Tips On The Drift

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It would be nice if anyone who would want to conribute some techniques or tips to post them here, I'm new to drifting and when I come onto this section of the forum I'm forever getting lost in various "How to drift" threads.

K, so here is my idea.
*Rules Start Here*
Anyone that wants to contribute some knowledge will post like so:

Title of Tip(in Bold)
Your Tip Here, as many lines as you like

Finally anyone contributing can only post once, if you have a tip to add or edit please edit your original post instead of making another. You can still post as many tips as you want but space them out as shown and make sure its still in your orginal post!
*Rules End Here*

Eventually if enough people post up some great tips, I will write a Drifting for Dummies Guide in this thread linking them all together for people like me who are new to drifting to take reference from. Obviously it will all come down to the drivers skill but we can help as much as possible to make starting out alot more fun than just ending up facing backwards all the time.

So for my example:

Course Selection
Always start on a course you race on often, that way you will already have a rough idea of what line your going to take.
 
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TIP NUMBER ONE

Done use any driving assist

tip number 2

practice

Tires

try and stay away from the easy n1 tires and run something that gives u alittle more controll. A good start would be n3 or s1


that will be all. There isnt any "tip" that u someone will be able to tell u that will make u a better drifter it all comes down to your own personal skill. So practice and dont use any driving aids.
 
Dont read any tips from a dude called Martin (aka drift king on youtube) lol

E-brake
E-brake is always handy and free to use when your in a pinch.

Springs and damper
Low Spring and Damper setting to manji on staights and help the car snap to connect other corners easier.


Dirt-drop trick by Martin lol
Dont use it unless your on grippy tires lol
One mistake and your playing with sand.

Manual drifting
Helps as you can select the gears and control better.
(I used to use automatic until recently lol, works the same way but a problem in tight corners)
 
Tips #1 - Passion and Practice alot

Tips #2 - You should watch ''Best Motoring - The Drift Bible by DK himself Keiichi Tsuchiya

Tips #3 - Have Fun :sly:









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Tip 1- Consistancy is the key also.
Tip 2- Use the racing lines to be more accurate. Also, try to hit apex of turn.
 
Drift Online

I learned to manji and drift lines from Team-mixi while following them.

Get someone to show the lines and then practice
 
HackiRoku
Tips #1 - Passion and Practice alot

Tips #2 - You should watch ''Best Motoring - The Drift Bible by DK himself Keiichi Tsuchiya

Tips #3 - Have Fun :sly:


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Yeah, what he said, you can learn a lot from the drift bible.
 
DON'T PRACTICE :ouch:

Nomuken once said,

if you say it's practice, you won't get better. But if you have fun, you'll be good in no time
 
I'm not good at drifting, but something you must remember that today helped me control my first ever slide even if it was by accident. I was driving my 612 PP Corvette grip car (On S2 tyres) at Suzuka. At turn one I ran a smidge too wide and touched the dirt causing my rear end to slide out. I didn't hold a drift to the end of the corner but maybe that was just lack of skill/too grippy tyres. Anyway:

The Lion's Den Drifting Tips

Always keep your wheels pointed in the direction you wish to go.

As you initiate the drift let the wheel apply the opposite lock by itself as it will find the correct steering angle, then control the wheel as you maintain the slide until you are pointing straight again.

As you begin to straighten out ease out of the throttle, if you keep it applied you'll spin, and if you jump out of it you'll get snap back.

Don't use Force Feedback 10, or at least I think you shouldn't as it seems too hard on the wheel and makes steering too hard. I'm using 5 at the moment and it seems OK.

After allowing the wheel to apply opposite lock, maintain "busy" hands (i.e. maintain 100% control of the wheel). Letting the wheel make up its own mind mid-slide for even a second will be bad for you and your drift.


Let me know if this is wrong.:dopey::dunce::lol:
 
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1) Check out the excellent video tutorials by dking (one of the member of the Drift Dojo) at :-

http://www.expertvillage.com/search.htm?s=gran+turismo

2) Practise. It took me 3-4 weeks of daily practise to get the hang of it.

3) Start with the Tuned Cappucino as its an easy car to learn drifting in and stick to the same tires Front & Back.

4) Do not be afraid to use the eBrake when drifting. It is there for a purpose, so use it. Depending on the car & tires, you may NOT need use the eBrake to initiate the drift but it'll help in situation when you understeer.

5) Stick to your settings. e.g. If you've been practising with FFB at 5, keep on practising with that setting until you've learned how to drift. Everytime you change a setting, you're taking a step back to get used to it. There's no magic setting that works for everyone, find out what works for you and continue using it till you're able to drift 100% of the time.

Have Fun! :cheers:
 
Try and steer the car more using the throttle than steering imputs. I know that sounds crazy but there isnt much steering you need to do once you get the hang of initiating the drift and countersteering then its all throttle controll to keep the car at the angle you want.
 
More angle = Less gas. More gas = Less Angle ( depending on style and what type of turn)
Every turn you take will be same technique over and over again. That is why you don't take it too hard on yourself. So have fun while drifting. If you don't want to use the acceleration then use the body weight. Go far left, lightly brake then turn to the right and countersteer with a little bit gas. ( Feint) until you reach the exit corner.
***I don't play GT5:P but these tips are quite the same throughout the series
 
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Thanks for all the tips you guys have been posting but could you please sort out your posts so that they comply with the Formatting guidelines i layed out in my original post.
 
How did this drop so low? Look at all the "I'm a newbie" threads we've had since that could have been avoided by simply searching for this darn it. Anyway, new tip (also in original post)

After allowing the wheel to apply opposite lock, maintain "busy" hands (i.e. maintain 100% control of the wheel). Letting the wheel make up its own mind mid-slide for even a second will be bad for you and your drift.


Additionally, after a pain-stakingly long wait The Lion's Den Racing will release a 2nd drift car very soon....I hope.:)
 
Don't react to the screen. If you're waiting to see something on the screen, it's usually to late. Feel what the wheel is trying to tell you, that's what the force feedback is for.

Don't be afraid to "whip" your wheel around. If you come into a corner to hot and ebrake it hard, the back end will kick out very fast. Don't be afraid to grab the wheel and "whip it." It's way faster then trying to spin the wheel by hand.

In the process of trying to teach my friend to drift, I saw what he was doing wrong. If you're spinning out, chances are your not giving it enough counter steer. Most people are use to racing where you don't turn the wheel all the way.

Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8S3-KLc29E (NSFW due to langauge)

You need to counter steer more then just part of your wheels motion.
 

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