I've seen the LFS drift bible, and I'm wondering what technique would you recommend starting off with?
drifting techniques
scandenavian flick
Yeah, i've been tryng the feing technique more, I do like it. I've been doing Fern Bay Gold reverse, and I find 3rd gear is a little quick to go through the first turn, so I break and down shift, then do the inertia.
use downshifting to your advantage. (use it to break the tires loose)
Try the feint technique.
He already uses the feint/inertia technique as he stated above. I personally just use weight "repositioning", to relieve weight from the rear, or from any particular wheel of the cars ad enable it to glide or lose traction. My favourite thing to do is watch the drift bible in parts over and over, try each technique in lfs rince and repeat. 
*my special secret thats not so special* - after revising all the techniques shown in the drift bible moved on to using all of them, mixing them up to see which ones I preferred, and then I created my own.
by the way, do you plan to move on to supers eventually or will you do as the croud did and hit the easy button?
*my special secret thats not so special* - after revising all the techniques shown in the drift bible moved on to using all of them, mixing them up to see which ones I preferred, and then I created my own.
by the way, do you plan to move on to supers eventually or will you do as the croud did and hit the easy button?
I only use braking drift. if the car is setup right just use the brakes to get the weight shifted to the front of the car and the rear will naturally let loose, also if the setup is right on certain high speed corners just lifting off the throttle will do the trick. I see people feint drifting all the time but they do it "not very realistic" which is ok but its not something that can really be done as easily in real life. I owned a 90 240sx a few years back and the trick to it was to enter a turn faster than you would think the car can go into that turn and brake pretty hard and turn and the rear would come right out pretty easy. Just practice and have fun. you'll wreck alot and some more but b4 its over with you'll be a master.
This is a rally technique and is not used in drifting at all. Ignore all of the kiddie drift web sites that say that feinting is a Scandinavian Flick. Feinting is a much simpler technique.
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I stopped reading your post right there...
that is the STUPIDEST thing I have ever heard!
Now for advice:
I taught a friend of mine drift basics, and the one you have to learn as number one is definetly power-over.
it helps you understand how a car feels while sliding, and will teach you a bit of precision with steering.
next try the weight transfer and handbrake drift (I use handbrake even in the middle of a corner for enhancing the angle for example - it's a really useful thing, that many people consider useless)
I now use just a few techniques to initiate drift
1) scandinavian flick (regulary)
2) weight transfer (just touch your brake and steer into the corner)
3) clutch kick ( I just enjoy this technique, don't know why)
in the middle of drift I use braking (wheel locking) to hold the slide without losing the line (if I start the drift waaaaay before the corner)
and clutch+handbrake to enhance the angle...
also you can enhance your angle in a corner just by gently applying a bit of breaking. it will slow down front wheels, while rear wheels will keep on spinning under constant gas...
I've been mixing use of the feint and downshift (called shift lock I think) for drifting, and I'm getting better. The ebrake is a nice way to lose traction, but I don't like the feel as much. The clutch kick I've tried, but I don't seem to lose traction. That's where you're in either 2nd or 3rd, and kick the clutch so it disconnects and reconnectes to lose traction. Unless i have that wrong.
Get the car sideways first.Dont worry bout speed.Just think about how u going to aproach that corner and slide the car around the corner.Now when u get the feeling of the car u can try to maintain speed to connect/link corners together.i would suggest either the XRG or XRT first to start out with.Whatever is ur liking drift with those cars first.Now when u feel like u want to go to a more powerful car and can maintain the power then go to the FZ5/LXs.theres alot of cars to drift with.But its ur choice to choose the car that ur best with.Just start to practice and get sideways.
Heres a link to the techniques of drifting.
http://www.driftsession.com/technique.htm
Heres a link to the techniques of drifting.
http://www.driftsession.com/technique.htm
Nice link. In terms of power over drifting, I find in Fern Gold R, I just can't seem to do it, at least on that first corner. Either too much speed or not enough, and I spin on the right turn 
Heres an example:
I usually do that on overheated tires...
If tires are still fresh - try to combine feint with clutch kick
go the opposite way, and when flicking the car the right way - kick the clutch, while on full throttle... that should do the trick
The first corner on fern bay is very hard.The key is timming.Go to early and u crash.Go to late and u go to the grass.Just look at the markers and intinate ur drifts by look at those markers.Now with the clutch kick .Just go to the corner and right before u turn clutchkick.Dont hold the clutch tho because if u do that than ur whole drift is messed up.Hope this helps.
Now doing aston cadet rev. First turn on this is tricky too, getting the speed right. I find myself doing mostly shift locking, as downshifting helps to slow down for most turns anyway.
touche
ans7812 - Gunn is right though...
Scandinavian flick involves clutching, and braking.
Feint is performed at full throttle almost all the time
Scandinavian flick involves clutching, and braking.
Feint is performed at full throttle almost all the time
What is your point? I obviously realized i was wrong and said touche...translated it means "I've been hit"
I speak Russian, Latvian, and English...how am I supposed to know French?
Well, no... You said touche, basically douche with a t at the front... Also, "touché" means touched, but it came from fencing where a touch means a point for the opponent...
"touché" is common knowledge to any english speaking person.
Some people aren't anal enough to bother with the accent. I would have thought anyone of little intelligence could have understood what i meant. I am obviously wrong. And i know what "touché" means, why do you think i said it?
To any NATIVE english speaking person...
Do you really think that Latvian English teachers know anything about English except for grammar?
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