Chris Harris video: drift school
You wait for one drifty video and then two come along at once; here Harris shares tricks of the trade
Hands-up, BMW helped us with this vid, so it stays on the free DRIVE channel, which is slightly ironic given today's discussions!
I've broken it down into what I hope are logical steps and tried to highlight some common mistakes. Regardless of whether you think drifting is childish or the greatest thing since the sliced loaf, there is no denying that the car control you learn from it will make you a better driver. Extreme car control becomes instinctive and in a sudden emergency you will have an advantage over other drivers.
But really this is about cutting great big slides and learning how to indulge in the sheer fun to be had from spoiling rear tyres. I'm a very lucky chap who gets to do this the whole time, and I never, ever stop grinning through each and every slide. Quite simply it's the best feeling to be had in a car.
And I have to say this bit - do it somewhere safe!
I'd say one thing worth noting that perhaps was not fully covered is the importance of "the bung".
Most modern rwd cars are set up to understeer even with significant throttle opening when loaded in a corner. So, and especially in the dry, tend to need a little sharp handwheel input and possible lift of the throttle to "get the front in sharply to help unseat the rear". This also avoids that nasty unexpected gross understeer event when you find the car hasn't got enough torque (or a decent enough diff) to cleanly slide the rear.
In fact, you sub consciously do "the bung" and you can see it in your video, but i suspect most people will start to try to drift from too high a lateral loading, making the resulting break away sharp and sudden (and as a result, difficult to catch).
Driving much slower, and using "the bung" makes it much easier for a beginner to learn to catch and stabilse the drift ;-)
If there's one thing I would add, it's the clutch-kick technique to initialize the drift for cars with not as much torque as these modern day performance cars.
So essentially drop the clutch, big revs and then sudden release to break traction.
Very useful at low speeds too and how I get my RX8 sideways
If there's one thing I would add, it's the clutch-kick technique to initialize the drift for cars with not as much torque as these modern day performance cars.
So essentially drop the clutch, big revs and then sudden release to break traction.
Very useful at low speeds too and how I get my RX8 sideways
There are plenty of ways to provoke oversteer and the best method of provocation seems to vary from car to car.
Agree with him saying that people always underestimate how much throttle to use to drift, in the dry to provoke the rear of my Z4M you'd need to be pretty savage with the throttle.
Agree with him saying that people always underestimate how much throttle to use to drift, in the dry to provoke the rear of my Z4M you'd need to be pretty savage with the throttle.
I hear what you say about the Z4M, the S2000 is even harder again!
Agree with him saying that people always underestimate how much throttle to use to drift, in the dry to provoke the rear of my Z4M you'd need to be pretty savage with the throttle.
I hear what you say about the Z4M, the S2000 is even harder again!
The tyres just don't seem to look very wide on any of the videos.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJiZf_7CGBs
I hear what you say about the Z4M, the S2000 is even harder again!
It's not really drifter to be honest
Youths tend to gather in the nearby mcdonalds car park, then venture over to JJB to showcase their skills... y0
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