Driving in GTA 5.

[ebonheartnord]

So the hardest thing I've found when driving is turning on those sharp turns. I usually go for cars with higher traction in races, but I still often have a very hard time making those turns and accelerating.

 

This is how I make those sharp turns. I'll have my hand on the accelerator, I'll often hit the hand break with my finger still on the accelerator, and make the turn. However, it seems to work if you ain't going at a very high speed.

 

If you are travelling at a very high speed, you just end up ramming up against the wall on the far side.

 

The second method I use is the hand break. However, this requires significant skill. A second or two longer holding on the hand brake and you are caught in a vicious spin. However, even when I do pull it off, I often have a very bad recovery rate at accelerating. I'll still be skidding all over the road.

 

There are those very rare moments I'll pull of a perfect turn, but I never know what I just did.

 

So was wondering if folks out here or the best drivers can shed some light in making those turns at high speed. How do you go about it and what do you do?

 

Thanks a lot.

[drjonkoe]

Since this gta is in my opinion a bit arcady, not making a corner simply means you are going too fast. Using your hand brake to slow down usually is not the best option, and as far as for sliding through corners...cars go faster through corners when not sliding/drifting (except for rally cars). There is a reason why f1 dont drift corners you know.

 

I would suggest braking before a corner comes. Although you seem like a person that never has done that before.

[B Dawg]

Handbrake and accelerate? That's your problem.

[ebonheartnord]

Since this gta is in my opinion a bit arcady, not making a corner simply means you are going too fast. Using your hand brake to slow down usually is not the best option, and as far as for sliding through corners...cars go faster through corners when not sliding/drifting (except for rally cars). There is a reason why f1 dont drift corners you know.

 

I would suggest braking before a corner comes. Although you seem like a person that never has done that before.

 

Oh that is perfectly fine when just driving around the map. But what about when driving in a race. How would you make that perfect sharp turn?

[drjonkoe]

 

Since this gta is in my opinion a bit arcady, not making a corner simply means you are going too fast through corners when not sliding/drifting (except for rally cars). There is a reason why f1 dont drift corners you know.

I would suggest braking before a corner comes. Although you seem like a person that never has done that before.

 

Oh that is perfectly fine when just driving around the map. But what about when driving in a race. How would you make that perfect sharp turn?

That depends on what you define as a "sharp turn". Both for a 90 degree turn or sharper holds somewhat the same rules. Brake before you turn, enough to hit the apex (wiki it if you dont know it) and take all the space you can when exiting the corner going to the outside while stepping on the gas. Cant paste a link on my phone but just google "corner technique apex"

[Jako98146]

Use Franklin's slow down time ability for sharp turns, works about 90-97% of the time if it's atleast 25% filled