Gearbox and engine mounts are often replaced with urethane or aluminum mounts, and dampers are added to control the violent motion of the engine and gearbox under these conditions. The clutches on drift cars tend to be very tough ceramic-brass button or multiple-plate varieties for durability, as well as to allow rapid 'clutch kick' techniques to upset the grip of the rear wheels. Popular variations of Chevrolet LS engines are often seen bolted down to Japanese frames. Due to no power limit restrictions in the series, it is not uncommon for competitors to use a variety of different powerplants. In the Formula Drift Professional series, cars range from highly tuned Japanese automobiles reflecting the original styles of drifting to all-new age makes and models. Locally-sold imports such as the Lexus SC and Nissan 240SX feature heavily in American drifting, but they are usually modified with JDM engines to mirror their Japanese domestic equivalents (usually with a Toyota JZ-GTE or Nissan CA18DET/SR20DET/RB26DETT respectively). The American market saw a relatively high volume of JDM cars being imported over the last decade, despite Japanese domestic vehicles being right-hand-drive only. A high volume of Japanese imports were brought to countries such as Australia and New Zealand, however it is not unusual to see Australian/New Zealand domestic vehicles such as the Holden Commodore or Ford Falcon used in drifting competitions. Early on, AWD cars without conversion were allowed in some drifting competitions, and usually the rules allowed only a certain percentage of power to be sent to the front wheels, but they are banned in most (if not all) drifting competitions today.ĭespite the possibility of obtaining desirable Japanese domestic market vehicles in continents outside Japan, drifters in other countries prefer to use local versions of the same cars (for example, a Nissan 240SX instead of a Nissan Silvia S13, etc.), or even domestic cars. There have also been all-wheel drive cars that have been converted to rear-wheel drive such as the Subaru WRX, Toyota Avensis, Scion tC, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution, Dodge Charger, and Nissan GT-R. Grassroots drifting has seen a huge increase in popularity in the 21st century, which has in turn caused prices of FR cars to increase and parts become more scarce.ĭrift cars are usually light- to moderate-weight rear-wheel-drive coupes and sedans, offering a large range of power levels.

Drifting has since exploded into a form of motorsport in North America, Australia, Asia and Europe. Entrants included Rhys Millen and Bryan Norris. Daijiro Inada (founder of the Japanese D1 Grand Prix), the NHRA Funny Car drag racer Kenji Okazaki, and Keiichi Tsuchiya gave demonstrations in a Nissan 180SX that the magazine had brought over from Japan. One of the earliest recorded drift events outside Japan took place in 1996 at Willow Springs Raceway in Willow Springs, California, hosted by the Japanese drifting magazine and organization Option. Are the Kunos ones more realistic? If that's the case I'll dedicate my practice to those cars. Suffice to say I'm just not as good at drifting in the Kunos drift cars than I am in let's say, the almost effortless Lexus SC300 mod. I might be getting ahead of myself a little bit when I say I want to learn to drift more cars, and a few of them are the default Kunos drift cars, which I think I overlooked (went straight to downloading mods). Recently been quite addicted to drifting and learning it, super fun stuff! One thing I've done, or many, is that I've downloaded a load of drift cars from the net and I've found a few which I can drift really well around the course. Do you guys have any tips for some mods that are made realistic? I want to learn how to drift properly not because the mod is made to drift. Hello I noticed in many of the Drift car mods I have tried the physics are sometimes suspicious, like some of the cars are so easy to drift makes me wonder if they are made this way. I tried completely letting go of the gas, I tried giving it more, tried braking, tried countersteer, everything, it just won't do anything but 180s. I just tried with the m3 drift, and every single time my back goes out, it will do a 180. I have tried a lot of cars and I have come to the conclusion, that at least with stock cars it's impossible to drift. Also tips on how to drive the VDC cars would be appreciated. Is DBZ even realistic in any sense? I'm looking for a car/car pack that is regarded as realistic.

The cars have a lot of grip and are very snappy compared to DBZ. Then I tried VDC and i can't do anything. I've been having a lot of fun with the S-14 from the DBZ pack. Hello, I am here with a question about pro drift cars.

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