The ZERO COUNTER drift

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Yep, I believe it's all about setting the car just right and the exact line you take. But I'm a FR drifter....so don't go by what I say.
 
In a 4WD it's all about the perfect line... I've never drifted an RWD without having to countersteer at the end...
At the start and during are ok... but I think there's always a need to get your front and back straight with countersteer at the end.
 
hehehe hasn't this been brought up about 3 months ago??? SD's vid and in my challenge against Thio. Challenge is in my sig if you want to take a look :lol:
 
ForcedInduction
hehehe hasn't this been brought up about 3 months ago??? SD's vid and in my challenge against Thio. Challenge is in my sig if you want to take a look :lol:
i have alot on my challenge with swift and in my new video
 
I can do it occasionally with my Evo IV and Evo VI RS. It's really hard. :ouch:

I have some RWDs(Z06, Grand Sport, Chaser, S13 Silvia, 3400S, NSX-R, Arta NSX, etc on mixed tires :guilty: ) that I can throw into a drift and control with the throttle without any opposite lock. I have to use countersteer to pull out of the drift, though. It's easiest on the 4th to last turn on Apricot Hill.
 
You know, when Turbolevin posted this, I was unsure just what he meant...so I waited a while later...

As far as I know, within pratical reason, it's possible to have no countersteering in a drift after the turn in of a given corner with 4WDs, it's a differnet story with RWD's, you need a proper line, blanace, initial steering, throttole/braking imput, all at once to get the car into a drift so stable that after the turn in, any countersteering is unecessary. If I ever saw one in RL I forgot about it, If I ever did that with any of my RWD cars in any of the GT games, I forgot about those, otherwise, it's VERY DIFFICULT if not close to impossible.

VQuick
I can do it occasionally with my Evo IV and Evo VI RS. It's really hard. :ouch:

I have some RWDs(Z06, Grand Sport, Chaser, S13 Silvia, 3400S, NSX-R, Arta NSX, etc on mixed tires :guilty: ) that I can throw into a drift and control with the throttle without any opposite lock. I have to use countersteer to pull out of the drift, though. It's easiest on the 4th to last turn on Apricot Hill.


wait...mixed tires?...don't worry...I wount go down your throat about that...it's been said too many times so I woun't be an addtional slegehammer to nail the point in, just what tires would you mix to do that? Personally I and no doubt others do NOT mix tires for many reasons...but I'll need not say it again unless it's necessary...which for the time being it's not... and when you mean the 4th to last turn...do you mean either the fast sweeping left that you can clear close to (if not over) 80mph with any car if you're good enough with or the tight right hairpin? (the answer might be obvious but I'm not going to make an assumption, I want to ask to be just sure...)...

well...that's enough for me...
till later...
 
R_Riders
wait...mixed tires?

Yes. Thus the :guilty: "guilty" smilie. I've been lurking the forum enough(all year before registering last week) to know it's bad. It's just so much fun, though. :sly: I'm trying to break the habit and start out stock with sims. I tried a stock S2000 the other day, and it wasn't bad. In a few minutes, I was flicking it around on Apricot Hill.

just what tires would you mix to do that?

Depends on the car, and how much power it has. Always super softs on the front. Either normals or super slicks on the rear. For my Z06 and Viper(both full power tune), I needed mediums. I also have a rear brake bias of 24, 0deg rear camber, and front camber of about 4deg. The rear end comes around very easily, and the drifts are very long. Using my Cobra R(699hp) on the Seattle track, I was able to drift down from the elevated tabletop section, flick the car around into the next right corner by the big stadium, then link the drift into the next right corner after that. It was cool, but I know, I know, it's bad. :guilty:


and when you mean the 4th to last turn...do you mean either the fast sweeping left that you can clear close to (if not over) 80mph with any car if you're good enough with or the tight right hairpin? (the answer might be obvious but I'm not going to make an assumption, I want to ask to be just sure...)...

Oops, I meant third to last. After the hairpin, there's a brief uphill left, a right at the crest, then a downhill section. I meant the left after the slope is finished...where the sand/gravel trap starts again. Even with the Chaser(full power tune), one of my most twitchy cars, I can toss it in, feather the throttle, and countersteer at the end of the turn to bring the car out of the drift.
 
Drifting AWD's is indeed all about the line, and it is a slightly different line than you would take in a FR, as well as being initiated differently.... Also, countersteer is necessary at the end of the drift to pull the front of the car out of the drift....

Watch the vid in my sig "Countersteer Zero" for a good refference, and if you have any more technical questions send me a PM and I will help as much as possible...


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not that i mix tires, but would a grippier rear make it easier for rwd?

lol.
 
I'm talking about the FR Zero counter. any vids of that? I just need to see how to nail the exits, cuz I have the entry down. It's so hard to learn :indiff: . SilviaDrifter's Zero Counter vid with the 4WDs was pretty cool tho. I can't do that :sick: .
 
TurboLevin2NV
I'm talking about the FR Zero counter. any vids of that? I just need to see how to nail the exits, cuz I have the entry down. It's so hard to learn :indiff: . SilviaDrifter's Zero Counter vid with the 4WDs was pretty cool tho. I can't do that :sick: .

Uh, unless I'm totally out in left feild. It's rather impossible to do smooth, high angle drifts with no countersteer in a FR.
 
the one drivetrain I dont countersteer on is 4WD now, FRs, MRs, and FFs I have to counter steer, but as vinketo said, all about the line you take
 
Swift
Uh, unless I'm totally out in left feild. It's rather impossible to do smooth, high angle drifts with no countersteer in a FR.

No, you're not in left field.... It is completely counterproductive to not countersteer in FR's, MR's, and RR's.... The front wheels should always be tracing the turn in the line you want to take through the drift....


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i think, if im not mistaken, that i've done it before in the hairpins at special stage 11. the way i did it was with my s13 2000cc when i enter with weight transfer heading into the inside, applying brakes, and feathering the throttle after. then when it begins the oversteer i do a lil countersteer, but i just use the throttle the whole way to speed it out cus countersteering in the exiting of the hairpin will most likely lead you to smashing the outside after...especially with and AWD. if you meant zero countersteer by "no countersteer in the exiting" i could kinda of do it, but if you meant no countersteer at all the whole way...thats called 4 wheel drifting in which you have to enter from the outside corner with a lil understeer in the beggining and letting off the gas to start a lil oversteer. and once you get the exact right angle, gently apply and keep feathering the gas to maintain the drift. thats pretty hard though
 
tougedrft
i think, if im not mistaken, that i've done it before in the hairpins at special stage 11. the way i did it was with my s13 2000cc when i enter with weight transfer heading into the inside, applying brakes, and feathering the throttle after. then when it begins the oversteer i do a lil countersteer, but i just use the throttle the whole way to speed it out cus countersteering in the exiting of the hairpin will most likely lead you to smashing the outside after...especially with and AWD. if you meant zero countersteer by "no countersteer in the exiting" i could kinda of do it, but if you meant no countersteer at all the whole way...thats called 4 wheel drifting in which you have to enter from the outside corner with a lil understeer in the beggining and letting off the gas to start a lil oversteer. and once you get the exact right angle, gently apply and keep feathering the gas to maintain the drift. thats pretty hard though

...well yeah, Tougedrift more or less said in his words what I tried to eplain, to do that with a RWD car would be DIDFFICULT if not IMPOSSSIBLE, it really depends on the turn and car you're using. Not to mention tuning and just how you approach that turn. Even with what I know about drifting, I seldom TRY To clear corners without countersteering...the only example I know of in which right after the turn in, a driver did not countersteer at all due to how he ploted the 'perfect' line with steering, braking and throttle, and didn't even bother to actually grab the steering wheel but reach for ciggerates.

And that my friends was Fujiwara Bunta from Initial D, again, if I ever, EVER saw this in real life, I did not know of it, I can only imagine it MAYBE on a dirt road with an FR thru a hairpin turn if done the RIGHT way, it's so far the ONLY Place or at least on Thatai Maze (sorry for not bieng able to spell that right...) with a 245bhp Trueno (Turbo kit stage 2 and Racing muffler, amdis other various changes...inculding gear ratio changes that will let it hit no more above 100mph...) and a 450+bhpp Opel Astra Touring car, besides that, as far as I know, only, and only in high speed corners can I really picture that being done the right way...that's how I see it...

Silvia Drifter and Swift are right about what they said too, countersteering is not just something that looks cool, least sometimes to those easily ammused (I was at some point, well before 1998 at least...) but as I found in even some arcade games, is necessary to keep the car in line, and unless you found a way to plot the car in the perfect drift line from the start and past the turn in...you will need to countersteer more ofthen than not...

In short, finding the perfect line is very...very difficult...if you really want to go down this path...here's a suggestion...pratice trying to make drifts with as little countersteering as possible...or just as little steering as necessary, I recemond high speed turns only, it sounds crazy but it makes sense if you even think about trying half this stuff in hairpin turns, trust me, this come from a guy whom can turn a 3500lb Z28 Camaro thru a hairpin like it's a 1900lb Trueno 86, and keep on the tail of a an Elise 190 on Apricot hill with a Mustang SVT cobra R (only becuase my brother wanted to find out if the Elise 190 and Mustang SVT cobra R were really comparable, the Elise by a BARE margin could be the winner...)...

I think I'm done for now here...untill later...
 
as R_Riders said,"...try to make drifts with as little countersteering as possible..." i think i should try practicing that with the gt force. cus right now, im playing with the controller using the d-pad. i want it to feel more like driving so i might get the madcatz steering wheel.
 
tougedrft
as R_Riders said,"...try to make drifts with as little countersteering as possible..." i think i should try practicing that with the gt force. cus right now, im playing with the controller using the d-pad. i want it to feel more like driving so i might get the madcatz steering wheel.
its a good one, its easy to drifts AWDs now ^_^
 
tougedrft
as R_Riders said,"...try to make drifts with as little countersteering as possible..." i think i should try practicing that with the gt force. cus right now, im playing with the controller using the d-pad. i want it to feel more like driving so i might get the madcatz steering wheel.

Only with AWD.... countersteering as little as possible in a FR is pointless....


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I can do it in FR on the big turn on trial mountain II win the toreno SS just go in brake turn in and let go of steering and floor it you will barly have any angle but you still are drifting with no countersteer its just hard to do over and over

I'm running it maxed out stock setting on suspension with super softs
 
TT3888
I can do it in FR on the big turn on trial mountain II win the toreno SS just go in brake turn in and let go of steering and floor it you will barly have any angle but you still are drifting with no countersteer its just hard to do over and over

I'm running it maxed out stock setting on suspension with super softs

The point I have been trying to make is that it is counterproductive.... You should not be striving to drift FR's without countersteer.... In a RWD the front wheels guide the car through the drift (tracing), while the rear controls the speed and angle.... In an AWD the front wheels (being powered) do the same job that countersteering normally would.....

There is no good reason to not countersteer a RWD vehicle in a drift.... None....


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but unfortunately...i dont want to read, fearing what i may have done
 
Omnis
but unfortunately...i dont want to read, fearing what i may have done

Mixing tires is bad because it creates an unbalanced vehicle, and is more of a crutch for those who don't understand how to tune....


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