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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 04:39 AM
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Any of you guys do much drifting at all or am I alone in the fun? I built a pretty awesome IS-F last night
Sent you a invite,

No intentional drifting, it's really hard with a wheel
Old Jan 5, 2012 | 05:04 AM
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Originally Posted by //steve\\
Any of you guys do much drifting at all or am I alone in the fun? I built a pretty awesome IS-F last night
I drift a bit, but I suck with RWD, so I pretty much stick to AWD cars.
Old Jan 5, 2012 | 05:44 AM
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It's all about car setup. It took me forever to find a setup that worked and now I can transfer that setup to pretty much anything RWD and it works well. Some cars need more tweaking but for most it'll let me go tear it up.

The other thing that helps is lots and lots of power. I think it gives you a lot more control and the ability to really pick up speed while still maintaining a drift. And if you slow down too much coming into a drift or mid-drift the power will really let you pick back up the correct pace.

All of my drift cars run between -4 to -5 camber up front. about -.5 in the rear. Max caster. Toe is dependent on how long/short the car is. Long cars are easier to drift so I don't run much toe in out back. The short cars like the Corolla I found some toe in out back helps keep the rear a bit more stable.

With this I've been able to setup ridiculous cars that shouldn't be able to drift for anything and still go out and do fairly well. For example I have a 925HP Ford SVT Raptor. Hardest thing about drifting it is that it's so big it takes up so much track space but I can still link turn after turn.

My current favorites I have are an IS-F, E46 M3, IS350, SC300, GT500 Mustang
Old Jan 5, 2012 | 07:13 AM
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you should send me your IS-F so I can try it.
Old Jan 5, 2012 | 07:32 AM
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^What's your xbox tag? I don't think I have you on my friends list.
Old Jan 5, 2012 | 07:35 AM
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Old Jan 10, 2012 | 04:01 PM
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Not gonna be able to make it tomorrow night.
Old Jan 11, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Roflcopter
Not gonna be able to make it tomorrow night.
Why not? Did you start playing SWTOR????????? I have
Old Jan 11, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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4 laps at Lemans old circuit with long straight.

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Old Jan 11, 2012 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by gfacter
4 laps at Lemans old circuit with long straight.

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The braking zone at the end of the straight will be.... interesting.



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