5 Huge Tips For Sim Drifters!

Today we're going over 5 huge tips for sim drifters. I will be letting you know what kind of sim drifting equipment to choose from. Some of my past sim-drifting mistakes and how to practice drifting. On PC you have better options for Sim-Drifting, for example you can use a cheaper eBay handbrake. PC games also support mods so you can make your drifting feel a bit better, but it's possible to be a sim-drifter on consoles as well. If you want to know what are the best drift games for sim-drifting then I have a separate video on that below.

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[Goosiest]

Question of the day: *What tips would YOU give for beginner Sim-Drifters?*

[dreiback]

One of my two biggest advices Goose has covered, which was patience. The one, which is very very important espacially when your learning is to try and not use the handbrake. You should have a handbrake but try to not use it! Do clutchkicks, flicks and so on but try to stay away from the handbrake and only use it when chasing somebody or to get out of a bad situation. You can also use it if you want to do a very long entry, but try to not over use it. And the same is for left foot braking. Dont overuse it, but you can use it more than the hamdbrake.

[tonygamernomaxnocap]

I have a g29 with shifter and pedals. I was just drifting around and it all of a sudden just clicked for me. I'm able to connect a few corners together without hitting the wall. A big tip I would would give new Sim drifters leaning is throttle control. It's a lot harder with out it

[Egi_]

1:50 G29 was selled at 400$ for just a year, from 2016 there's so many way to get it around 200$ or even 180$.
So there's a very big price difference between t300rs and G29.

[ElmodankacanMercho]

I can agree the tip number 6 made me a pro drifter, I suddenly started throwing reverse entries, 360s and I even started to do tandem in actually *NO TIME*

[vicecarbon]

Thank you Goose. This video helps me so much, you wouldn't believe it. I started about 4 months ago with a second hand G29. I hadn't gone too far until I saw this video. Now that I have a clearer idea, I'm going to follow all those steps and become a better sim drifter. Wish me luck and I might send some clips in the future! Good luck to you newbies too... Go for it and drift!

[LAF]

i have a thrustmaster T500RS and a next level racing next up is only to get a hand break, been drifting abt half a year now huge difference from when i started out. Keep motivated guys and thanks to goosiest for a great video yet again!

[tjm_tk]

tip #2 is very true, i drifted on controller for a while and got good enough to link tracks and do 360 entries and stuff like that on carx and forza but when i first got my wheel setup on assetto corsa it was a lot more challenging but also more fun. even when you have a little bit of experience it can still take a while to learn new tracks, ones like narrow touge's especially take a lot of practice for me. also i agree with other people who say you should focus on learning without the handbrake first. I didn't have one my first few weeks and i learned to link my first few tracks without it, it helps you learn to use the throttle and clutch and then mix the handbrake in when it actually helps. one other thing i think if you get a g29 it's good, but in my experience sometimes the force feedback isn't quite as strong as you would like so just letting go of the steering wheel and then catching it doesn't give you enough counter steer. it helps if you kind of throw it yourself and then let go so it's rotates faster.

[Alicebleh]

I had no idea the tando buddies cars were bad to use :( I made all my progress using those cars. I saw Slaptrain use them so I figured they would be good.

[TMHyt]

Have been drifting on my t300 for 5 days now, as you said, suddenly I got good. Man it feels great! After 2 days I started letting wheel slide. After that it got a lot better. My last video is a clip of today

[mariboustate]

A money saving and efficiency tip; Use a flight joystick as a handbrake. I use a Thrustmaster T.16000m I bought for Elite Dangerous, works perfectly

[realcnstudios]

I'm totally new to sim racing but are used to real driving for a couple of years now. It's a passion. Stronger than any other in my life. I bought AC and used an old Logitech wheel with maybe 20 bucks. Only two paddles and no force feedback of course. For racing only it was enough but when I tried drifting I was frustrated pretty quick. There was just no way to control the car so I snapped, took my last money and bought a T300RS GT. I watched some videos for Tipps and tried several hours. On the second day I was already able to manage some stable and decent drifts on the Japanese drift map. Since I have no handbrake I only initiate the drift with the clutch but for now it's okay. I even went online and drifted with some other dudes and managed to keep up most of the times. I am really proud of myself :)

[vvjgeeg]

Yes Goose! Please do a video on how to be a sim drift Youtuber!

[noob]

Been drifting on my g29 for 5 years now. I've made lots of progess, my dad has been teaching me how to do foot work steering and he knows what he teaching me because hes a real drifter and I've never recorded my first day. You guys dont have to record u can just keep learning it's up to u u dont have to record and if u drift in real life and u drift on sim the sim might help u a little with ur real life drifting. I love sim drift❤

[panostheo]

glad goosiest has progressed that much, remember watching him when he had 1k subs

[oloid]

as someone who just now has like 70 ingame hours on assetto corsa all drifting, I don't believe you should get a hand brake off the bat. Learning throttle control, clutch kick and different feints is much better to develop. Although I'm not quite there yet lol. And definitely don't cheap out on the wheel etc I was thinking about it and decided to buy a logitech wheel instead of some other cheap thing I saw on amazon and am so glad I did.

[kyoro]

I've been using WDTS car packs since I bought AC last year and at that time I only have budget wheels and didn't get a feeling of FFB. This year, using the same car pack and got a G920 from my friend, I feel that I've progress a little. Every now and then, I always practice and hone my drifting skills even when I'm working full time. I hope for the best of luck for those that started drifting

[hyperlovesyou]

tip 1 slamming the disc break stops car steering (wheels need to turn)
tip 2 lows gears increase power (IE drifting occurs when back wheels try to overtake the front ones) high gears increase traction. so shift down to send your car into a spin, shift up to recover or stop the drift
tip 3 if you you get your gear and speed right before the turn then just turning early will give a good drift for most corners
tip 4, breaking hard (normal break) will throw the weight of your car to the front so be sure to accelerate into a corner to throw your back end out
tip 5, drifting is often entirely unnecessary and a great way to get bopped off the track so check your surroundings even those stripy things on the ground will ruin your day if you go over them.

[osixx]

"And as always, stay sideways" Bro I love this! Haha

[Morse-]

I remember when i was struggling at drifting, but now when im experienced at drifting and know what to do, it feel sooo good. U inspired me to drift, thank you Goosiest <3