I suck at drifting. Any tips?

[<CKY> Smith]

I can barely get bronze medal :( My car just spins out all the time

How do i get good at them?

[nOObs]

+1

[Blood Junkie 666]

Try it without handbrake and car settings more to the left.

[Kopl]

i also need help

[Belmag]

Easy is waaaaay too easy. Turning off just one of the assists turns my car into an squirrelly, rolling wreck. /sigh

[mbutton15]

Originally posted by Belmag:

Easy is waaaaay too easy. Turning off just one of the assists turns my car into an squirrelly, rolling wreck. /sigh

I agree, I can't see the point in 'easy' mode with assisted braking & steering. So I'm playing on intermediate, and even turned one of those options off.

I had problems keepiing a 4wd drive car from flipping the rear-end out. Then I messed about with the advanced wheel settings. I think the one that helped most was setting deadzone to 0. (Think I also put Saturation to 100 which most google'd advice seemed to also suggest).

And, I know this sounds silly, but you don't have to turn the wheel full-lock !! On F1 games I think I got used to full-lock turns but you really can't do that in this game !!

[mbutton15]

Originally posted by Skilluck:

I can barely get bronze medal :( My car just spins out all the time

How do i get good at them?

I generally don't bother with the drifting components of games like these, specifically Need For Speed: Shift, but in Dirt3 I've managed to get Bronze on the first two drift challenges which I'm happy enough about.

I think it really is a trial and error thing of finding a car set-up which allows you to get the rear end out and keep it there. I've certainly not cracked that yet as I usually do a half-donut !! I also still can't decide if the way the get the rear end out is by handbrake or the 'Skandinavian Flick' - steer away from the corner and then 'Flick' the car the other way.

[Zefram Cochrane]

3 simple rules:

Practise, practise, practise.

[Games Brown]

Thankfully we all own this on PC so it's fairly trivial to just skip dumb events with mods.

[D1visor]

Lol, i did gold on 5/6 difficulty(no assists)

[GRIMM11]

Yeah my first try I got silver, after tweaking my car I was able to pull platinum with no assists. in my opinion assists screw me up more often then no assists.

[Crazyrems]

Dirt 3 tends to be more realistic than other Dirt games.
No need to steer at max to drift, all is in speed and acceleration.
Just start with handbrake at low speed, or just steering when fast to put you through the turn, then downgear and full gaz for drifting all along (don't touch the steering wheel).
You can't make it if your speed is too fast at the beginning, try to brake before being in the turn, accelerate inside a turn is always easier/safer than brake inside a turn.
Counter steer to avoid spinning, but over 50% is in managing acceleration.
And, you can't play with any assists, and without sequencial gears, you are playing Dirt, not Mario Kart ;)

Another tip that is true to trust:

Originally posted by Zephraim Cochrane:

3 simple rules:

Practise, practise, practise.

[Ngazi]

I never tried assist but I can get platinum without it. What is important is to keep your power up, not just your speed but the right rpm. Also don't steer too much just try to steer as little as you need and practice from there.

[Supreme Toaster]

If you play with a controller you can keep the thottle at just enough acceleration that you won't loose speed in a turn. If you accelerate too much the wheels loose the friction and you loose control of the car.

Playing with a keyboard is harder because you cannot do small controll adjustmens. If you can't play with a controller, learn to tap the accelerator and play some practise rounds to find the sweet spot for the ultimate drift.

Keep in mind that you most likely have to adjust you speed for the right angle and the car.

[livingmentor]

Here is my setup:

Playstation 4 controller
Steering Saturation 80%
Steering Linearity -8
Differential one tick left from middle.

There really isn't a need to to steer when you hit a good grove around a turn. You just need to hold at half throttle so the engine is at a stable RPM and it will carry you sideways through the turn.

Hope this helps and good luck!

[zeelos]

Originally posted by Zefram Cochrane:

3 simple rules:

Practise, practise, practise.

U mean Practice?