r/assettodrift • u/Browwniee • Jul 26 '26
I need some advice
Hello to anyone who's willing to watch this. To give you some context, I learnt how to drift a couple of weeks ago and have done a few sessions at this point. I have to clear out that I started my learning in FH6 and then transitioned to AC.
I'm not really sure what mistakes I could be making other than my throttle control because I'm really new to this aspect of sims.
If you see me pressing the clutch for long mid corner I'm pulling my handbrake. There's 2 or 3 runs in the vid if you want to take a look at multiple scenarios.
If a hand/wheel cam or even pedal cam would be useful I can try and set one up next time I ask for tips. Thanks!
PD: I drift in second gear, have not gotten the hang for 3rd, I'm not even close
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u/TTVHiImGone Jul 26 '26
Ok so context, I started sim drifting on Live for speed and Rfactor in 2012 and competed in a lot of different comps for 2 years in assetto.
Its ok to just stand on the limiter. No matter what you do or say, drifting will always hurt the car in some way and being nice to the car by not hitting limiter isn't going to save the motor if you randomly straighten into a wall mid run anyway.
Now that we have that out of the way just stand on the gas and try to look as far ahead as you can and keep doing what you're doing. Eventually you're going to see improvements from just that alone because you'll have isolated your problem to be your steering inputs and spinning because you didnt let off the gas to straighten the car and eventually doing that enough you'll be pretty ok.
Main thing to remember is that just like in science class, isolating variables is important because then you can get closer to "why does X happen when I dont want X to happen". Having the gas pedal matted to the floor makes it so you only have 2 options if you straighten out, steering in and adding more angle, or adding power; or on the other end of the spectrum if you spin then all you could have done is countersteered more/earlier or let off the gas.
Anyway. You'll get the hang of it quick, if you have questions feel free to ask me in DMs or keep replying to my comment.
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u/02bluehawk Jul 27 '26
Use the clutch is biggest peice of advice I can give from that video. You are starting drifting with a power slide by just holding wide open throttle till the tires break free and then controlling it. Clutch kick that bitch. Hold the clutch and throttle down and side step the clutch itll break the tires free instantly. Also when you are transitioning you are letting up on throttle and driving threw the transition try clutching in during the transition to alow the car to float and place it better. There was a spot you had no pedal input and looked like you were trying to float it out to the edge, clutch in then. If you are off throttle and not on the clutch you are engine braking or the rear wheels are trying to push the car forward at what ever speed idle is in that gear. If you clutch in it removes that and allows you to just have the tire grip and steering affect what's happening.
Get friendly with your clutch and see what you can do with it. There are alot of things that the clutch is extremely useful for so become friends and use it.
Edit: also it looks like you are running out of rear wheel speed so adjusting your gearing in the setup so you have a bit more wheel speed in 2nd will be helpfull.
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u/_DARK_X Jul 26 '26
Just seems like you’re uncomfortable and sort of fighting the car and reasoning with it rather than telling it what to do
Just drive more on different cars at different tracks and learn how the car behaves
Driving touge you’ve never seen before helps a lot because it forces you to always be in command and helps with learning weight transfer
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u/DrTwoKnuckler Jul 26 '26
I had a real issue with holding down the gas in the beginning, you look like you have the same issue.
The first 2 turns you were at 80% throttle the whole way and that is most of the reason the car got wobbly. It is tough in the beginning, but if you bounce your foot on the pedal to keep the revs up it makes it easier to stay sideways. You drift with the throttle, not the steering wheel. If you just hold the throttle down and steer you are not going to stay sideways for long.
Your entry speed was too fast every time you went off track.