&Check your PMs rev.

I'm somewhat "Nooby"


I think I played for 3 weeks before I bought my liscense.

Quote from GT4Fan :

I got a DFP and learned how to drift in Gran Turismo 4. And now, a year later, I learned drifting in LFS in 2 days. I dont know if it's the wheel or the GT4 experience.
GT4 is a different game from LFS so I guess the wheel is alot of an advantage.
The DFP is one of the best wheels out there with very good Force Feedback and perhaps thats why it makes it so easy for me. Get a wheel people:P

I think it's just GT4. With the proper setup drifting is quite easy in the game. I actually was linking turns within a few hours

Ven, what the hell? Are you calling me a myspace predator? haha.

Quote from newdriver1 :

- I was able to drift around a corner but most of the time I was out of control. When I was drifting sideways on a turn and found that I was going to drift out of the road and to the gravel, how do I stop the drifting so that I can stay on the road?

Well, perhaps the problem you are having is that you are keeping throttle 3/4 or even full then entire turn. The thing to control the drift is to feather (Tap) the throttle, and if you need more angle, then perhaps increase the throttle, or even hit the brakes a little bit. If that didn't help, then post here again with a replay, and you'll get the answer you need

Quote from newdriver1 :

- Let's say you are flat out on top gear and coming up to a 90 degree rigth turn. When you start drifting, what gear will you be? And what gear are you going to keep during the whole drift?

That really depends on the turn. For FE Black Rev, right after the pits that don't work when you are about to go onto the bridge, I usually feint into 4th gear, then take the first S turn in about 3rd or second, then usually hit it into first at the actual 90 degree turn so I can whip my car around, then usually come out of that section in second gear.

Quote from newdriver1 :

- During drifting in the middle of a corner, how do you correct the direction of the drifting? Just use the steering? What's the effect of applying throttle versus releasing throttle during the drift?

Applying throttle will increase your angle, I.E. if you are going way too wide, hit the throttle down and increase your angle. When you let go of the throttle, it will keep the designated angle, and in turn make your drift more controllable. The reason for feathering the throttle would be to balance out the two.

Quote from newdriver1 :

- I saw some replays posted here that somebody can make the car sideway (almost 90 degree to the road) a long way before the turn. How do you do that?

Practice and skill my friend. Usually Feint drifting a long ways before the turn would help.

Quote from newdriver1 :

- what's a common differential power/coast setup? 60/30? Is the "coast" side supposed to be less than the "power" side? Do you want lots of lock on the power side for drifting?

That depends on your own preferance. I've never really been good at setups, but I'm sure somebody else can answer that question for you


Hope this helped Post back with your progress/a replay.

I'de love to help around with the teaching/lessons/hosting, so just let me know Rev. And of course, I would LOVE to demonstrate tandem with Sam

www.myspace.com/corrao is mine

But I'm going to delete it sooner or later. All the little myspace scenesters are getting on my nerves.

Lyk OMGZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Quote from RevMonkey :

okay, server is up. but go to the one that i am at, look me up. sam got his hosting fixed and we're gonna be there

God damnit. lol, no problem. Apparently my server was still quite active.

No problem. Hah, good old S1 D1 days Server is about to go up. Just gotta get ready.

Ricer, if you get a higher resolution version of that, it's my wallpaper.

Sam isn't hosting, we can't figure out how to get his damn router to work =X
I'll be the host.

But as DrftMstr said, you guys are lucky if you are really looking to get into the drifting scene. Usually when you are new to all of us, we won't be very respecting of you. But I should watch how I word this. By respecting, I mean that usually if you make a drift team and nobody knows who you are, the team will be thought to go absolutely nowhere in the community, and most likely fall apart rather fast. But we all know this is just for fun. Of course, serious fun. Drifting requires more patience and practice then you think, but once you get the hang of it, you will be amazed at the amount of fun you can have, and most importantly, all of the amazing people you will meet.

I hope I didn't word anything wrong. lol

Quote from (SaM) :

It's like an open house.

Quiet literally. Server will be public.

I'm apparently leaving at 7:10, which is in about half an hour. so server will be going up around that time.

Have fun everybody. I will join in on the fun when I am back.

Apex...I hate when people call me ape. Screw this name.

Rev I'll get up a server tonight in about 2 1/2 hours for most of the night
I'm -5 GMT and it's 5:01 right now. Server will be up at 7:30 if you wish Rev.

I'll help you and Sam out whenever needed Rev. Just let me know, but better off contacting me on torque, I'm barely ever on this forum.

My 3000 ALWAYS bugs out on me. My idol I KNOW is around 32 C when right now as I type this it's at 39, which seems extremely odd, since all I have is music playing, mozilla, and aim. I don't even use on board audio. My guess is faulty mobo sensors.

We usually don't accept invites. Because watch in about 3 days you will go on and ask another drift team if you can join...That's dedication alright...

Drifting isn't very easy. It can't be described on paper, only demonstrated. But everything Hatemaker has said is correct. When centering your car to go straight on the track, your wheel cannot help you out there. If you continue to get the so called "Hot spot" of a wheel/car, the car will start to fishtail, A.K.A. Manji down the road. The only way to center is to counter the FF by slowly returning the wheel to center at the end of the turn. To link turns simply oversteer in the opposite direction.






Oh, and practice practice practice practice.

The rain is too perfect. Try and make another lay with it going in a slightly different direction to add a nice depth.

I played LFS with my 9200, it looked okay, but the gameplay is what got me addicted. But now with my Nvidia6600GTAGP, I can basically drive 40 MPH around the track looking at the surroundings. It's simply amazing.

Quote from KiDCoDEa :

theres more math in one lfs wheel tyre, than in a 20 car isi sim race.

Wonderfully put, and insanely true

I just upgraded from a 9200 to a 6600...you won't be dissappointed

Quote from al heeley :

Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm a bit of a Rice N00b. If I fix a BOV to my NOS will it help me drift easier?

Low blow.

and that is ALOT of carbon. Holy.

Not sure if these count, but I'm on less