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Originally Posted by raysoh8
how do drifters turn the wheel left and right so fast and precise with one hand on the wheel and the other flying to grab the stick and handbrake at the same time? i cant even turn the wheel moving at 5kph!
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Because you're not supposed to use the ebrake.
Anyway since we're talking about snow, here's a really difficult, but rewarding drifting technique for
FF cars (it can be achieved in RWD cars, but you have to use a totally different throttle technique)
It works best in the snow or on ice (for me) because none of my cars have much more than 60hp. However, if you have a FF car capable of doing a
real burnout and with a stiff rear anti-roll bar, this technique can be used in dry conditions, probably with results that'd convince the rear wheel drive crowd that FF cars can make legit drifters.
Anyway, here's how it works (if you get confused just look at the illustration I'm providing)
Leftmost picture: heading into a turn, as normal
Center picture: Jam on accelerator to the floor to induce massive understeer. While the car is still heading forward, turn the wheel towards the inside of the curve (red dotted lines represent front wheels turned inward) if understeer is sufficient, the car will continue in the direction it was going prior to you jamming on the gas and turning the wheel.
Rightmost picture: let off of the gas (not completely) the wheels will stop spinning and grip - get ready this is where understeer changes to oversteer, and can be pretty hairy if you don't expect it. The front wheels will grip again! The weight has shifted forward onto the front wheels, which are pointed into the curve, the front end of the car now head the direction of the wheels. Also because the weight has shifted forward, there is less weight on the rear wheels, and the sudden change in direction will cause them to slip and lose traction, they will now want to go to the outside of the curve. Push back down on the gas once the rear wheels have lost bite (but not too fast you don't want understeer again, push down swiftly but smoothly, don't "jam" as before) This will keep you from skidding out of control.
If everything went right, you are still on the road. If your car failed to switch from understeer to oversteer when you let off of the throttle, you ended up off the road on the outside of the curve. If you were unable to get sufficient forward acceleration with the front wheels after the rear end broke loose, you ended up on the outside of the curve, but this time you're going backwards.
The whole and entirely important action with the throttle takes only a
couple seconds - longer and you've just screwed up big time - unless you're going really slow. It is possible to drift in this manner at speeds below 20mph. Before you try it on a winding hilly road and total your car and injure yourself, try it in an empty parking lot at very slow speeds - it's hard to learn and it can be dangerous even once you know how.
For
FR cars it's far less predictable, but can still work, this may be a way for understeer-happy cars to drift. Going into the curve, let off of the gas, turn the wheel quickly towards the center of the curve (remember for FR -but not RR- throttle off = understeer) you'll probably not have time to point the front wheels exactly where you want them by the time they begin to grip again, so apply power before you finnish steering, you don't need too much or you're just going to end up doing a regular powerslide (I know this technique is less exciting or needed in a rwd car!)
Oh, and don't say I didn't tell you that it can be hard and dangerous! (but then again, using the parking brake going around icy turns isn't exactly safe either)