drifting
How to aim one's car at a wall and miss it completely; drifting is the opposite of grip driving, which involves taking a corner without sliding. This can be done without any regard to horsepower, weight, or any other factors. Essentially this means any car can drift, however, some cars are more apt to
powerslide than drift. Drifting originated in Japan, thus most cars used to drift are Japanese. Most of the cars used to drift are also usually RWD cars with FR layouts, as they are easier to drift than AWD cars, FWD cars, or RWD cars with MR layouts. However, other drivetrains are used for drifting by different people, as driving styles vary from person to person. Some common cars used to drift are the
Nissan Silvia, the
Nissan 350Z, the Mazda RX-7, and the Toyota Supra.
drifting
by Srinath on May 03, 2004 07:56:06
To cause a vehicle to exceed its
tire's limits of adhesion, exhibiting a
lateral slip, resulting in an
oversteer condition.
drifting
by Mr Drift on Sep 04, 2006 14:29:27
Example:
Drifting is not a race at all but rather a subjective sport where drivers compete against each other but are judged on the basis of style and execution--think of it as the 'figure skating' of motorsports, a controlled ballet of lightweight vehicles sliding around a turn to make the most stylized and complex drift possible. As it is not a race, drivers are not timed but are judged using a
point system based on form, and the high scorer of each heat advances to the next round. To create his (or her) own style, each driver customizes their vehicle with aftermarket parts that shape their personal style and performance. Only certain models are chosen for competitive drifting; though almost any car can be caused to drift momentarily due to a loss of control, the necessity of being able to control
the drift requires that only rear-wheel drive and some all wheel drive vehicles be used. Typically, drift drivers use inexpensive and lightweight Japanese vehicles such as the
Nissan 240SX and its Japanese counterpart, the
Silvia, but
American cars have been used in competition recently as well.
drifting
by LedVTECin on Aug 21, 2004 02:54:26
Making the car slip laterally by means of oversteering. Possible with a
RWD vehicle. Some people try this with
FWD cars as well by driving in Reverse.
Its aptly defined as "
Controlling your car when it is in uncontrolable zone"
drifting
by Don W. on Feb 21, 2005 12:03:12
To cause a vehicle to slide or ‘
drift’ laterally. It is caused by making a turn a speeds high enough to cause the tires (both front and rear, but the rear tires go first and the front don’t always go) to loose traction, allowing the car to slide laterally. It is possible in front, rear, and all wheel drive. Pulling the hand/emergency/parking break (three names for the same thing) at the apex of a turn will allow one to drift at lower speeds than if the rear wheels were allowed to spin freely. Also, drastically speeding up the rear wheels by
revving the engine (therefore causing the rear wheels to spin faster than the car is
moving forward) will allow one to drift more easily, this is only possible in rear wheel drive.
drifting
by UglyStru on Aug 15, 2010 06:23:18
Example:
Cowan was playing CoD with James, Clark, and Stru one day when his Uncle
Gianluca needed help in the kitchen making a calzone. As he was
kneading the dough, he got his controller caught in it and got
pizza dough under the joysticks. To this day, the controller has him drifting all over the place if he's trying to quick scope.