10 Sim Drifting tips I wish I knew earlier...

Important tips for beginner Sim Drifters. We have a drift expert with us today as well "hRay" who tells us what to avoid and what to do. Both the gear you get for sim drifting and your mindset about sim drifting play a big role in how fast you will learn. Obviously practice is the key, there is no shortcuts around getting good at drifting.

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[Goosiest]

Question of the day: *What is the most important tip for beginner Sim Drifters?*

[Goosebag]

As a sim drifter with no pc or steering wheel, i approve of these tips

[SirMorpheus]

I picked up the G920 in Dec. for $200 USD. I've never owned a force feedback wheel, and I wasn't sure how much I would actuall use it. I agree the gearbox is a little clunky, but I think it's a solid starter wheel for those who might be unsure if they are going to use their wheel a lot or not. If I keep using mine and improve my drift skills I'll likely upgrade to the Moza, but for now the G920 is doing just fine.

[abdallahalbalushi]

I love that you're hosting other people to share their experiences. I think this channel is going to surpass a lot of other sim driving channels. Good luck all the way!

[javininja]

Good video!! I'm a great fan of your drifting videos. I have a G29 with H shifter in a table setup and for me it's perfect for drifting, I also drive and drift in real life with my cars and the best to learn drifting is practice and you have to learn to feel the car and master it. Training is the key.

[RandomCouncil]

“When you’re frustrated take a break and come back in 5-10 minutes” is great advice and I find myself even at 27 sometimes not picking up on when to do this. It’s easy to over practice/train something you enjoy but your brain is still improving in that time off it processes information it learned.

[gokrisgaming]

As someone who is newer in Assetto the biggest help was having settings right like no traction control type of settings and also make sure to have a car that is set up decently. If you don’t have a decent set up car things will seem super difficult.

[alx]

if you have a g29 you can make it less loud and shakey by remapping the ffb using wheelcheck and ffb clip. (there are youtube tutorials)

[TavertsJo]

HRAY! He's from the same country i am, insane, watched him last year in covid times.

[RyaNewGame]

Awesome advice 👌 I paid attention to every point, since I'm just starting myself, and here's my conclusion:
#1 I was happy, because my desk was moving too much, so I switched to a cheap wheel stand right from the beginning, and it's a nice improvement overall 😁
#2 Haven't done that yet, but makes total sense to just be considerate and think about the others trying to enjoy their game
#4 Watching a lot of content about setups, maybe too much, I should actually start drifting, but starting is always scary for some reason
#5 I was sad, because my T150 is exactly like Goose described, just by looking at the T300 I can see how much smoother it must be
#6 Real good advice, used to have a rigid wooden ikea kitchen chair, but got an office chair now. It was painfull after just minutes, you need better comfort than ikea chairs
#7 So you're saying a more expensive wheel will make you better at drifting ? And if yes, why ? I'm genuinely trying to learn
#8 Easier said than done, since pro drifters make it look so easy, even looking at their channels, it looks as if they were always that good
#9 Couldn't agree more, I spent too much time worrying about settings. Default is gold when starting, same goes for car tunes in games
#10 I really have to say goodbye to The Crew 2, I'm starting to feel like it's not just me bad at drifting, could The Crew 2 have something to do with it ? Leaning towards Forza Horizon 5
#11 Was done long ago lol, can confirm you instantly become a pro drifter 💪

[GAPIMAN]

I'm the different brands guy too.
Thrustmaster T300 rs gt WHEEL with TLCM PEDALS.
For the SHIFTER I used my old G29 shifter and did some DIY with arduino, so it can run directly on USB.
And the HANDBRAKE is DIY old dissasembled logitech wingman joystick, with bike handlebar on it. :D

[SlideLineDrifting]

Loads of great points Goose and as always put together in a very entertaining way, keep the videos coming :)

[anegg]

Like hray said for taking a break for 5-10 minutes if you’re not getting something, I did that and then I still couldn’t drive the street cars like I was the week before so I said screw it and hopped in the VDC C6 and I absolutely love driving that thing. Definitely happy i actually sat and attempted to drive it the right way

[alone_on]

my dad just drilled holes in my table for the shifter...

[sebs]

"you actually need to practice yourself" i approve, because you can watch tutorials, and after one tutorial you practice a lil' bit, and then go to the next, practice, and it goes on until you get good

[saatvikraj]

Man love your videos, keep up the content :)

[Adisz]

i cant belive it 25k till 1 mil, i was here since 85k.Ur growin so fast goose

[zwenkwiel]

nr. 9 is important. made this mistake myself at first. stop messing with stuff too much. if it's not clipping then your FFB settings are fine. (the clipping part is kind of important though, some car packs were way too high for my t300 and I just lower it on a per car basis in AC)
same goes for tuning. at least for assetto corsa, just get a decent car pack like WDTS or GravyGarage and they're setup perfectly fine. if you can't drift them changing the tune won't help you.

[andixavierahmademiradsha]

Not only tips for sim drifters....its a motivation video too !!!

[dragonknight]

Lots of common sense advice here Goose and hRay! Thanks!