Inertia Drift - Takumi's Touge Method You NEED To Learn

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This is an inertia drift. A driving technique used to carry the car through a corner whilst also maintaining momentum. In this video, I will be telling you all you need to know about the Inertia Drift in Assetto Corsa, and if it's actually faster than cornering regularly on the touge. So make you sure you keep watching until the end if you want to learn how to perfect the inertia drift.

What is an inertia drift? The inertia drift is done by steering the car into the opposite direction of the corner, then shifting the weight of the car into the direction of the turn, causing the tyres to slide. We will look into the inertia drift and how to do it more in depth later. But firstly, let's discuss the origins of this technique.

Any Assetto Corsa Touge-Head will probably know of this technique because Takumi used it when he first raced Keisuke in the first season of inital d. But, as with many driving techniques we see on the touge today, it originated in Ralling. In the 1960s, Scandinavian rally drivers popularised the technique - of course it is primarily used on snow as it is the most reliable method of cornering on the white powder. You may have heard the term "Scandinavian Flick" before, this is how that particular name
for this technique came to be.

So, just how did this technique seep through to Japanese car culture? As we discovered in both my Gutter Run and Slip Angle tutorials (link to my touge tutorials in the top right), we know that touge and drifting is an amalgamation of classic rally and touring car racing. We can assume that these techniques were heavily inspired by the motorsport that was on the TV at the time, and some pioneering 90s japanese street racers or HASHIRIYA watched or heard about this technique.

Now youre probably wondering, how do I actually dothe Inertia Drift, and that is what we will be covering next. But first, I just want to take up 10 seconds of this video to ask you to consider subscribing if you enjoy this video or find it helpful. Only a tiny percentage of my viewers are actually subscribed, and it would mean a lot if you did. Thanks.

So, the inertia drift in Assetto Corsa is performed on the approach to a corner. The driver steers sharply towards the outside of the corner, then lifts of the throttle and lightly appies the brakes. This causes weight transfer that rotates the car toward the outside of the turn.

Weight transfer is the movement of the car relative to the wheel axes. If we step on the brake like we just did - the weight of the car is shifted to the front tyres, meaning the rears have significantly less grip as there is no weight to push the wheels onto the tarmac. Therefore, as we turn and brake, the rear tyres start to slide slightly. This rotates the car.

Then after braking and turning towards the outside of the corner, we turn into the turn and releasing the brake pedal while applying full throttle will cause the car to rotate into the corner using lateral weight transfer. Lateral weight transfer is the same as what I just described,
however it goes from left to right, instead of front to back.

Towards the corner exit, the driver may counter steer to control the oversteer. When properly executed this technique neatly lines the car up for the exit while maintaining momentum. The inertia drift is a very versatile technique due to it's relatively short setup time, the amount of momentum you carry through the corner. It can be used on both short, tight and long sweeping corners alike, you just need to adjust your entry speed and the amount of weight transfer you do.

Congratulations, you just did an inertia drift. Now, do not worry if you can't nail it straight away. Doing advanced driving techniques that are pretty technique takes a lot of practice. But, I do have a few tips that will help you getting into these more advanced techniques sooner rather than later, so make sure you keep watching.

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