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Instructions:

1. Flick the car into the turn if the driver feels the engine power is sufficient enough to break the traction.
2. Straight away throttle enough to break the traction and at the same time counter steer the car. (Novice drivers please note that if you fail to counter steer simultaneously while throttling, you might end up spinning out)
3. More throttling more will result in more lateral tail slide and less forward propulsion.
4. Throttling less will result in less lateral tail slide but more forward propulsion.
5. The driver needs to find the proper balance. Ideal RWD Power is as little tail slide as possible which is just enough to stop it from regaining grip and to prevent understeer.
6. Gently back off the throttle and opposite lock the steering (relative to the turn) in order to stop sliding.

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The pushing wheels or the pulling wheels of the car is one of the key factors that decide the drifting angle of the car

Front wheel drive drift

FWD drift

Rear wheel drive drift

RWD drift

All wheel drive drift

AWD drift

Uphill And Downhill Drifts:

The slope of the road is another key factor which decides the drift angle of the car.

Downhill Drift – Brake into the turn and then steer into the corner until the driver feels a slight oversteer and then finally throttle out.

Uphill Drift – Start the turn with heel and toe for an even blend on the downshift of RPM, now turn in and then throttle.

Up Hill

Late Apex and 90-Degree Corner Drifts:

There are two different ways of approaching a corner.

Drift Angle For Late Apex - Stay outside of the turn late, then begin turn into the apex point:

Drift angle for late apex

90-Degree Corner – Drift through the turn at a medium drift angle for correct apex exit:

90 Degree Turn

Medium Speed and S-Corner Drifts:

Drift angles change based on the nature of the corners.

Medium Speed Drift Angle – Keep a good speed when entering a medium type corner. Don’t enter too fast or you will lose the Apexing point:

Medium speed drift angle

S-Corner Drift Angle – Set up is key for this style of turn. Begin the drift but always remember the exit of the second part of the corner is most critical and also to set up for the correct Apex:

S-corner drifts

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Swaying Drift (Choku-Dori) Instructions:

1. To perform a Swaying Drift the driver should take the car at a medium to high speed when entering a turn.
2. The driver should turn the wheels of the car away form the turn in Swaying Drift.
3. Holding in the release button of the hand brake (Parking brake) of the car, the driver should pull up the brake sharply and then quickly release (Parking brake should be held for about a second only). If the car used for Swaying Drift is a RWD car, apply the clutch while pulling the hand brake.
4. Whenever the driver feels the rear end of the car kicking out, immediately counter steer the steering to face straight with the road. As long as the wheels keep moving, the car will pull in the direction of the front wheels and hence the driver can keep on the throttle.
5. The car will now slide sideways in an angle away from the turn the driver wish to make.
6. If the driver wants to turn the car back into the direction of the turn the driver wish to make, let off the throttle rapidly and completely. The car will snap back in the opposite direction by letting off the throttle quickly. Get on the throttle again to maintain and continue the drift once the car is at the driver’s desired angle.
7. To lineup the car’s wheels with the road again, let the steering wheel to go off. If necessary, counter steer the car.
8. If the driver feels the vehicle is losing speed while sliding sideways, heel-toe downshift into a low gear which the driver feel that will be enough to pull the car through the drift.
9. After completing the drift, when the driver wish to straighten out the car, let off the throttle smoothly and straighten out the wheels so that the car will kick in line behind the front tires.

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1. In order to perform a Long Slide Drift, the driver should make the car enter a turn at a high speed.
2. The driver should turn the wheels into from the turn.
3. Holding in the release button of the hand brake (Parking brake) of the car, the driver should pull up the brake sharply and then quickly release (Parking brake should be held for about a second only). If the car used for Swaying Drift is a RWD car, apply the clutch while pulling the hand brake.
4. Whenever the driver feels the rear end of the car kicking out, immediately counter steer the steering to face straight with the road. As long as the wheels keep moving, the car will pull in the direction of the front wheels and hence the driver can keep on the throttle.
5. If the driver feels the vehicle is losing speed while sliding sideways, heel-toe downshift into a low gear which the driver feel that will be enough to pull the car through the drift.
6. After completing the drift, when the driver wish to straighten out the car, let off the throttle smoothly and straighten out the wheels so that the car will kick in line behind the front tires.

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1. To perform Kansei Drift, the driver should take his car to a turn at high speed, as the Kansei Drift is supposed to be performed at race speeds. The speed should be so high such that if the car fails to drift, the car should experience severe understeer.
2. The driver should turn the wheels of his car sharply into a turn, and then let off the throttle swiftly. The car will oversteer due to the cornering force of the vehicle added to the loss of throttle.
3. Get on the throttle again quickly as the driver feels the car is beginning to loose traction. This helps the car to overpower the wheels for the traction that is available, thus sending the car into a drift.
4. When the driver feels the rear end of the car kicking out, immediately countersteer so that the wheels will face straight with the road. The car will pull in the direction of the front wheels, as long as the wheels keep moving. Keep throttling. If the driver tends to brake or let off the throttle since the car is extremely oversteered, the car will spin out and may exit out of the road.
5. After completing the drift, when the driver wish to straighten out the car, let off the throttle smoothly and straighten out the wheels so that the car will kick in line behind the front tires.

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1. To perform a Jump Drift, the driver should take his car to enter a turn at a medium speed.
2. To do a Jump Drift, the driver should turn the wheels into the turn and keep on throttling, but the driver should drive the inside wheels of the car over a low curb.
3. When the rear wheel bounces over the curb, stay on the throttle. When the wheels are back on the road, the wheels should be spinning faster than the available traction that can be handled and thus the wheels will break the traction. Now the driver should keep the car on the throttle as the vehicle start drifting.
4. Whenever the driver feels the rear end of the car kicking out, immediately counter steer the steering to face straight with the road. As long as the wheels keep moving, the car will pull in the direction of the front wheels and hence the driver can keep on the throttle. Keep throttling. If the driver tends to brake or let off the throttle since the car is extremely oversteered, the car will spin out and may exit out of the road.
5. After completing the drift, when the driver wish to straighten out the car, let off the throttle smoothly and straighten out the wheels so that the car will kick in line behind the front tires.

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Basically, Manji Drift is a drifting technique which is performed on straight ways. The driver tries to sway the car from side to side while in a drift, to impress the looks of the drift. Manji Drift can be initiated by all of the above techniques.

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Changing Side Swing technique is very much similar to Inertia/Feint drift and is extensively used in the Japanese D1 competition. Changing Side drift technique is often done one the first entry drift corner, that is often a long double apex turn just before a very fast straight way. In case the straight way before the double apex is a downhill orientation, the driver has to keep driving on the closest side of the track to the corner. Right after this step, the driver should abruptly change the car onto the other side, bearing a correct timing in mind. This movement helps the car momentum to be altered and loose traction of the rear wheels. Thus the car will be in a drift at this moment. Now the drift is carried over into the corner as well as through the corner.

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