Newbie looking for help

[DolHaus]

Hi guys, I'm pretty new to drifting in GT and am looking for a few tips so i can stop tearing my hair out over seasonal drift events! I have a reasonable understanding of the car setups and how they affect the drive but my main problem is how to handle slow tight switchbacks such as the ones on Eiger Nordwand, I struggle getting the car to step out without it switching ends on me or becoming uncontrollably twitchy. I'm using the NSX type R with the Team Scmo tune and a standard controller.

Any help or tips would be much appreciated

Thanks in advance

(apologies if I've re-posted a topic or whatever, very new to this!)

 

[mcgloney]

I would advise to learn a FR car really. Just keep practising, no matter how many times someone tells you do something it won't work unless you actually keep playing the game and learning. Just keep at it and try to master. But it's up to you want you do no doubt someone's going to against me with this comment. always happens.

 

[DolHaus]

Yeah I understand that FR cars are better for the task at hand, but the seasonal requires an NSX. Seems thats what everyone says in all questions relating to drifting, practice makes perfect, guess it must be true! I'm also a little unsure on how the scoring works, does being closer to the inside of the corner score higher or is it all just angle and speed related?

 

[Nismo34]

Dont rate how good you are on the points system... Very flawed and wont get you anywhere here. Anyone can crack out a Speed 12 and get whopping amounts of points. Best bet would be, to learn how to drift, is using an FR car in time trial mode. on CH tyres of course...

 

[funkthehype]

If all you want is to do seasonal, i have an NSX setup that i use on a controller just like you, i can share with you, but remember, everyone drives differently so what works for me may not work for you.

send me a FR on psn that i can send you the settings, i'm not in home now.

Now, if you want to learn how to drift, i sugest follow the tips already posted.

 

[DolHaus]

I think i'm going to just plug away with what i've got and hope for the best, only about 500 points off gold. Thanks for the offers and for the advice, nice to find a game forum that isn't full of trolls and haters

 

[DarkAvengerZR1]

Just practice, i would say. Any drift car can get gold scores in drift seasonals. The scoring point in seasonal works as: how fast you go, how much angle, and most important, where you are on the track. Yes, keep on the ideal racing line and see your points magically increase like a rocket.

I would say, use the points on trying to improve these 3 aspects. Car control, feel it. Normally there is a gear where the car slides to inside and a gear where it slides off. Find a good balance... aaaaaaaah, it is hard to explain, just feel the car and learn it's reactions. Lol

 

[Nismo34]

Just practice, i would say. Any drift car can get gold scores in drift seasonals. The scoring point in seasonal works as: how fast you go, how much angle, and most important, where you are on the track. Yes, keep on the ideal racing line and see your points magically increase like a rocket.

Actually, IIRC, the slower you go, the more points (To a point, drifting at 10kph aint gonna get you anywhere...) which is one way it is flawed as it doesnt reward speed...

 

[DarkAvengerZR1]

Have you seen how fast a Speed 12 drifts? Lol

Edit: Blast a drift at 200km/h in the out line of the corner will not give you any points indeed. So, slower, but in the correct line obviously will get you more points.

 

[Bluntified]

Actually, IIRC, the slower you go, the more points (To a point, drifting at 10kph aint gonna get you anywhere...) which is one way it is flawed as it doesnt reward speed...

She's correct but worded it a little wrong, its all about the wheelspin, not necessarily speed of car rather speed of tires.

I'm not sure if you can still do this but prior to 2.09 (when the "fixed" drift trial scoring supposedly), all you had to do was spin the tires on the line and your points would go up.

 

[lldantell]

Have you seen how fast a Speed 12 drifts?

that car is a animal to drift.it could literally lite the rear wheels the whole track

 

[GhostZ]

Don't just practice, but practice in ways that require you to build skill. If you want to learn to seriously drift well, though it may take more time than hopping into high-powered car, my recommendation I've given to many, many new drifters every time they ask for help is to find a used '79 Nissan Fairlady 280ZX-L (S130). Use it on comfort soft tires with no upgrades, completely stock settings.

It is a car that is relatively easy to oversteer, especially stock, but very forgiving on your corrections. It has just enough power to spin the wheels once you initiate the drift, but not enough power to simply spin them with throttle alone. Unlike almost all cars on CH tires you cannot simply drift it by turning sharply and giving it throttle. Once you've learned to drift it reliably, drop down to CH tires and slowly start upgrading the car. When you're done, you should be able to apply the principles the car teaches you to any FR or MR vehicle.

You have to learn weight transfer, forward and back, first. A lot of people seem to disagree with this notion, but so far I've gotten many messages back from new drifters who use this method and say how much it helps them in the long run learning to handle their car better in both races and drifting scenarios. Give it a try.

 

[Gonales]

I would advise to learn a FR car really. Just keep practising, no matter how many times someone tells you do something it won't work unless you actually keep playing the game and learning. Just keep at it and try to master. But it's up to you want you do no doubt someone's going to against me with this comment. always happens.

Pretty much perfect comment! 👍

Just practice, i would say. Any drift car can get gold scores in drift seasonals. The scoring point in seasonal works as: how fast you go, how much angle, and most important, where you are on the track. Yes, keep on the ideal racing line and see your points magically increase like a rocket.

I would say, use the points on trying to improve these 3 aspects. Car control, feel it. Normally there is a gear where the car slides to inside and a gear where it slides off. Find a good balance... aaaaaaaah, it is hard to explain, just feel the car and learn it's reactions. Lol

You're right about most of it, even the fact that the seasonals suck. But instead of just learning the car, I'd say get in some decent lobbies from teams on here, and let them help you. The better the people are around you, (and unlike me, you wont get frustrated at failing ) the faster you will improve I guess.

 

[SKIDMARX]

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This may sound stupid, but I used to be a GT5 Grip Racer and found learning to drift (to start) very difficult. After a while, I thought I would take some of the Grip Racing Theory over to drifting (but of course keep the drifting setups) and found to learn it was easier to follow the old saying 'Slow in, faster out' so I just started cruising up to the corner doing about 25-30mph average and started the slide just before I reached the corner... Overtime I increased the entry speed within reason, obviously not entering the corner at 100mph otherwise you will more than likely crash.

It still took a lot of practice but now it seems so easy to start and control a drift and soon enough I moved on to being well over the gold score and then close tandems, then of course a team.

 

[Robbyelder]

I've been doing it so long from what skidmarx just said that I don't even look down at my speed when entering the corners anymore.

I just got the feel of what can be done and what cannot be done. Get the basics down then you can start having fun with it.

Doing reverse 360 entys and crazy full lock drifts it will make you very mad learning till you get it down then its like riding a bicycle.

There is two ways of starting out using a low power import which is good for learning how to tune.

Or do what I did and threw myself in a high power muscle car like the ford trans cammer and just put it to the man and said I was going to do this.