Why is it not possible to drift in Gta?

[Goodsport92]

I see people saying it's not possible.

So what is needed to be able to drift in GTA?

 

Regards mr. Ignorant!

[hornedturtle]

points flying up on the screen saying you're drifting.

[xInfamousRYANx]

Drifting is stupid Imo. I never got into the drift culture in any game. Drifting and quick scoping I will never understand. I can do it but I think it's dumb

[mo-seph]

I see people saying it's not possible.

So what is needed to be able to drift in GTA?

 

Regards mr. Ignorant!

 

need to remove traction control for a start, and allow for manual gear changes ideally, although you can do kickdown changes using either the braketap/ebrake method, which drops you a gear/lets you wheels spin while travelling at normal cruise speeds...

 

without being able to add increased acceleration in the corner its hard to drift, you need to be able to retain the drive while losing traction, something the game mechanics dont allow for very easily...

 

its not impossible tho, you take out a surano, drive in a very straight line then start zigzagging and youll feel it being to drift, after a while youll figure out how to force that using a quick brake tap, which drops the gears, then full accel while your turning into the corner, causing the back end to drift out while you retain control with your steering...

 

theres a recent thread listing all the driftable cars

Edited March 10, 2014 by mo-seph

[SLUGFly]

Check the other thread about drifting. It contains a most excellent video showing some nice drifting.

Edited March 10, 2014 by SLUGFly

[mo-seph]

yea that one

 

spent 10 mins scrolling through pages to find it, only to realsie its just been fecking bumped to the first page... dammit..

Edited March 10, 2014 by mo-seph

[Kracus]

The Z-Type and Stinger GT drift really easily. Same as the Carbonizare... I don't have a problem drifting though but you need the right angle/speed for every corner to achieve whatever kind of drift you're looking for.

[SmokeDat]

Trying to explain is futile, because those who know what drifting is and those who don't, will argue their respective sides to the death.

 

Also, logic is not welcome in these parts, so believe what you wanna believe. Just know, that if you believe in GTA "drifting", there are MANY who are laughing hysterically at your ignorance.

[BigIce17]

Its that the game has traction control built into it. If it were possible to remove it as an option that would be nice.

[Nenzo]

It is possible, it just depends on what you call, drifting..

[SLUGFly]

Well f*ck then. Let's call it "sliding without losing control of angular momentum" and we can allbe happy.

[slowburn29]

It is possible, it just depends on what you call, drifting..

 

They call it "powersliding"

[JamesPnell]

If you mean just drifting around corners, that's easy. But sustaining a drift for 6 blocks, that's more of a challenge.

[Nenzo]

 

 

It is possible, it just depends on what you call, drifting..

They call it "powersliding"

Oh really?

[Areacode8O8]

I drift all the time with the jester. But I'm awesome though...

[mo-seph]

Trying to explain is futile, because those who know what drifting is and those who don't, will argue their respective sides to the death.

 

Also, logic is not welcome in these parts, so believe what you wanna believe. Just know, that if you believe in GTA "drifting", there are MANY who are laughing hysterically at your ignorance.

 

so why not explain the difference between the two for the benefit of the OP and everyone else reading the thread... im curious as to how you define it and how that compares to the definitions from the rally circuits that invented the technique of drifting due to lose surfaces on rally circuits, that was then transcribed to tarmac as a show off "stunt"

[hugh750]

I see people saying it's not possible.

So what is needed to be able to drift in GTA?

 

Regards mr. Ignorant!

the futo drifts once you upgrade it.

[AceThaCreator]

Its not really all that hard. I just did drift kings for the first time with my crew member and only after doing it 2 times i caught on quick and did it with the 9f and the sultan and had loads of fun.

[Sushi__Wolf]

I drift bruhhhh, your just doing it wrong duder!

[XJpostman]

You have to be going pretty slow to do an actual drift and only rwd cars in GTA V can do it.

Futo is one of the best but the Carbonizzare (might be wrong spelling) really surprised me this weekend.

[Accendo]

By the technical definition of drifting, you can drift in GTA. You just can't go all JDM and drift down a city block sideways.

Regards, someone who actually works in the automotive industry.

[gnad.1992]

because the controls are somewhat difficult

[SaturdayNight]

The Z-Type and Stinger GT drift really easily. Same as the Carbonizare... I don't have a problem drifting though but you need the right angle/speed for every corner to achieve whatever kind of drift you're looking for.

 

You can say that again.

[homeskillet]

Newbs.

[darkwar854]

It is possible. Just use the futo, or dominator.

[FasterThanYou]

1) Too much grip in all cars.

2) Cars are too light.

3) Inertia is too low.

4) Too little weight shifting in cars when you ask huge efforts from them.

 

All of that combined means that a slide will take away a sh*tload of speed ( no inertia, no weight, plus grippy cars will stop you a lot when going sideways), and that will make the car fully grip again. Powersliding at low speed is doable, proper drifting is not.

 

Only the rain can save you as grip levels are reasonable under the rain. Picking cars with reasonable grip levels instead of spaceships will help too.

[mo-seph]

By the technical definition of drifting, you can drift in GTA. You just can't go all JDM and drift down a city block sideways.

Regards, someone who actually works in the automotive industry.

So an answer I agree with, bein in the industry can you enlighten these guys as to what a "drift" entails....

 

By my understandin, and im happy to be corected, as powerslide is a form of a drift, buuut, not the only way to drift.

 

Theres different ways to both define and execute a "drift" and the arguement here is often a semantic one

[bloatedsack]

 

Trying to explain is futile, because those who know what drifting is and those who don't, will argue their respective sides to the death.

 

Also, logic is not welcome in these parts, so believe what you wanna believe. Just know, that if you believe in GTA "drifting", there are MANY who are laughing hysterically at your ignorance.

 

so why not explain the difference between the two for the benefit of the OP and everyone else reading the thread... im curious as to how you define it and how that compares to the definitions from the rally circuits that invented the technique of drifting due to lose surfaces on rally circuits, that was then transcribed to tarmac as a show off "stunt"

 

 

Powerslide: You drive a car, and you throw the back end out, counter steer and power through the turn with the backwheel's spinning out. Basically, controlled skidding.

 

Drifting: A powerslide with an Asian fetish. Mostly. Same concept, except its beyond showboating and becoming stunting. The people who say things like "drift" will quickly pop up with all sorts of minute technical BS about how its not the same thing, but it is at its core. Even the act of "drifting" down a straight road while your AWD car is sideways and all four tires are spinning out, the principle is still the same. Its just another fancy term for a controlled skid.

 

I expect that someone who is both fast and furious will come along and tell me I'm wrong; however, its all down to semantics at this point. All drifts are powerslides.

[BSEANO]

The cars don't downshift quick enough. You can powerslide, but you can't drift.

[luisniko]

What I understand from word "drift" is sliding without losing much speed and then go back to straight again.

 

If that's correct, then I do it a lot of times with my 9F, Issi, and Zion Cabrio.