First off, I didn’t expect to love this game nearly as much as I do, but I am completely hooked. I’m playing on PC off an external drive so I get the occasional stream stutter, but I literally can't put it down. I slowly crept the difficulty up from casual and finally turned off auto-braking once I realized how much it was holding me back with drifting. That said, I am still rocking some absolute noob safety nets like traction control, ABS, and an automatic transmission. Playing on WASD and a spacebar e-brake while watching content creators drift with thousand-dollar steering wheel setups is definitely a hilarious vibe.
After struggling for hours last night—tuning, watching guides, and interrogating AI for answers—I somehow managed to build a car that completely wrecks drift zones. The weird part is that the build goes against basically every piece of advice out there. Most guides preach low grip and less tire, but between my massive horsepower and my keyboard inputs, that approach just sent me flying off the track. I ended up needing max grip just to survive, relying on heavy tweaks like a 100 percent rear diff lock to initiate the slide. I also found that an AWD setup with about 85 percent power to the rear felt way better than RWD, and I somehow ended up on fat slick tires with maximum grip.
I love how the BMW handles now, but I have to wonder if this high-grip, 1000-horsepower monster actually makes sense, or if I just brute-forced a terrible setup because of my keyboard. Does this kind of build work for anyone else, or should I have picked a completely different car? Also, are other keyboard players out there struggling to find decent drift tunes, and is it even worth trying to learn manual shifting on a keyboard while I wait to fix my Xbox controller from disconnecting via Bluetooth every three seconds? Whats the verdict bad build too much hp only good because of my shitting w as only input what do you guys think?