 MPH let's say,the speedo won't go to 0 MPH until you completly stop.
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Your kind of right but its more like a sensor taking in only from the forward direction if the car, which makes it think the car is going slower, then the rev gauge runs off the speedometer. Make sence?
 
I tried low rev drifting the other day and the pull on the supercharged V6 350z managed to drift all of suzuka east in 6th at 3-4k revs. It works but obviously not the best.
 

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