Post by francis on Jan 23, 2007 14:43:00 GMT 8
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My tips to become a good drifter, listen carefully I shall say this only once, if you know it all, fair play to you
1. Best way to learn is with a couple of objects, practice circles or ovals around them, move them closer, move them further apart etc.
2. Once you got this hooked up start doing fig 8 round them, this is where the real drifting starts as you have to do a controlled transition, all the time you need to be trying to get the front of your car as close as possible to the object as you slide by, do the same with this, move it closer, move it further apart and so on.
3. When you get really confident with fig 8 try putting 4 objects down, they will need a bit of space between them, do a slalom thru them, treat the end two as the outside of a fig 8 so you slide round them 180 style and go back for another run, this is HARD and no track you ever run on will have a section like this but it will make you a much more confident drifter.
4. Make yourself a bit of a track, Use old tires/rims/plastic cones/whatever to make a track shape, make sure you define both side of the track and stay in it!
Once you get the hang of your track, set yourself some clipping points on it, your cars nose has to be within 6 inches of those points as you glide by, generally the inside apex of the corners.
5. Once you get that hooked up, run the other way round your track, you want to be able to drift a clockwise and an anti-clockwise circuit.
6. You got that track layout under your belt, change it!
7. Never think you are the best, there is always someone better.
8. Practice.
Here ends my lesson on the art of learning to drift, teach yourself, be good then get to your nearest drift session and see how you are compared to other people, you will either be surprised or maybe surprise others!
Good luck, enjoy your drifting, don’t give up, sorry if you knew all this already ;D
My tips to become a good drifter, listen carefully I shall say this only once, if you know it all, fair play to you
1. Best way to learn is with a couple of objects, practice circles or ovals around them, move them closer, move them further apart etc.
2. Once you got this hooked up start doing fig 8 round them, this is where the real drifting starts as you have to do a controlled transition, all the time you need to be trying to get the front of your car as close as possible to the object as you slide by, do the same with this, move it closer, move it further apart and so on.
3. When you get really confident with fig 8 try putting 4 objects down, they will need a bit of space between them, do a slalom thru them, treat the end two as the outside of a fig 8 so you slide round them 180 style and go back for another run, this is HARD and no track you ever run on will have a section like this but it will make you a much more confident drifter.
4. Make yourself a bit of a track, Use old tires/rims/plastic cones/whatever to make a track shape, make sure you define both side of the track and stay in it!
Once you get the hang of your track, set yourself some clipping points on it, your cars nose has to be within 6 inches of those points as you glide by, generally the inside apex of the corners.
5. Once you get that hooked up, run the other way round your track, you want to be able to drift a clockwise and an anti-clockwise circuit.
6. You got that track layout under your belt, change it!
7. Never think you are the best, there is always someone better.
8. Practice.
Here ends my lesson on the art of learning to drift, teach yourself, be good then get to your nearest drift session and see how you are compared to other people, you will either be surprised or maybe surprise others!
Good luck, enjoy your drifting, don’t give up, sorry if you knew all this already ;D
