Front Wheel Drive Drift 🔥 Never Understeer Again

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Happogahara
Civic EK9

Thanks to RKGaming for making this video possible:

This is a front wheel drive drift in Assetto Corsa. Many people say you can't drift FWD cars, or that you simple shouldn't. But, in this Assetto Corsa Touge Tutorial video I'm going to be showing you exactly how to do it, and when it's useful.

In my opinion, drifting an FF Car effectively is even harder than drifting rear wheel drive. Not only does it take a bit of practice and a lot of bravery to pull it out of the bag in a run. But, a driver needs to have a solid understanding of the theory behind driving an FF car in a performance manner.

For instance in a real wheel drive car, you are being pushed from behind around a corner. If you break traction on the rears, they will still spin whilst in oversteer and push you around the corner in a drift. But, in a FWD car, the oppositeis happening. You are being pulled around a corner. Since the application of power is pulling the car forward, as soon as you break traction on the rear, the rear tyres will naturally fall into line with the fronts after steppingon the throttle. This makes it impossible to gain momentum in a drift like a RWD car does.

So, now you're probably wondering - in what world is a front wheel drive drift useful if all you do is slow down while performing it? Well, let me tell you.

Front wheel drive cars tend to have a lot of understeer because the front wheels handle both the accelration and steering, increasing the traction load on the tyres. Therefore, under heavy load, such as in a long, fast corner, or tight corners such as hairpins, understeer is almost guaranteed to happen at some point.

TO get the grip back on an understeering vehicle, the demands on the tyre tread needs to be reduced. That means using less steering angle, and trimming off speed. Inexperienced drivers will often panic and slam on the brakes This keeps
the tyres from regaining grip, making the understeer even worse.

So, to get around a corner without losing time, we must initiate a FF drift. Understeer is likely
to occur at either the entry or exit to a corner, and this is where you should initiate the FWD
drift, to minimalise the understeer which will lose you time either through letting off the throttle or decreasingthe steering input. By drifting at either the entry or exit of a corner you won't need to steer much any more and
minimalizing the chance of understeer.
If you've watched any of my videos in the how to touge series, youll know that a lot of methods are reused, and the front wheel drivedrift is no different. There are 3 main methods we can use to induce a front wheel drive drift. But, as always, it's what you do
after the drift initiation that counts. So, you can really use any drift initiation method. But, these are some of my favourites
to use in a ff car. These methods will help you reduce understeer, as you will be able to line your car up to the exit of a corner much earlier. Meaning, you won't need to steer and throttle at the same time whihc will reducethe chance of understeer greatly.

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MY SIM RIG:

[suspiciousstew]

Once those Civic owners know about this, they'll be able to achieve new levels of loud

[ZenDriver]

You talk about the issues that interest me most.

[nenehunna]

When i use fwd or awd, i set my brake bias more to the rear, so i can correct the understeer when it happens. It makes trail braking harder tho

[LuckyEight_]

I've grown up driving ff cars almost exclusively. Personally I love the quick turn in and cornering that you get from a well setup fwd car. Fwd drift is a ton of fun as well, as long as you keep some space between you the guardrail...

[noahyoos]

I normally don't drive FF cars, now I might have to try them out again

[AndreasReitz]

2:15 that example of understeer was the best footage I've ever watched .. well done

[klo]

i actually had to use a fwd drift to prevent a crash recently, IRL, and this video really saved me arse. i had to get somewhere fast, and a very tight series of corners came up that i didnt realise were as tight as they were. trailbraking really saved the car, and remembering to be gentle on the brakes and throttle saved it.

so thanks again for providing a tutorial indepth enough that it could be used irl

[TSRB]

There seems to be some confusion about the difference between what a drift and powerslide is;

"Essentially, a drift starts before the apex, while a powerslide starts after the apex. With a powerslide, you keep things tidy up until you hit the apex. Once there, you put the power down—which, in a rear-drive car with good power, can make the back end step out to varying degrees. In a drift, the slide starts much earlier. Your goal is to induce oversteer going into the corner, not on your way out—sometimes using a clutch kick or a tug on the handbrake to get the car sideways ahead of the apex. Any time you're oversteering before the apex, it's a drift.

So now you know. And next time one of your friends incorrectly calls a powerslide a drift, or vice versa, you'll be able to point out exactly how wrong they are."

[DrunkenMisu]

Ah yes the technique Shingo is good at

[pain.]

Something about FWD cars just hit different I love em

[unclegraggy]

Your next video must go over the front wheel drive four wheel drift
the FWDFWD

[Tendruu]

As a someone that mainly drives FF cars (especially the EK9), this video is a blessing ! Thank you !

[colapone]

I accidentally learned how to do this in the rain at 65mph holding light throttle in a slide after initiating it, essentially the car was dragging its back tires sliding, after I learned it I did it to work Every Morning when it would rain, and It was a 1999 Honda CR-V of All Cars to do it in, weight shifting was easy because the shocks were worn out

[jeypi__]

Still remembering the time how Takumi won against a Professional driving a tuned for touge Civic just because a cat crossed the street and the pro driver swerved.

[thqne]

You should for sure upload some touge battles on assetto once your sim setup is fixed. I’m sure many people would enjoy watching them.

[ntcnorskgaming]

As usual love your vids. Especially love the shopping cart example! Love how you explain the complex physics behind drifting and power-steering in such a dimple manner. Very entertaining!

[trezzz-z]

Great video! Just as illustrative and clear as ever. Two questions, is that DDM's Type R? and, would you explain the inner wheel lifting on a video someday?

[akkraineproduction]

Never played asseto corsa but your just entertaining to watch handsdown my man one day you’ll become the best asseto corsa guider

[imtableship]

My favorite memory in Forza 7 pub lobbies was divebombing a dirty lead pack in a hairpin to pull ahead with a handbrake drift in a Civic. Taking the lead with an actual drift when I'm a basic grip boi was amazing.

[thqne]

Thumbnails are awesome btw. They really catch your eye in the feed.