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Just thought I'd start a thread on drifting.
How to do it? What cars? and What tracks?
First I'll get to basic car set-up.
The car should have a "moderate" suspension setting, with soft springs, and shocks around 4-5 on all settings. All setting should be the same, BTW. The toe should be slightly out/in (F/R) -.10/.10 The car should have little rear neg. camber (.9-1.1), while the front shold be moderate (1.7-2.1). The sway bars should be mild, 3/3 or 4/4.
Ride height has a large influence on the ability to break traction easily. With all drift cars, raise the rear ride height to about 10-15mm heigher than the front (which should be as low as possible). This will shift the weight balence to the front wheels, and off the rear.
The transmission should be set up for hard acceleration through gears 1-3, and a bit more for top speed in gears 4-5, or 4-6.
Some cars won't break traction well with Stage 4 turbos or Racing innercoolers, due to increased spool-up time and decreased low-RPM tourque.
Soft tires (not super-soft) work best for drifting. They break & regain traction easily and predictably. Do not use super-soft tires in front, or else you will have an unbalenced drift and tend to spin out...a 4wheel drift is easier to control.
How to do it?:
Easiest way to drift an entire corner is to enter the outside of the corner and start the turn late. For example, in a left turn, stay to the right hand side of the turn, and wait until late in the turn to lift off the gas, start the turn sharply and hit the gass. Control the drift by modulating the throttle. Keep the front wheels pointed in the direction of the turn (pointed the way you want to go). If the back end starts to spin around, get off the gas and let go of the Analog joystick right away. For example; if you're drifting a left turn, and the back end comes out, DO NOT try to correct it by turning the wheels from full lock-left, to full lock-right...you will just spin out. Let go of the gas and steering, the car will straighten itself.
What cars?:
BY FAR, the best car to drift with is the '99 Mitsubi**** Lancer Rally car (won in the Endurance race SS Route VI). The car doesn't use an LSD, but instead it uses a YAW system set on "1" (full soft).
Next, you've got the Nissan Silvias. '91 2000 K's models are easy to snap around, as are the '95 and '97's.
The Lancers, RS specifically since it's lighter than the GSR, work very well.
The AE86's work well (Toyota Tureno), good balence.
The R34 GT-S (the RWD car) works well.
The Escort Rally Car works very well.
The Audi-TT works very, very well.
The Cusco Impreza and APEX Tureno both work well when set up correctly. i.e. low rear downforce, soft rear tires, hard LSD. These cars are hard to break loose and spin when setup for road racing.
How to do it? What cars? and What tracks?
First I'll get to basic car set-up.
The car should have a "moderate" suspension setting, with soft springs, and shocks around 4-5 on all settings. All setting should be the same, BTW. The toe should be slightly out/in (F/R) -.10/.10 The car should have little rear neg. camber (.9-1.1), while the front shold be moderate (1.7-2.1). The sway bars should be mild, 3/3 or 4/4.
Ride height has a large influence on the ability to break traction easily. With all drift cars, raise the rear ride height to about 10-15mm heigher than the front (which should be as low as possible). This will shift the weight balence to the front wheels, and off the rear.
The transmission should be set up for hard acceleration through gears 1-3, and a bit more for top speed in gears 4-5, or 4-6.
Some cars won't break traction well with Stage 4 turbos or Racing innercoolers, due to increased spool-up time and decreased low-RPM tourque.
Soft tires (not super-soft) work best for drifting. They break & regain traction easily and predictably. Do not use super-soft tires in front, or else you will have an unbalenced drift and tend to spin out...a 4wheel drift is easier to control.
How to do it?:
Easiest way to drift an entire corner is to enter the outside of the corner and start the turn late. For example, in a left turn, stay to the right hand side of the turn, and wait until late in the turn to lift off the gas, start the turn sharply and hit the gass. Control the drift by modulating the throttle. Keep the front wheels pointed in the direction of the turn (pointed the way you want to go). If the back end starts to spin around, get off the gas and let go of the Analog joystick right away. For example; if you're drifting a left turn, and the back end comes out, DO NOT try to correct it by turning the wheels from full lock-left, to full lock-right...you will just spin out. Let go of the gas and steering, the car will straighten itself.
What cars?:
BY FAR, the best car to drift with is the '99 Mitsubi**** Lancer Rally car (won in the Endurance race SS Route VI). The car doesn't use an LSD, but instead it uses a YAW system set on "1" (full soft).
Next, you've got the Nissan Silvias. '91 2000 K's models are easy to snap around, as are the '95 and '97's.
The Lancers, RS specifically since it's lighter than the GSR, work very well.
The AE86's work well (Toyota Tureno), good balence.
The R34 GT-S (the RWD car) works well.
The Escort Rally Car works very well.
The Audi-TT works very, very well.
The Cusco Impreza and APEX Tureno both work well when set up correctly. i.e. low rear downforce, soft rear tires, hard LSD. These cars are hard to break loose and spin when setup for road racing.
oh well, the 4g63 is a great engine. What do you drive???
j/k
