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Saturday, May 15, 2021

How to Drift.(beginner steps)

 How to DRIFT.




After all, buying the car, setting up to drift. Now its time to Drift.
if you have check out my previous blog about it i recommend you to check it out first.
Previous blogs-


How easy it looks. I swear its not.

Basically drifting is the combination of steering, accelerating and breaking at same time, to maintain the car sideways. 

So lets get into it.




STEP-1.  Initiation


So first thing is Initiating a drift. 

A Drift can be initiated in ways like:
  • weight transfer.
  • Clutch kick.
  • Hand break.
  • or (power sliding).
For a person who is learning to drift need to first feel the car so start with weight Shifting.
  • Weight transfer: What you do is as you approach the corner. as shown in the image above. 
You go Inside to the corner of respective turn. Then you turn Outside of the corner And turn slightly in AT this point your rear end starts sliding. Now you have to start counter steering.
By avoiding over steer and under steer, which means not too much of input, nor less steering input, these things might lead you to spin you out or straighten you out.

  • Clutch Kick: same as the step above instead of wiggling your car too much. You Push you clutch all the way in And you dump you clutch while staying into the power. Which leads to tire spin. now continue with counter steer.
  • Hand break: One of the most common initiations. You pull your hand break, which lead to rear lock and according to your steering input leads your rear to slide out. Now release your hand break with counter steer and get on the power.
  • Power slide: Its little bit different that drifting but still might help you get side ways. What you do here is you turn in to the corner according while Appling power which leads to slide out your rear end. now counter steer according and managing the power.


STEP-2. Holding the drift.

After initiating the drift its time to hold the drift
In this step you have to constantly have to module the power, steering input, and breaks accordingly.

  • Power: Giving gas or acceleration as much as it required, not always you need to be pedal to the metal. power modulation is necessary to hold the drift. If too much power given you might spin out. If Given less power you gonna straighten up.
  • Steering: While drifting let the steering counter steer it self and catch it at the angle. steering is important as it decides your way you wanna go dont oversteer too much as you will straighten out, under steer you will spin.
  • Clutch: In continuous drift you might need to clutch kick if u feel the power is going down. 
  • Breaks: Some time Hand break and front break is also required in mid drift. to slow down or angle, and continuing.
  • Angle: Not always at every corner you can throw reverse entry or huge angle. In Beginning try to maintain decent angle. Then try to bum it up. too much angle leads to spin.
Note: not always you may spin out, or straighten out, It might be worse as crashing in to barriers or something, so always be safe and keep others safe to.
  

STEP-3. Ending the drift.

As said "Everything at some point of life has a end or gonna end"

like as other thing ending is as important and as difficult. 
"Ending makes a good drift better and better drift best".
said by "cars and bikes addicted"

Now what we are gonna do is slowly getting of the power as the end approaches, and straightening out the wheel. Dont break as you might lock the steering.  Dont suddenly get out of power as you might get a kick in you back by grip. Dont suddenly straighten up might lead to a spin.


After that you can Happily walk out of your car.

Crashing or spinning is not shame or lower of your status, It always means you are TRYING. and you will achieve it.



"Keep practicing as practice makes a man perfect".



I believe following are the basic steps for a beginner. To have knowledge about,
always remember drifting is dangerous sport, please keep your self safe by using safety equipment's, and keeping other safe by drifting in non public places.

Always wear helmet while drifting, rqacing or any sorts of motorsport event, even its a car. let the helmet be non fia approved but use a good quality helmet.

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2 comments:

  1. This one was so interesting to study as it explains all about drifting. This one will be a useful knowledge for everyone who reads it and likes drifting.
    I wanna have a full knowledge about formula E cars,please you make a blog about it.

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