quashpdarkman
03-18-2007, 01:01 AM
i'm tired of hearing people say "oooh look at him drift, isn't that awesome!" and having to correct them with "that wasn't a drift, that was at best a crude powerslide", so i've taken it upon myself to educate the masses on what a true drift is.
now there's several ways to drift, and in terms of drifting competitions such as D1 and formula D there's different definitions. in formula D a drift is considered a continuous powerslide through two or more turns (D1 uses a somewhat similar definition). but what i'm about to explain is a true drift, the one that started the whole craze and the one that has sparked the endless debate of whether drifting is faster than traditional grip racing or not.
to initiate a true four-wheel drift, you can either:
A: brake before a corner, causing weight to transfer to the front, countersteer at partial throttle, shifting the weight of the car to the outside, oversteer into the corner and countersteer once more when the car is sliding at a 90 degree angle at partial throttle. this is called inertia or feint drift, and it combines the high entrance speed of lower level drifts with the high exit speed of traditional grip racing. by sliding at a 90 degree angle to the corner's apex, you are maximizing entrance speed, and by countersteering with partial throttle as soon as you reach that 90 degree slip angle, you're stabilizing the car coming out of the corner, giving you a high exit speed and allowing you to accelerate out of the corner as opposed to after the corner.
B: break traction right before a corner, oversteer into it, countersteer when you have a 90 degree slip angle with no throttle, and accelerate once the car is straight. (sometimes you may want to tap the brakes as it's sliding as this will prevent you from losing control if you go in too fast) this is called power over drift, and is useful for when standard initeria drift isn't practical (although not as fast). this is essentially replacing the weight transfer of inertia drift with breaking traction, both of which lead to high entrance speeds, the main differences being that power over drift doesn't stabilize the car as well as interia drift and is much easier to do.
examples of both of these can be found in this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5oS_WqaALGw) video. once at 00:36 (power over drift) and again at 01:11 (inertia drift, although he shifts the weight through braking as opposed to countersteering and braking) .
i hope this clears things up, and if any of you find errors please let me know.
now there's several ways to drift, and in terms of drifting competitions such as D1 and formula D there's different definitions. in formula D a drift is considered a continuous powerslide through two or more turns (D1 uses a somewhat similar definition). but what i'm about to explain is a true drift, the one that started the whole craze and the one that has sparked the endless debate of whether drifting is faster than traditional grip racing or not.
to initiate a true four-wheel drift, you can either:
A: brake before a corner, causing weight to transfer to the front, countersteer at partial throttle, shifting the weight of the car to the outside, oversteer into the corner and countersteer once more when the car is sliding at a 90 degree angle at partial throttle. this is called inertia or feint drift, and it combines the high entrance speed of lower level drifts with the high exit speed of traditional grip racing. by sliding at a 90 degree angle to the corner's apex, you are maximizing entrance speed, and by countersteering with partial throttle as soon as you reach that 90 degree slip angle, you're stabilizing the car coming out of the corner, giving you a high exit speed and allowing you to accelerate out of the corner as opposed to after the corner.
B: break traction right before a corner, oversteer into it, countersteer when you have a 90 degree slip angle with no throttle, and accelerate once the car is straight. (sometimes you may want to tap the brakes as it's sliding as this will prevent you from losing control if you go in too fast) this is called power over drift, and is useful for when standard initeria drift isn't practical (although not as fast). this is essentially replacing the weight transfer of inertia drift with breaking traction, both of which lead to high entrance speeds, the main differences being that power over drift doesn't stabilize the car as well as interia drift and is much easier to do.
examples of both of these can be found in this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=5oS_WqaALGw) video. once at 00:36 (power over drift) and again at 01:11 (inertia drift, although he shifts the weight through braking as opposed to countersteering and braking) .
i hope this clears things up, and if any of you find errors please let me know.