What is your driving style?

panjandrum
My style is very much RR/MR oriented and I suppose "loose" is the way to put it. But not in the "exhibition-style-drifting" sense of loose. In the classic sense of the word where the rear of the car swings around a turn gently due to the pendulum effect. I'm not much good in FF or AWD cars because they tend to understeer to much for my tastes. Some FR cars work for me also, especially ones where the engine is set far back (E-type). I pretty much like any car that's extremely nimble, even if that makes it twitchy and difficult. Yellowbird, BTR, Alpines, Lancia Stratos, Ferrari 512, etc. etc. Generally I despise understeer and expect a car to rotate aggressively when I lift off the throttle, so I much prefer cars with the engine as far-back as possible, especially the older one's which are far less tame than the modern variety. I prefer cars that steer as much with the throttle as they do with the steering wheel and where I really have to master the weight-balance and weight-shifting to drive the car well. It's difficult, but rewarding. This is my real-life driving preference as well.
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I'm very much on the same lines. I like to turn with the throttle, gently adding more and doing slight corrections with the wheel to elegantly slide round corners. Understeer is intolerable.

Because of this I almost never race fwd or awd cars. I get most pleasure when the car is dancing on the limit and you're really working to keep it straight while still going round corners fast. Gentle throttle control is the key.

This is what I'm talking about:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klMur6TPkrM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d01VBR5nKPw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxwRgSZiKTk

Sadly this isn't the fastest driving style in this game, since most people just put some outrageous racing tyres underneath and just drive corners flat out with no slip at all.

Also the physics in this game make this kind of on-the-limit driving harder since it's much harder to counter slides with throttle control than it is in real life. Feathering the throttle doesn't really affect sliding and since there is no real lift off oversteer it's best to just lift off the throttle completely when the back starts to slide, or keep it pinned and use the wheel to counter it.

I'm not complaining, I've had many fantastic experiences with this game but there's still some room for improvement.

ps. the Yellowbird and 512bb are also among my favorite cars. Don't have the Stratos yet but with it's short wheelbase I can only imagine it'll be a really stimulating experience. Can't wait.
 
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I'm an aggresive driver, if that helps, I like late breaking and using my opponents as makeshift brakes :P
 
I tend to like a bit of oversteer get the back out of shape whilst braking to turn in sharper for a corner entry a slight bit of drift then hard acceleration out of a corner.
 
I am Mr Smoooth. I am the love child of Jenson Button and Alain Prost.

 
I'm usually a bit too quick, resulting in going too deep into turns a lot if I can't get the car to drift. Sometimes I rely on the handbrake to stop me from going off the track and I do enjoy a bit of rear brake bias... Not looking forward to the endurance racing because I'm sure I'll kill the tyres.
 
I prefer my cars to lean towards understeer, not a drifter at all and don't like the rear end to step out on me. I tend to take a wide line coming from way outside deep in the corner, brake hard and late, turn in sharp, late apex. Pretty much an FF driving style to get the car rotated as quickly as possible and get it straight as quick as possible so I can get back on throttle. This makes a lot of RWD cars challenging for me so I tune them towards understeer to make up for it. Generally, on FR cars, I give a generous amount of positive toe in the rear to keep it stable with a pinch of negative toe up front to help it turn in. It works for me.
 
vwtechnician
I prefer my cars to lean towards understeer, not a drifter at all and don't like the rear end to step out on me. I tend to take a wide line coming from way outside deep in the corner, brake hard and late, turn in sharp, late apex. Pretty much an FF driving style to get the car rotated as quickly as possible and get it straight as quick as possible so I can get back on throttle. This makes a lot of RWD cars challenging for me so I tune them towards understeer to make up for it. Generally, on FR cars, I give a generous amount of positive toe in the rear to keep it stable with a pinch of negative toe up front to help it turn in. It works for me.
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How do you drive those because I just find it completely impossible to do. I'm using a pad so I don't know if that makes it harder?
 
For me, I'm aggressive. I hate understeer, so I like a bit of oversteer, and to almost fling a car round a corner, and being able to steer using the throttle. I'm probably also hard on my tires as well.
 
I can honestly say that I am not proud of my racing style. But I am fine tuning it. I race to the inside, I brake a half-second after everyone else, I am gentle on the brake only when I feel comfortable and I love close contact racing. I hate it when I get out far ahead and all the action is happening behind me. I tend to oversteer too.
 
Careful, maybe too careful (in a race).
But hey - finishing a race beats pushing my pad over the limit and spinning out.
I hate online physics too, don't have a good feel there.
 
I'm super aggressive, clipping apexes hard, using both exit and entry curbing at times. I brake super late most of the time trail braking into corners so entry understeer is not accepted. I get fast laps for for using a ds3 but sometimes my consistency suffers when I'm pushing hard.
 
I prefer a neutral balance, not to much understeer or oversteer. Mostly I prefer a car that corners well than an insanely quick car. I like consistency over speed, I try to take the same line through the track in every lap. I constantly use the brake to stabilize the car. I use every inch of the track and a little more. But still I have a lot to learn.
 
I can't have any tires, as they always will be drifted or oversteered up. I used to have more understeer but now i try to drive without TC.
 
In AI races i sometimes get bored at last laps and I start drifting. Sometimes it goes wrong epic way, and I lose the race :) I sometimes use drifting moves to brake car and to steer quickly at same time. Good place to do this is at trial mountain banked left hand corner after the bumpy straight in the woods. Of course it always depends on the car and how serious I have to be to beat the opposition.
 
Understeer I guess. Have a habit of loading the front of the car then waiting until the steering becomes lighter to turn in. I always use rwd cars and I suppose this always helps me hit the apex's correctly. I do adapt though if I have to use a FWD car then I use the opposite method.
 
Aggressive, preferring mild oversteer. Progressive on throttle/braking. I usually race on either sport or racing hard. Sometimes I'll switch to sport/racing soft if I'm having a hard time winning.
 
<-----I use any style that doesn't make my face look like this.

But to be slightly technical, I guess I like to err on the side of oversteer. Nothing worse than trying to turn in and the car just keeps ploughing forward.
 
I like the car to feel neutral with the handling but if I had to choose between oversteer and understeer, I would pick oversteer.

I also like to drive smooth with a nice flow around the track by slowly accelerating out of corners in high powered cars to maintain traction.

I also find I am a better racer than time trialer. I find this because when ever I qualify online, I find my self in the front half of the field if there is around 12 players who are good clean racer. But in the race, I tend to find myself most the time fighting for 1st, 2nd or 3rd.
 
I'm a pretty aggressive driver, and when I try to race clean even the slightest bump gets me kicked.
 
I drive aggressively, I think I wear out my tires ridiculously fast. And I seem to never just brake as much as possible. I just touch L2 and use 60% of the "braking indicator". And I prefer MR and FF cars.
 
It's really hard to explain my driving style. I am good at controlling the throttle, allowing rotation around lower speed corners (especially in high powered, real wheel drive cars). I am great at tracks like Monaco as I am very patient and generally can feel how far a can push a car. Not very aggressive while in traffic.
Above all this though I can be quite inconsistent, absolutely terrible at rallying and easily distracted by other players talking or sending messages.
Oh and I use a wheel (dfgt) and drive manual. 👍
 
I really like to attack the corners, and power through the exit. I like a little oversteer, and with the nose pitched forward more than average.
 
You could compare my drifting to a.... Sloth, smooth in my motions and lines until I have to come down from the tree to poop. (i wrecked... Horribly)
 

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