How to Drift: 4 Techniques to Control Your Line
Do you rely on grippy front tires too much? Learn how to steer with the throttle to make your drifting looks effortless.
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Drift Techniques, Behind The Scenes, and Bonus Content Inside!
Video Chapters
0:00 - Throttle Steer Explained
1:07 - Throttle Pulse Technique
3:35 - Power Away Technique
5:36 - Accel Off Transition
6:45 - Lift Off to Exit a Drift
7:36 - Throttle Steer Training Drill
8:36 - BONUS Left Foot Braking
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Hello @KameTrick I have a problem with my Thrustmaster TS-XW it feels like this wheelbase start skipping after few minutes (maybe overheating or wrong settings?) So I can effectively just learn 15min a session. Do you or someone else know how to fix that? Or can you recommend a alternative a new wheelbase ? I have a fanatec DD in my mind that model with 5nm (with boostkit 8nm) .is 5nm enough for drifting?
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i like how ur drift car isnt beat up. its very clean.
Your videos are very handy for me. I'm only using them for Sim drifting for now though. I'm looking to build myself a drift car in the near future though.
Me too! Can't wait to get home and try these methods. Obviously I've done them before but never had I thought about the physics of it all.
@@waltterihuhtala what Sim game do you play? I play live for speed. My pc isn't good enough for assetto corsa and it isn't upgradeable.
@@neonnerd1364 if you are playing need for speed you arent learning anything💀👺
@@nadlad_gaming1046 There's a game called Live For Speed ( a bit old), don't know if it's a sim though.
@@audrikvinicius4518 Live For Speed is a good simulator, I think it’s as good or better than AC in some aspects, but it’s customization isn’t as cool and it’s community is smaller. Very solid game though, I got into it around 2006 and it still holds up well 👍🏻
This is probably the best video on KZhead to watch for a beginner hoon. Definitely the best when it comes to an in-depth explanation on throttle steering, specifically. I hope this gets as many views as it deserves.
When I hear feedback like this it makes all the work putting videos together worth it, thanks!
Beautifully driven and described! Thank you.
Your videos are so well made and the added visual aids are just great, keep it up!
Great video I’m new to drifting and your videos are so informative. You’re presentation is also on point in my opinion! Looking forward to you upcoming videos! Keep up the great work!
Thank you for putting these videos together
waiting your Inspiring content as always Kame! good luck man! and thank you.
I’ve got a 04 Mercedes cl600 and I’m building it into a drift missle. Ur vids help whenever I oversteer and my heart skips a beat 😂. Thanks man 👍🏽
Great video, can't wait for the next installment
Super informative video as usual from you, Mr Turtle! As a beginner, getting a grip on throttle control is tricky. Having a look at the rev/torque curve and learning to listen to the engine really helped me, as I used to spin out a lot when the turbo kicks in. Also, doughnuts tend to look triangular while getting started ;)
Thanks for the kind words…and yes for sure, they start out more like footballs and eventually get more circular 😆
by far one of the best explanations along with great practical examples. 7:42 is a great recap
Best throttle control demo I've seen
Low frills video shows the important details. Thanks for the well-lit pedal/foot cam inset.
Awesome!! Look forward to watching it! In sims it's easy for me to just floor it and not use the nuances of throttle control.
Excellent video!! Keep up the great work!!
Great Video! good work on the graphics. well explained.
Will try
As someone who benefits from detailed and holistic explanations, your tips and video style are really informative. Your voice in this video gave me mad watch mojo vibes.
Its amazing how good you have explained every detail, ill Def try on my sim and later on my e36 hehe
very good video ! thanks for all those explaination !
Thanks for the info
This is dope
Can't wait to see this! I'm using front brakes too much.
Grade A content. Wish I had found you a few weeks ago when there was snow and slush everywhere, I would have had no problems drifting around roundabouts.
Great video 👍 Great skills 👏
I just want to say I just found this channel and absolutely love it. So informational, and I love learning from you!!! I love the videos. I used to play a lot of car drifting games and seeing you take it into real life is awesome!!!
Thanks for taking the time to say so, I appreciate it! I never played driving games with a wheel and pedal kit until after I could already link tracks in my real car, so I’m almost coming at the sim driving aspect backwards compared to many lol But I do like to talk about driving techniques and the similarities and differences of IRL & sim drifting 🤙🏻
Awesome video kame. Stoked your getting back at it 🤙🏼
Thank you! I’m glad to be uploading again too 💪
I’d love to have a go at drifting . 👍👍👍👍
Ubeliavable. I found your channel right when I needed it the most. Advanced drifting techiques. Thanks
I aim to make the best drift instruction on the platform, or at least the best I can. This is the sort of feedback that helps me know I’m heading in the right direction. Check out the newsletter if you haven’t already!
Awesome video with your signature chill straight-forward narration. Really helping my sim drifting technique, keep up the great content!
Wow, i didn't even knew these things and was full throttling in carx 2 and didn't knew how to drive, a lot information, trank you❤
I barely understand english, but I enjoyed this Drift guide. This works in real and apply for videogames (Assetto Corsa) too.
This is the video I needed
Thanks, glad to hear it! Next up is my video on braking techniques to control line, it’s close to being done 👋🏻
Awesome quality!!
Thank you! This will be the style for all my drift technique videos moving forward 🫡
Beautiful content.
I put tons of effort into this vid, thanks for the kind words 🙏🏻
I already feel ready to drift now@@KameTrick
@7:37 I made it into a video, awesome!!! Thank you Ben, can't wait to show you how much I've improved later this year 🙏
Yeah man, you were doing well at max park last event, I bet you’ll have OMC figured out soon! 💪
Your explain things very well, keep up the good work
Thank you, I’ve got more coming in 2024! Happy holidays
* Excellent (as always!) *
Thanks, Rob!! 🫡
this is gonna be so helpful in my drift journey
Just wait till you see the next video I tease at the end of this one…it’s gonna be 👌🏻 (though I’m just starting on it so it will be a couple weeks till it’s ready)
Watching these a few times over so next time I'm at the track I don't do accidental 360s the whole time!
Watching bc I just got my first rwd car & it’s turbo and on 15s on top of that. Drove it in the rain today & almost spun out a couple times. Need to learn how to control it more safely
cant wait to watch this
It’s the second video in a new style that I think will be really fun and high value for the people who are really into driving tech stuff :)
this video just makes me realize how much I miss my 240SX... I had a 1989 gray hatchback and 1990 silver coupe and a 1997 gray coupe (granted I don't think they were still doing hatchbacks in the late 90s lol)
The @VLSkate of Drifting. Keep up the great work!
Thanks! My new vid on braking techniques *just* released, check it out! kzhead.info/sun/m8mFdNuGimWBgJ8/bejne.html
Once you explained the throttle steer I completely understand now. This is awesome
I’m glad it made good sense for you, have fun drifting!
easy drift cool
your videos have made drifting so much fun for me and I found out alot of things to use that help alot when I drift either on acc or car x but this one guy named ty skiddz said I was ass at drifting just becuase I was running a car that had "lower rear tire pressures then him" so he couldnt keep up with me aswell as he had such stiff suspenssion it was like his car was made in the flinstonse age compaired to mine witch would obsorbe almost all the bumps and could do jump drifts smothly while his car literally would spin out of control every time after he touches the bariars even a tiny bit with my car the tires would glide over the bariars like they werent there so what do you think feel free to look at my only tuning video to see how I tune my cars in most my games and let me know if there is anything I could fix if you want its all up to you of corse cuase your content is amazing and i love learning more about drifting every time I watch your videos
Happy New Year brother
Thanks, you too!!
this is pretty good for faster RWD lap times, as this is one of the techniques to get the "4 wheel drift" or slip angle. coming into a corner too fast will understeer your car, too slow, and bad lap times. but if you make the rear suddenly light enough to start slipping, then the hardest things is the steering and throttle. steering or putting too much throttle will spin the car, too little steering or acceleration will understeer(it will make the car controllable though) the hardest part is getting on the peak of your tyres grip. too much slipping of the rear and you will go off-course at the apex or outside the entry. too little slip then thats understeer, you also go off course. it may seem to some "arent you loosing grip because you are drifting?" yes, but the goal of this technique is speed, the faster you go the harder it is to grip. advice is you want to drift the car but you dont want to countersteer (for most of the time)
I started drifting this year. In this weekend was my first qualification (unsuccessful). In one episode, where I had too much speed and needed to make a transition i put the feet of the throttle and was slingshotted and turned around. I know, that that was the case and what was the mistake thanks to you! Your channel is so extremely helpful with more advanced techniques and knowledge, cant describe how lucky i am that I found it. Thanks 🎉
Thanks for taking the time to share your experience, I’m glad to hear I’m helping new drivers learn the ropes! Good luck on your future laps, as long as you understand what’s going on with the car you can tweak your way to great runs as you build experience 💪
Be careful imma try too
One day, I'll be doing this haha, loved this video, your driving looks fantastic man. Mazda rx-7 3rd gen is the dream, one day I'll be able to use this video again man, thanks for the education.
The FD is one of the most beautiful cars of the era, and a favorite of mine as well 👌🏻 I hope to get a few laps drifting one someday and see what they feel like to slide. Good luck on your drift journey! 🇯🇵
I may have got a ride along in the drift riot car!! 2 years later I got my drift car and now just mentally preparing for track days!!
Awesome, LMK which event you’ll be at and what you’re driving, I’ll come say hey if I’m there 🤙🏻
Halfway through the video and I realise that my drifting in AC with the S15 WDTS has a problem. I always drift very close (sometimes on....) the rev limiter. This makes it so that I have very little throttle to play with! So I will have to go and look at my gearing and tyre pressure to see if I can gain some more revs to play with. Or perhaps go with a different car. Super informative as usual Ben, may the algorithm bless you!
Good call, at 100% turbo in the 180, the OSGiken gearing is nice for tracks where the stock gearing gets “busy” going up and down frequently. That said, IRL one does not simply swap gears trackside (other than Pro teams) so it’s a good skill to work on learning where and how to upshift to avoid being gear limited. Sometimes you upshift into not enough power and have to make it work, too 🤷🏻♂️
@@KameTrick Yea I'm not great at mid-drift-shifting (although in Sweden we only have stick so we're quite used to it! "only" newer cars tend to be only automatic, damned american trends.) Do you do the heal-toe thing if you need to shift in drifting? I've heard that the racing guys do that cuz it doesn't upset the car!
bro this is slightly off topic, but oh my goodness your 240 sounds majestic 😍
Ayeee thank you dude! 🙌🏻 I spent extra on a full stainless steel exhaust and twin resonators, it’s pretty stealth until you get on it and even then it’s got manners. Gentleman drifter lol 🎩
I always just think of drift throttle modulation techniques as inverse versions of grip throttle modulation. Because it is exactly what it is most of the time when your wheels are already spinning.
2:11 hahaha the guy spinning is so funny w friend for getting that video though!
When we took a break he was like “thank god, I was about to fall over” 🤣 Never thought about that but in the edit I realized he did like 20 spins haha…good friend indeed, grateful to have had some camera help for this one
Wonderful demo dude seen a lot but not as explained as this.
this is very helpful seeing as though my car is an automatic and has no hydro brake
No hydro brake on mine either! If you shift weight properly you can get by without a hydro…though they’re really beneficial for recovering from unpredictable situations where you don’t have time to set up the car, like if the lead car messes up in front of you at close proximity
I remember my first ride in a drift car at fredericia in 09' I played it well and got a: against better judgement we let you have a ride-along. Thats how i ended up with tasting it BMW E30 Style. The next year i got a corvette c6 for a ride along. Next goal is ebisu...
Ebisu is a hoot! I hate that buying a car over there is so much more expensive now 😅
I power away in the exit of a fwd in games and it feels so satisfying if the car is underpowered and you time your downshift right. Enter the corner a bit fast and tuck it in carefully and then ballance toward the edge of the track. Downshift and throttle full and if you entered the turn fast enough and didnt understeer you can swing the rear around in certain cars extremely well. The issue is if it locks the wheels up without handbrake and your suddenly trying to stop it can spin out if your using the body weight and rotating the car like that. Also burning the inside tire isnt recommended but in games it takes less energy to maintain full power than it does to get up to full power. On hillclimbs a fwd will love to go wide as you throttle up so you need to be more straight on the hill facing up the hill than you would downhill even if its by a few tiny degrees. It makes a difference. If I had a steering wheel set up I could further study the idea.😅 it requires every bit of skill you got to maintain speeds like that. Awd is also fun. I happen to suck at rwd racing due to the nature of how awd and fwd behave. The rear end snaps out way too easy for me
Before I spit ny experiences, I would like to declare something, which is actually about my normal day driving skills. I'm a Malaysian, basically i shifted from Manual to Auto, as we all know Manual has 3 3 compressors under our legs (apologies, not really sure what they were called), Clutch, Brakes, and Accelerator, while Auto only has 2, Accelerator and brake. So, for my daily driving routine, as a student, I drive 12km from the house to University, and 3km to 6km for Lunch, while 7km to come back to University, and 14km from university coming back to home. So there's a total of 39km of my daily routine on weekday. With that saying, I've drove for at least 2 years, by using right leg for accelerate, and left leg for braking. Therefore, until today, I did my first drifting, with my old Toyota Corolla, manual still. Surprisingly, I can get on hook with the drifting with Corolla so quick, and hardly to have issues or accidents. The heaviest accident I've had is the tyre got poked by nails, casing me to loose controls over a slow and shirt distanced driving session. After knowing the casuses of my fail, I did all the preparation I needed. Eventually, I did few more driftings after that accident. Fortunately, I was able to learn some from one of my relative who was an ex-racer in Malaysia, as he taught me drifting, and speed controlling in secret, since my parents hated me to do all these dangerous sports. And seemingly, it has became my daily routine, from normal driving to University, and drifting back from University to home. I should appreciate the people I've met, and the video that got me into a better skilled driver. Thanks, Brother!
I can only add that you should not feel discouraged if it doesn't work right away. Take breaks, come back to it and practice. It takes a bit of time but it is well worth it 👍🏻
Tried drifting yesterday and smacked a curb😭🤦♂️ this video is perfect for me😭
Most people do if they try on the street or where there’s stuff to hit😓 Takes a while to figure out the dynamics of balancing a car in drift, especially if you don’t have any previous motorsports experience. Hope you can get back on the road soon
wow
Kame’s narration is better than most actual narrators 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Your videos are super pro and cool man 👍 you should work for a car brand and do the voice overs for their mechanical videos 😎 btw i checked out the channel but couldn't find a video about your assetto corsa drift settings, and why. I watched the one for the steering wheel, but none for in-game settings, I love to read suspension, car and drift articles and try to play with it and tweek it afterwards in the simulator. Would love to see a video like this by you 🙏
Thank you 👋🏻 To your question, you may be disappointed, but 99% of the time I drift the Assetto mod cars in my vids with their stock settings and only “tune” by adapting my inputs to suit the car and corner. IRL of course I’ve tuned my 240SX a fair bit, but once it’s sorted I do the same thing and rarely touch the settings track to track. I *would* be more picky if I was trying to compete and needed to keep up with guys who were running custom tuning for each track…back on topic, most mod packs are designed to simulate a car that’s already modded. So their default setup is usually adequate for performance driving. A video on how to tune is well within my skill set, so I might make one in the future, but every borrowed car I take for a few laps in the IRL vids, and every AC drift video the car is literally on its default tune, and I adjust the only thing you can in the middle of a run: my driving 👌🏻
@@KameTrick Thanks for the great answer, one important thing is exactly experience and be able of adapting your driving style to the track, car, conditions. Me coming from motorcycle racing and a bike mechanic myself got first into sim with Gran Turismo sport. I just love to adjust and test drive. Now I'm on PC and started to get into sim drifting I got so much questions, I read a bit about the negative camber and toe in front, the differential, and many other aspects of how a car for drifting should be set-up. But still got so much questions, like about gearing. I see guys maxing out the ratio and do everything in first gear for example. What type of tyres is used in drifting compared to road race? Btw I'm using the standard drift cars in assetto, the ones from kunos, like the supra and the bmw's, with them you can tweek and adjust like crazy. Still it's stays a game to find the best setup for your personal driving style, and of course gaining experience. But a video on all these settings in assetto compared to real, why and their effects should be insanely cool. Keep on doing what you are doing sir! You are bringing a nice level to motorsport 👍
Just got the licence yesterday 😂
Or a block of tofu. Wp. 👏👏👏
just came to say your 240 looks great
Thank you! I try to keep it looking “pretty good for an active duty drift car”
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Could you try Arch's builds in Asseto? It's considered best representation of real life physics. Would be interested in your opinion. Might start with Lenny's 180SX
I’m game to drive them, but IDK if I’ll make a video on them soon. I have other videos I want to make for now
Only thing im lost on is how to go from one angle to the other on a figure 8 or something, also cant i use the clutch to shift weight as well?
The clutch just controls the acceleration in a different way, so it’s mostly a modifier for how the throttle works, generally the throttle steer techniques work the same way but faster with clutch work. For figure 8’s you might check this vid out. kzhead.info/sun/Zt2vdMubraeshIE/bejne.htmlsi=Sy-3LnwEkcQB1gjv It’s not as nicely delivered as this video, but you can learn a lot from the explanations, watching the wheel work, and listening to the engine sound to know when I’m on throttle, giving a throttle blip, and off throttle. (No clutch locks are used in it)
And how does having a welded diff or stock open diff influence in this scenario?
To simplify, this all works with a welded or clutch diff, and none of it works with an open diff. If you have an open diff and want to slide cars in the dry on pavement, get a welded or clutch diff ASAP
Whenever I see those clips it looks like the steering angle at the front wheels is extreeeeme. Is this somehow changed in comparison to factory defaults, do you guys take actions to achieve those crazy steering angles?
We do! While you can drift any RWD car, and have countersteer angle on corner entry in *any* drivetrain, cars tuned specifically for drift like ours have modified steering knuckles and suspension arms to give the wheels and tires way more travel without rubbing against the suspension so we can drift confidently at more angle than a normal car can 👍🏻
does reverse entry require more of the clutch and throttle control or full send it all the way?
Here’s how I think of them kzhead.info/sun/mN6dptOGcKF3h4k/bejne.htmlsi=iC-rfZHB_UWZHB-Z
Hey man, just dropping by with a question. I remember it being you, what was the name of the steering wheel that you used to use on your sim setup? I remember it being kinda glossy and I loved that finish. Other than that, hope you're doing well!
Thanks! Yeah my wheel is an old Japanese Maziora wheel, might have been a Moco Moco, but I found it used and they’re pretty rare stateside at least. I plan to look into making a KT wheel with this paint style after I figure out the gist of physical product & retail with something simpler like stickers and apparel
so im learning now. and i hit corners good but when im close to straightening back out smoothly at the last point of the drift the car yanks to either side slightly but its very noticeable im still learning
You’ll get smoother and smoother as you gain more experience anticipating when the car will grip back up and reducing your countersteer to match 👍🏻
What is the nem of the music in video
23:14 это не та карта, которую уже проходил Паша с Дизоффом?
I’ve got the basics down pretty well enough to drift while driving on a track, however I haven’t been able to link all my turns because I suddenly regain traction no matter what I do, what would you recommend?
What car? Real car or sim? 🤔
How about clutch tutorial? I have seen many times pros clutch kick even mid drift and I wonder why and when to do this 🤔
Here’s a low level overview! kzhead.info/sun/ldSJeaqsfJ2Hh5E/bejne.html
Keen
Memento mori
Where do I find a drift track? 😢
Well shit. Been doing this for over a year and today I learned that power away is actually a thing, with a name, that can be done at will, rather than something that randomly occurs in cars with too much negative camber at the front. Back to spending a month in hermit mode practicing a new skill 😅
Fr ledgends irl tutorial
Gravel roads. Best places to learn how to drift.
kaicho , hb is for parking only, who else run gunsai touge course w/o yanking ,and most seasoned jp drifter dont yank, nob, hibino, nob 180 suspension mod by tmr kawabata is the jam, it will match the angle of every top name billet suspension manufacturer, no bbk, just r32 rear caliber all round front and rear, its rear bias , he just flip it and the front with point at the apex of the corner,, its like almost 90deg sliding thru the corner, and just floor it, it steers by the throttle . stock redtop internal, just add s14 vtc head and metal gasket slight boost up ard 450whp,
Bro it's gonna go live at 3 am I ain't staying up that late😄
Sorry dude, most of my viewers are in the US so I selected a US-optimized premiere time…hope you’ll catch it the next day. Also I’ll be streaming sim drifting on YT at 1:30pm CT Saturday, which is like 7:30pm Saturday night UK time so hopefully that helps show some love to my viewers in Europe ❤️
@@KameTrick alright, it's all good! 😁
watching this just in case someday i can get one of these ''made from gold'' vheicles
I hope you get the chance, my dude 🫶🏻
Hope your doing well man. Friday sessions soon?
Thanks, doing the best I can but having some health challenges ❤️🩹 That said, I should have my next Friday session in a week or two!
wheel tracing is another one
What track is this?? Looks fun!
Also, did you get your helmet sticker of the businessman at B-Side Label in Tokyo??
Hey there 👋🏻 The tracks featured in this video are mainly Mac Park, Oklahoma Motorsports Complex, and Cams Acres in OK, USA. There could be clips from TX, Ebisu, and other places cause I have years of drift runs on video that I may have slipped in without remembering at this point 😆 And yes, plenty of the stickers on my helmet are B-side label ones, I enjoy their work and used to live in Yamanashi 🇯🇵 ✌🏻
@@KameTrick The main one you show looks like a lot of fun. Can't believe I met another B-Side Label fan, that's awesome! I bought a bunch of stuff when we lived over there, as well. Love the content, signed up for the newsletter. Can't wait to see more! Cheers
@@sincerelyjapan yeah that’s true, I’ve not met anyone else who knows about their stuff in a *long* time. Thanks for the support, I might have to check out your podcast the next time I have a long drive :)
OMG ik this course, I live near full lock and they were my first events, can't wait to actually get out there
It’s a fun track for sure 👋🏻
voy a trabajar para comprar uno de esos, para andarlo :v
what gear are you in 2 or 3?
It works in both, and I’ve used it in both. Most of our local tracks are 3rd gear entry, 2nd gear for most of the rest of the track. Some require an upshift and downshift again partway through 🤷🏻♂️
I know that technics and they work in the games I play but I can't use them cuz I play with a keyboard and I don't have anything else to steer. So annoying.
What are the european drifting clips from?
Just random KZhead finds when I looked up drift compilations-didn’t look like the upload sources I found were the originals 🤷🏻♂️😅
Looks like OKC and the Full Lock Drift guys?
Yeah, I’m one of those guys, since before Full Lock Drift was the event organizer for the state ✌🏻 kzhead.info/sun/mcyJgtqBemhumnk/bejne.html