Drift entrance techniques/form

[jasoncanseeoh]

Quick question:
How do you guys know what gear to be in for a certain turn? Like, how would you calculate that?

For example, let's say you drive a track that you've never driven before and you have a long left hand sweeper. How do you know if you should be in 3rd gear or 4th gear to hold the drift?

For all the tracks I've driven at, I would just ask people who have driven it before which gear they're in. But if I were to judge a turn without anybody's help, it would be possible, just difficult. Or even downshifting mid-drift... I'm not good at judging when I should or not. How do you know when?

[chiboy002]

4th gear drifting sounds awesome

as for figuring out which gear, most people usually run cold laps before actually drifting, to warm up tires and such. Drive the track a few times, varying in intensity, and see which is good.

2nd gear is most common, 3rd usually needs more speed which means you're more skilled.

[fckillerbee]

Originally Posted by jasoncanseeoh

Quick question:
How do you guys know what gear to be in for a certain turn? Like, how would you calculate that?

For example, let's say you drive a track that you've never driven before and you have a long left hand sweeper. How do you know if you should be in 3rd gear or 4th gear to hold the drift?

For all the tracks I've driven at, I would just ask people who have driven it before which gear they're in. But if I were to judge a turn without anybody's help, it would be possible, just difficult. Or even downshifting mid-drift... I'm not good at judging when I should or not. How do you know when?

build up to it. grip drive the course first. Slowly start pushing the car earlier in turns till it kicks out.


That is the speed you need to be at in the corner. How you initiate and what speed to get there...well....thats up to you.