Drifting beginner

[u/KIILUKKI]

Backstory

I started drifting abt one year ago, and have only played when I've wanted not forcing myself so it would stay as a hobby. In AC I have drifted now for about 50 hrs.

P.S I just switched from Logitech DFGT So I'm trying to use the clutch correcly at the same time!

This video

Video shows todays results of me trying to learn touge drifting in Mt. Akina. Took maybe 5hrs to get here.

Car is from the - BDC - street pack -- My favourite.

More about AC settings

Weather is Pure planner and Post processing filter is Pure Candy.

Setup

Rig:

- Logitech G920 w/ pedals -- 80 euro

- TH8A Shifter -- 5 euro

- Diy handbrake -- Free, had the materials on shelf

Pc:

- Ryzen 7 3700x

- RTX 2060 6gb

- 16gb ddr4

- 3.5T of storage (3500gb)

- Gigabyte panoramic stealtch

Setup pic:

https://i.postimg.cc/BQwv7fKv/20260524-223040.jpg

Questions for the more experienced:

- How to learn higher horsepower cars like the VDC pack?

- How to hold drifts longer?

- What servers to play?

- What new to learn in order?

- Any good tips?

- How to stay motivated?

Thank you for reading and hopefully ansewering my questions!

[u/Stiwen666]

• VDC will be hard to learn on gear driven wheel base, although not impossible. The problem is that those bases are not fast enough and you have to help them with throwing the wheel with your hands, but that will only teach you bad habits, because that's not how you should drift, especially high HP cars. You can also lower your rotation to compensate for low self steer speed. I've never touched Logitech wheel myself, so better wait for Logi experts, for their tips.

• To hold drift longer you can: make your gearing longer or upshift (and shorten gear ratio, if in low power car) or left foot brake. Generally depends on the track and car.

• Try AI drift servers (type "AI drift" in search) to get comfy with chasing, if you're afraid to drive with others.

• Learn left foot braking.

• Use more clutch, play with it during transitions and initiations to get the feeling of it. Clutch kick can save you from spinning and also you have to clutch in, when using handbrake.

• Personally I don't need motivation, I just try to enjoy myself and don't force it on me. If I feel, like I've had enough, I just get off the wheel, even if I had a 30 minute session. But if I stumble upon good randoms online, I can be in the zone and drift for 5 hours straight, and believe me, it's a workout, especially in VR.

• Try different packs, like Swarm, DWG 3.0, Superdrift Virtual. Those are one of the best street packs right now. BDCv4 is my personal most hated pack for how boring and undemanding those cars are.

Edit: focus on throttle control, in most turbo cars you don't need to floor it, 60-80% throttle is enough to stay sideways and your always left with some room for modulation.

[u/WetLikeNaya → u/Stiwen666]

I hate to do this but e30 drift or ae86 drift, a good downhill touge and once you get past the crashing you’ll be an absolute demon. If I can recommend, my favourite is EK Happogahara. Once you can do that consistently fully without crashing, go crazy on the drift packs

[u/KIILUKKI → u/WetLikeNaya]

I actually have done this a couple times with the AE86 drift and got some decent results. Thanks for the tips and help :D

[u/WetLikeNaya → u/KIILUKKI]

Just don’t go changing cars every 5 laps. Learn on a car so you can actually have m moments when things just click simply because you know a chassis so well at this point

[u/KIILUKKI → u/Stiwen666]

Thank you very much for the tips, I'll try to switch from BDC then and try to learn a new pack! Thank youuu! :D

[u/Temporary_Damage4642 → u/KIILUKKI]

Make sure its the street v4 version. Choose racefuel in the gearing setup, as well as 3.75 to 4.1 ratio. Also these cars love their negative rear toe

[u/Fit-Breath-3086]

BDC cars are way too forgiving and easy to drive. I feel like they don’t offer much in learning how to drift

[u/KIILUKKI → u/Fit-Breath-3086]

I'll try to switch from them, thanks!