Settings for Street Drifting

Morpheus XIII · #1 10-09-2001, 07:36 AM

What's your best drift set-up? And no, I'm not talking neither about drift settings for tarmac racing nor rally racing, I'm talking about free-racing by yourself in some rear-wheel-drive car and making the hugest, widest, and smoothest arc possible at moderate speeds.

I use the 180SX, with relatively soft suspension (I won't bother with the exact numbers), tall gearing so that I won't need to change gears excessively, no LSD, and most importantly--equip simulation tires.

Like this, I can stay askew for a full 5 seconds at anywhere from 60-100mph.

Twist · #2 10-15-2001, 04:28 PM

Can you post some of your drift settings? I have a few (Hachi-roku, Lancer Evo IV (yes you can drift in a four wheel drive car) and a 1800k Silvia). I can post some of them if you like. I love to monster kill with them, especially the 1800K.

Morpheus XIII · #3 10-16-2001, 01:14 AM

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Originally posted by Twist
(yes you can drift in a four wheel drive car)

What are you settings for all-wheel-drive drifting? I know its doable, but its hard to hold a smooth angle for a long time with four wheels powering (unless its on the wet track in GT3). My settings I cannot remember at the top of my head but like I said, the damper settings and spring rates were fairly low, along with the aforementioned other settings.

Twist · #4 10-16-2001, 08:21 PM

I have the torque set weird and also I changed the differential so 80% of the power goes to the rear wheels. It handles better than most of my rear-wheel drive cars. Oh and I have strong sway bars.

Morpheus XIII · #5 10-18-2001, 03:37 PM

Cool, gotta try it like that. Yeah, most of my all-wheel-drive cars have the center differential set to more power to the rear wheels too. Simply put, I hate understeer.

johnny · #6 10-30-2001, 05:34 AM

So, nobody knows any settings? I haven't been able to tweak my AE86, either...

NSX · #7 01-12-2002, 09:28 PM

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Originally posted by johnny
So, nobody knows any settings?

try taking off both TCS and ASM first...get the feel of it, that's what i did with my arta

then change the gear ratios accordingly.
I messed around with the settings and they worked quite well, but I don't really know what they are exactly as its on my friends memory card. I check it out and post

also, what car(s) do you use?

Morpheus XIII · #8 01-13-2002, 10:34 PM

Set the gear ratios to "long" so that you won't ever run into the redline too quickly at mid-drift. Set the rears to toe out a little bit; that way you won't totally spin out every time. For all-wheelers, you might need to tap the parking brake to break free from the line.

moondog · #9 05-09-2002, 11:46 PM

Get a 400R and put a stage 2 (or more if you're mad) turbo kit on it (with the zorst and all other trimmings) and it will drift. It doesn't really know it's 4WD, I think

Anyway, it gets well sideways, really easily. And as long as you're careful about it, quite manageable. btw, that's without the VCD, so it's the standard 4WD system.

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Originally posted by Morpheus XIII

What are you settings for all-wheel-drive drifting? I know its doable, but its hard to hold a smooth angle for a long time with four wheels powering (unless its on the wet track in GT3). My settings I cannot remember at the top of my head but like I said, the damper settings and spring rates were fairly low, along with the aforementioned other settings.

YellowMaranello · #10 07-23-2002, 06:38 PM

Its all about the Speed 12. Gotta love it.

85TurboGT · #11 05-15-2003, 01:08 AM

Yea, I know, about a year late ...

I kinda like the Supra ... 1000+hp, it spins the tires to 130mph, no matter what you set the LSD to, and if you play with the TCS, its either too strong, and slows you down in a corner, or its too soft, and you spin out .. I've got it Max Tuned, and it slides pretty nicely ... just throttle oversteer, and hang on ... When I get finished moving, I'll dig up my game, and post my settings.

Rob

omicron · #12 07-20-2003, 04:47 PM

300zx 2 seater. Boost that puppy up to 915hp and take off all form of traction control. I have my limited slip all set to 5 except the acceleration, which is set to 10. (way too much horsepower) Put on some racing tires and let yourself lose on midfield raceway. I have a replay saved from a perfect drifting session I had, all I need to do is find a way to put it on my computer.

mikegee · #13 08-02-2003, 01:59 PM

lol i've never thought bout this but when i was bout 4 i was drifting my big wheel standing. there were no tread of any kind on the rear wheels. and when i stood up i got a faster speed and and take turns much and by leaning to the inside. true story lol.

mikegee · #14 08-02-2003, 02:03 PM

my fav. car for any reason is the evo 5 gsr. for only 530 somthing hp it out runs a lot and the handling is great in any situation. as for my ae6 toyota it could be me the settings are good i can handle and other car in the game (4wd, rwd, fwd) but i think this car just stinks. my oppinion of course.

YellowMaranello · #15 08-03-2003, 06:42 PM

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Originally posted by mikegee
lol i've never thought bout this but when i was bout 4 i was drifting my big wheel standing. there were no tread of any kind on the rear wheels. and when i stood up i got a faster speed and and take turns much and by leaning to the inside. true story lol.

Kind of like the kid in my sig?

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