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Photonic · 02-01-2014, 01:41 AM

what others are kinda saying.

No reason to be countersteering three times.

Find an empty parking lot and do "circles" get up to the middle of second gear and cruise in a circle near the middle of your rev range. Just act like you want to drive a constant radius circle ..make sure no poles will be in your way what soever...

Now as you are doing your circle (and the car is so underpowered and with so little front tire as well) kick the clutch and then slam the gas fully and hold it there and let go of the wheel. the wheel will spin through your hands faster than you can move the wheel by hand, this is what you want. ignore everything else.

Keep throttle full, kick the clutch ..let the wheel go once the ass starts to go. if you spin, thats fine ..clutch in ..start again. Just work on finding out that timing of "where" you can grab the wheel and catch the slide.

Dont worry about modulating your throttle until you get that down, if you have enough space ..you can keep the car sliding just fine at 100% throttle ...once you can "Catch" the slide and do a giant doughnut at full throttle .. "drifting" is just about balancing gas and steering together to change your lines ..right now you just want to maintain a slide ...

That is how I spent my first 6 months of sliding. Foot to the floor, working only with the steering wheel. My foot was either 100 on the gas, or 100% off the gas (and that was just to snap the car in the other direction) dont worry about that right now.

The worst thing you can do is snap off the throttle if you arent prepared. Take the spin and put both feet in, dont snap off the gas during a slide for a while unless you have the space to experiment.

Another thing to work on is making sure you are returning the wheel to center. When the rear end regains grip, the car will snap in the direction your wheels are facing.

You physicaly have to work the wheel back to center before the slide ends. I recommend starting to center the wheel before you think you have to because

1. If it is too soon, you will just "rotate" more, and you can catch the slide again by putting the steering back on.

2. If its too late however ..the car will start to snap in the wrong direction and this is how accidents usually happen ..

02-01-2014, 01:41 AM	#48
Photonic Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2013 Drives: 2014 Premium BRZ Location: US, Montgomery, AL Posts: 139 Thanks: 8 Thanked 61 Times in 39 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	what others are kinda saying. No reason to be countersteering three times. Find an empty parking lot and do "circles" get up to the middle of second gear and cruise in a circle near the middle of your rev range. Just act like you want to drive a constant radius circle ..make sure no poles will be in your way what soever... Now as you are doing your circle (and the car is so underpowered and with so little front tire as well) kick the clutch and then slam the gas fully and hold it there and let go of the wheel. the wheel will spin through your hands faster than you can move the wheel by hand, this is what you want. ignore everything else. Keep throttle full, kick the clutch ..let the wheel go once the ass starts to go. if you spin, thats fine ..clutch in ..start again. Just work on finding out that timing of "where" you can grab the wheel and catch the slide. Dont worry about modulating your throttle until you get that down, if you have enough space ..you can keep the car sliding just fine at 100% throttle ...once you can "Catch" the slide and do a giant doughnut at full throttle .. "drifting" is just about balancing gas and steering together to change your lines ..right now you just want to maintain a slide ... That is how I spent my first 6 months of sliding. Foot to the floor, working only with the steering wheel. My foot was either 100 on the gas, or 100% off the gas (and that was just to snap the car in the other direction) dont worry about that right now. The worst thing you can do is snap off the throttle if you arent prepared. Take the spin and put both feet in, dont snap off the gas during a slide for a while unless you have the space to experiment. Another thing to work on is making sure you are returning the wheel to center. When the rear end regains grip, the car will snap in the direction your wheels are facing. You physicaly have to work the wheel back to center before the slide ends. I recommend starting to center the wheel before you think you have to because 1. If it is too soon, you will just "rotate" more, and you can catch the slide again by putting the steering back on. 2. If its too late however ..the car will start to snap in the wrong direction and this is how accidents usually happen ..