Drifting is taking a corner with the rear tires having no traction while having the front wheels pointing (countersteering) in the direction you want to go and having your vehicle at higher angle than the car would normally take the corner while gripping.
You can choose either to show drift (having most angle, slide as early as possible and catch grip as late as possible) or race drift where you need to drift in order to shave time off your cornering speed (only in some cituations)
Understeering is NOT drifting. Powersliding IS show drifting. Initiating the drift by using various techniques is drifting, people always say powersliding is not drifting but its basically what every drift consists of after some point or another through the corner. Using momentum to drift without pressing on the gas and letting centrifugal forces take their toll and than catch grip I guess is the only thing thats not powersliding.
Giving too much gas and braking heavyly can cause understeer, perfection of drifting consits alot mainly of smooth action. Drifting is a flow of force which you control by giving hints of control through your vehicles power and steering abilities. Drift setup is important such as tire pressures, qualities, and of course, having your brains where they are supposed to be.
Wow i got bored and wrote this… heh… found pics on drifting.ru… hope this helps…
Heel Toe Shifting
Learn proper race shifting to get your car into the right gear for drifting. Section also includes double clutch shifting so you can downshift before drifting without blowing out your transmission too quickly.
Power Over Drift
A throttle induced drift, this is performed when entering a corner and using the accelerator to slip the rear wheels, producing heavy oversteer through the turn. You will often need lots of horsepower to make this happen.
E-Brake Drift
This drifting technique is very basic, pull the E-Brake or side brake to induce rear traction loss and balance drift through steering and throttle play. This can also be used to correct errors or fine tune drift angles. Main drift technique used in FWD vehicles, however since it does decrease speeds, e-brake drifting is looked down upon during solo (tansou) type drifting competition.
Clutch Kick Drift
This drifting technique is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on approach or during turn in to a corner. The clutch is “popped” to give a sudden jolt through the driveline to upset rear traction, causing the power wheels to slip. Drifting is maintained by balancing the throttle.
Shift Lock Drift
This is performed by letting the revs drop on downshift into a corner and then releasing the clutch to put stress on the driveline to slow the rear tires inducing over steer. This is like pulling the E-brake through a turn, but this should be performed on wet ground to minimize damage to the driveline. Similar drifting technique to Clutch Kicking.
Dirt Drop Drift
This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the dirt to maintain or gain drift angle without losing power or speed and to set up for the next turn. This technique is very useful for low horsepower cars. Do not attempt this technique at the Drift Session.
Feint Drift
This is performed by rocking the car towards the outside of a turn and then using the rebound of the vehicle’s suspension to throw the car into the normal cornering direction. This is heavy rally racing technique used to change vehicle attitudes during cornering.
Jump Drift
In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a turn or apex is bounced over a curb to lose traction resulting in over steer. Do not attempt this technique at the Drift Session.
Braking Drift
This is performed by trail braking into a corner. Loss of grip is obtained and then balanced through steering and throttle motions. This is mainly for medium to low speed corners.
Kansei Drift
This is performed at race speeds. When entering a high speed corner a driver lifts his foot off the throttle to induce a mild oversteer and then balances the drift through steering and throttle motions. The car that is being used for this style of drift should be a neutral balanced car therefore the oversteer will induce itself. If the car plows through any turn this technique will not work.
Long Slide Drift
This is done by pulling the E-brake through a strait to start a high angel drift and to hold this to set up for the turn ahead. This technique can only be done at high speed.
Swaying Drift (Manji Drift)
This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end sways back and forth down a strait.
Credit for techniques to driftsession of hawaii…
and i was just looking for some advice
so yeah … drifting is not for the streets …etc… take it to the track and be safe … etc…
And never again thank God hehe.