1) it's a FWD car
2) your lines are horrid
3) your entry is awful (but Arab drifters would like that)
4) that concludes the review since I didn't bother watching further than the first corner
conclusion : your drifting is not even drifting
advice to other people who might want to see this : AVOID
YEAH, you're exactly arab drifting - trying to get sideway a car that hasn't been made to go sideways, while beeing totally out of control, and having no idea what is going on or going to happen to the car in the next second...
errrrm... you start out learning about drifting with the ebrake, you typically don't use it exept to correct the angle of the car as you go throught the corner. some D1GP drifters use the ebrake to do straight line drifts(early initiation), but most use feint.
and yes, ebrakes are for EMERGENCIES, like when you haven't planned out the line and you need to correct your line as you are going too fast into a corner. and they are also for people who are scared; you can whip a car around 180 degrees with a clutch kick-powerover.
oh, and it's for noobs in FF's
(note:when i say "noobs in FF's"...i did not say FF drivers are noob drifters, i ment noob drifters who USE ff's)
Well I have talked to a local drifter (4 years of weekly sideways action , he's good) and he told me one thing
You learn with a handbrake, then you think that it's for newbies, and only MUCH LATER you realize what kind of a tool Handbrake really is, and what can you achieve by using it properly...
so on one hand we have
D1 GP Professional drifters using handbrake
A local extremely good drifter telling me that handbrake is a powerful tool in drifting
so...everyone drives/drifts other then other, i mostly use ebrake like in FernBay or some other thight track and it doenst slow me down that much just kick the throttle after and off u go
I'll agree that the hand brake is primarily a learning tool and should be used as little as possible... However, the hand brake is used quite often by great drivers. Keep in mind that lots of drivers use the hand brake but never lock the rear tires, so it's almost unnoticeable to the untrained eye.
In lay terms there's nothing wrong with using the hand brake, but there is certainly something wrong with over using it.
BTW mantvisrep, drifting looks nice and smooth but your transitions need some work. Decent drifting.
yeh, kind of, it comes apparent pretty quickly how useful the handbrake is mid corner, having the handbrake allows u to maintain angle whilst slightly slowing down as throttle will move u in the direction of the rear wheels and usually against the momentum, meaning the car is pushed into the corner as well as picking up some momentum. if ur coming in shallow and wont make it to the apex u sometimes have to "arse drag" which is pretty much holding the handbrake to maintain the angle and keeping with the way of the momentum instead of pushing against it and into the corner, meaning it wipes off momentum without pushing against it. arse dragging isnt really looked well upon, buts its often better than straightening up to make the corner.
also when it comes to battles, if u carry more speed into a corner then use the handbrake to enter wiping off some speed, it will be easy for the follower to keep up on ur arse, if u carry less speed down the straight and use a flick or something and power into the corner its a lot easier to get some distance on the follower.
so yeh, a lot of top level drivers use the handbrake to adjust the drift, but for entry u really need to get the scando or similar mastered.