Hey LFSers, i got my new wheel (DFGT) I would like to learn to drift but dunno where to start like how many degrees, force feedback, drift setup and so on If anyone has the DFGT and drifts can you please share your configs? Thanks!
PoVo.

People use what they are comfortable with. Use the search function and find out how to setup your DFP for LFS and beyond that its down to personal preference, start with a small rotation like 270, then work up to higher numbers like 540, even 720 or 900 if you get good.

There isn't really a "winning" setup. I attached some drift setups for you to try, too. These are both downloadable along with lots more from the 3id Setupgrid.

Thanks for reply, i tried 360 degrees before posting, it was too hard well not really but i wasnt too good, i tried 270 and im good at it

Quote from PoVo :

Thanks for reply, i tried 360 degrees before posting, it was too hard well not really but i wasnt too good, i tried 270 and im good at it

See, once you get good at 270 move up to 360 and just try and spin the wheel faster. When you get up to 720 or higher you'll have developed your own techniques of spinning the wheel around fast.

When driving never put any of your fingers or your hand anywhere else than on the outside of the wheel, on the rim. If you are expecting the wheel to bounce or turn hard in one direction move your thumbs from around the back of the rim, place them along the rim twards the top so they are not locked through it. People have broken thier thumbs before, the DFGT isn't strong enough to do it, but this is good to do anyway as it builds the habbit for driving in real life. I have heard of the G25 breaking someones thumb before though.

Also, try not to steer out to much, the wheel is going to want to go in the direction of the slide, let it go untill the wheels are facing the center of where you want to go, so if you are sliding through the apex of a turn the wheels should point to the apex and no farther. never let the car completely castor steer itself.

When exiting a drift, you want to wind the wheel out against it's own castor steer, meaning you want to start winding the wheel out as the car comes out of the drift, if you wait to long the car will swing into an uncontrollable slide in the other direction.

There are a number of advanced driving techniques that you should also practice and learn, such as the J-turn. These are very useful in learning the dynamics of a car and learning to control it effectively.

The first thing I did when I started playing LFS was go to the carpark and familiarize myself with doing all of those advanced driving techniques in LFS.

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When driving never put any of your fingers or your hand anywhere else than on the outside of the wheel, on the rim. If you are expecting the wheel to bounce or turn hard in one direction move your thumbs from around the back of the rim, place them along the rim twards the top so they are not locked through it. People have broken thier thumbs before, the DFGT isn't strong enough to do it, but this is good to do anyway as it builds the habbit for driving in real life. I have heard of the G25 breaking someones thumb before though.

Also, try not to steer out to much, the wheel is going to want to go in the direction of the slide, let it go untill the wheels are facing the center of where you want to go, so if you are sliding through the apex of a turn the wheels should point to the apex and no farther. never let the car completely castor steer itself.

When exiting a drift, you want to wind the wheel out against it's own castor steer, meaning you want to start winding the wheel out as the car comes out of the drift, if you wait to long the car will swing into an uncontrollable slide in the other direction.

There are a number of advanced driving techniques that you should also practice and learn, such as the J-turn. These are very useful in learning the dynamics of a car and learning to control it effectively.

The first thing I did when I started playing LFS was go to the carpark and familiarize myself with doing all of those advanced driving techniques in LFS.

Thanks, i had to read that 3 times to understand it

Strange thing, I could never get fimilar with low degrees, started with 720, and stayed there.

sorry for the bump (my bad)
but instead of starting a new thread I thought that i'd post here.

Could anybody suggest ffb settings?

I bought a cheap DFGT this morning and the ffb either seems to be too much or not enough.
I'm just lookinig for force overall effect strenght, spring strenght, damper effect strenght, and center spring strenght.

Here's my settings:



Ingame (in LFS) i've set the FFB strenght to 30.