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Woods Dec 22, 2019 @ 10:43am
Help with drifting
I know this topic gets brought up a lot but I need some help. I've got the hang of drifting but now I want to improve into that immediate stage of drifting so I've got a few questions. Say I've initiated the drift but I'm approaching the outside wall too fast and I want a tighter line. How do I slow myself down from going to the outside
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ling.speed Dec 22, 2019 @ 11:34am 
Increase drift angle (more power, then lift a bit). Or you can also just brake. Preferably with ABS off and remember to keep the front wheels honest in relation to the track. If you slide the fronts the brakes won't work well enough, or worse you'll loose slide angle.

Also the earlier you notice that you need to slow down the less of an issue it becomes. So try to look ahead more: imagine your line and have multiple reference points (don't focus just on the wall or the track right in front of the bonnet).
Mr Deap Dec 22, 2019 @ 6:21pm 
You can adjust the tire pressure so they kind of remain in parity on all 4 corner to drift effortless. A good setup makes drifting a lot easier.
ling.speed Dec 22, 2019 @ 7:41pm 
Originally posted by Mr Deap:
You can adjust the tire pressure so they kind of remain in parity on all 4 corner to drift effortless. A good setup makes drifting a lot easier.
Deap you dont even know how to drift, go back to your "unrealistic/arcade" grip racing thechniques.

If you ever drifted in AC you'd know that you need anything but pressure parity on all 4 corners.

And besides, the man asks how turn and slow down the car, not how to set it up.
In racing to slow down you divebomb the brakes, in drifting you add throttle. I bet you'd have no idea why thou.
Mr Deap Dec 22, 2019 @ 10:47pm 
Originally posted by ling.speed:
Originally posted by Mr Deap:
You can adjust the tire pressure so they kind of remain in parity on all 4 corner to drift effortless. A good setup makes drifting a lot easier.
Deap you dont even know how to drift, go back to your "unrealistic/arcade" grip racing thechniques.

If you ever drifted in AC you'd know that you need anything but pressure parity on all 4 corners.

And besides, the man asks how turn and slow down the car, not how to set it up.
In racing to slow down you divebomb the brakes, in drifting you add throttle. I bet you'd have no idea why thou.
There's nothing wrong to give tips to win for free. Just insert magic number.

Proper setup matter a lot for drifting.
ivor_bign Dec 23, 2019 @ 3:03am 
after being away from this forum for a while i decide to take a quick look in and see mr deap is still here giving crap advice.

some guy here asking what to do when drifting into a wall and you tell him he needs to set his car up, good job moron.

as ling.speed says, either more drift angle and throttle or just a touch of front brake to slow the car down, just watch for the back end going at too steep an angle if you decide to use the front brakes cos of weight tranfser and so forth.
Mr Deap Dec 23, 2019 @ 4:19am 
Originally posted by ivor_bign:
after being away from this forum for a while i decide to take a quick look in and see mr deap is still here giving crap advice.

some guy here asking what to do when drifting into a wall and you tell him he needs to set his car up, good job moron.

as ling.speed says, either more drift angle and throttle or just a touch of front brake to slow the car down, just watch for the back end going at too steep an angle if you decide to use the front brakes cos of weight tranfser and so forth.
Dude stop trolling, simply by adjusting the tire pressure makes a HUGE difference.

Don't know if it will fix terrible driving, but it sure does makes the car vastly easier to drift. Some car are terrible broken on the go, but drifting car are not so off, so you just adjust the tire pressure according to the air temp. You get a more linear sliding, Better steering response

I don't know why you guys are so into people making game wrong.

Even in console user playing Forza adjust their tire pressure.
https://forums.forzamotorsport.net/turn10_postst14919_Help-with-tire-pressure-for-drifting.aspx

Every sim have different way to adjust the tire pressure to win easy/effortless. So looking up into it is a good start.
ling.speed Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:08am 
Originally posted by Mr Deap:
Originally posted by ling.speed:
Deap you dont even know how to drift, go back to your "unrealistic/arcade" grip racing thechniques.

If you ever drifted in AC you'd know that you need anything but pressure parity on all 4 corners.

And besides, the man asks how turn and slow down the car, not how to set it up.
In racing to slow down you divebomb the brakes, in drifting you add throttle. I bet you'd have no idea why thou.
There's nothing wrong to give tips to win for free. Just insert magic number.

Proper setup matter a lot for drifting.
Lol your tips kind of work for stupid grip racers, but not here.
Why would we need to "win" anything, we are drifting here, like even the most clueless drifter will know you are talking crap.
Dude stop trolling, simply by adjusting the tire pressure makes a HUGE difference.

Don't know if it will fix terrible driving, but it sure does makes the car vastly easier to drift. Some car are terrible broken on the go, but drifting car are not so off, so you just adjust the tire pressure according to the air temp. You get a more linear sliding, Better steering response

I don't know why you guys are so into people making game wrong.

Even in console user playing Forza adjust their tire pressure.
https://forums.forzamotorsport.net/turn10_postst14919_Help-with-tire-pressure-for-drifting.aspx

Every sim have different way to adjust the tire pressure to win easy/effortless. So looking up into it is a good start.
Ah i see you are way past your prime, earlier you'd not let yourself slip much but it's getting bad now. You literally called for parity for all 4 wheels, one post earlier and your forza link advocates against it. So which one is it really.

Go back to trolling grip drivers, you are making a laughing stock out of yourself here.
Mr Deap Dec 23, 2019 @ 6:44am 
It's the same as adjusting the tire pressure for grip driving. Obviously the rear is almost minimum for FR car, just need to get close to the magic number while drifting.

Magic PSI number list for all Kunos cars:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ywib7cdh7mglEOkkQh8hSFKZe6CgCe9u/view

Basically what you want it get the pressure of the tire spec when it's heated up on track, because on the car is not driven as hard on the road, thus require a different approach to adjust the pressure. For modded cars, do grip driving where lift off oversteer doesn't exist & braking drift is a myth... simply write down the PSI number when they're green.

Every time the air temperature change, track layout, you got to change your tires pressure to have an unfair advantage.

Pro tips: Avoid real life racing contents. Mainly focus on engineering sampling & car data to get the most out of current racing simulators. It will reduce the time invested on the learning curve.
clairvoyantwolf Dec 23, 2019 @ 7:25am 
Originally posted by Mr Deap:

Every time the air temperature change, track layout, you got to change your tires pressure to have an unfair advantage.

So somehow changing something that everyone else can change constitutes an "unfair advantage" in the la la land of Mr. Deap.

To the OP, sorry drifting isn't my thing so I can't offer any advice there. But one valuable piece of advice is don't listen to Mr. Deap. He never...ever knows what he's talking about.
Mr Deap Dec 23, 2019 @ 8:36am 
Originally posted by clairvoyantwolf:
Originally posted by Mr Deap:

Every time the air temperature change, track layout, you got to change your tires pressure to have an unfair advantage.

So somehow changing something that everyone else can change constitutes an "unfair advantage" in the la la land of Mr. Deap.

To the OP, sorry drifting isn't my thing so I can't offer any advice there. But one valuable piece of advice is don't listen to Mr. Deap. He never...ever knows what he's talking about.
If OP didn't know, because of all the reputable PC garbage guide from social media. Yes, it is in fact an unfair advantage.

On RD forum I told the user to always readjust the PSI when the air temp change & he didn't believe me. Until he actually did... The guide there is utter garbage. You get better goodies from console forums.

Note: Again come from a console forum
https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/threads/a-guide-to-tuning-a-drift-car.276105/
"Tire Pressure

Tire pressure is measured in PSI. The more PSI you have, less of your tire will be touching the pavement which causes it to lose traction and vice versa. The general accepted theory is that 32PSI gives you the optimum balance between grip (Low pressure) and response (High pressure).

One of the key misconceptions about drifting is that you don't want grip at the rear. You actually want lots of it. Grip=good in drifting. Grip means you can pull back from bigger angles, you are putting more power down to the ground so you can get more speed, and you have more control over your car which is essential when tandeming; you want to be able to slow your car down when necessary if you are following someone, and if you don't have much grip then that's not easy.

Rear Tires

So, if 32PSI is the optimum PSI, then you want your tires to hit 32PSI when you are drifting. While drifting, your tires heat up causing the air inside them to expand, so you want your tires to hit 32PSI at max tempurature. While your tires are hot, check your PSI by viewing telemetry and tune your PSI accordingly. 25PSI works nicely on most cars.

Front Tires

Your front tires also heat up while drifting, but not as darastically as the rear because they aren't spinning at 130+ mph. Use the same technique for the Front tires. Drift a couple laps and then check your PSI and change it until it reaches 32PSI while hot. 28PSI is found to be ideal for this, but I suggest that you experiment yourself.
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Although the alignment/suspension is not so well explained as it doesn't consider the moving part of the suspension & steering geometry when adjusting the setup. Well the geometry is simulated & you know in a game... sometime it's broken, like it doesn't tip over, so you can kind of profit...
clairvoyantwolf Dec 23, 2019 @ 11:00am 
A wall of text on tire pressures and still doesn't know what the word "fair" means. ...Unsurprising, he is the only person on Earth to say "bomb dive" instead of "dive bomb." There is no bottom to his ignorant cluelessness. Once again, ignore him, there is other good advice in this thread.
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Date Posted: Dec 22, 2019 @ 10:43am
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