What about the HANDBRAKE?

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Hey,
I've read some of your comments talking about using the handbrake in drifting.
I drift without using it, cause for me pressing the throttle gives, more or less, the same reaction in the car: The car drift angle increases.

What do you think about that?
Should I start using the handbrake?
Which is the main difference in using it?
 
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It's a whole different thing really, just play with it to see how it differs.

I personally don't use it much, some people use it a ton, all gets down to your style. Do what's most comfortable for you :)
 
I'll use it for initiating occasionally, but as a tool for correcting your line or angle when you get it wrong, it's pretty much the only thing that works consistantly and predictably. I'll use it to adjust my angle on double apexed or tightening corners and to extend the final slide after manji'ing a straight. I also find after feinting into a corner, a dab of handbrake after the initial feint settles the car and slows the rotation. As Takeshi said, it's used by different people different amounts and at different times.

And my comments in the other thread that you may have referred to were just about drifting without using the handbrake, not drifting in general. So please don't anybody take them out of context! Haha :)
 
No, it wasn't your comment. I just thought that i didn't use it and I wanna know what are the advantages and disadvantages. Don't worry about that. In my opinion there's no perfect way to drift, so, using or not using the handbrake can be correct as well.
 
It's just another tool in the toolbox. You shouldn't rely on it, nor should you avoid using it. It's one of many ways to initiate a drift, although often viewed as one of the lower-skill techniques. It's also effective for "buying time" in a drift. Basically there are situations where you are sliding toward a corner and you don't want to gas it because it'll push you toward the inside of the corner, you don't want to brake because you'll lose too much speed, and you don't want to do nothing because you'll lose the drift. In those cases, some light use of the e-brake can keep you sliding sideways as you approach the corner. Generally it's kind of a last resort.
 
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It's just another tool in the toolbox. You shouldn't rely on it, nor should you avoid using it. It's one of many ways to initiate a drift, although often viewed as one of the lower-skill techniques. It's also effective for "buying time" in a drift. Basically there are situations where you are sliding toward a corner and you don't want to gas it because it'll push you toward the inside of the corner, you don't want to brake because you'll lose too much speed, and you don't want to do nothing because you'll lose the drift. In those cases, some light use of the e-brake can keep you sliding sideways as you approach the corner. Generally it's kind of a last resort.
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This is what I tried to say in that Viper thread, but it took 7 pages and still people didn't get it! Haha. Well said :)
 
I use the ebrake when i want to turn the car rapidly and effortlessly. Also to drag out my drift a little longer when i feel like being stubborn. Oh, and to slightly slow down while going sideways incase im drifting right next to another car (so i don't end up hitting them).
 
Like other people have said... It's just another tool in your arsenal. You use it when the situation permits. One great thing it's good for is getting the car completely sideways while still going pretty much straight. Its hard to get that to happen without the e-brake and without changing your entry angle.
 
You can use it for drifting in a straight line for early initiations, too. You just have to find the right entry speed.. Which is kinda difficult, cuz if you go with a hard angle but you're not fast enough you might not even make it to the corner ;)
 
Personally i use it for alot of hairpins and u turns (like tsukuba's) but i prefer feinting on others. As everyone else has said just do what feels right to you.
 

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