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Drifting By: Justin Schumerth
Common Terms Oversteer: is when the lateral angle of the rear tires is greater then that of the front tires Under-steer: is when the Tires (usually the front tires) on the car lose grip and the car tends to be unresponsive to steering FR,FF,MR etc.: refers to Engine and Drivetrain FR: is Front Engine & Rear Wheel Drive FF: is Front Engine / Front Wheel Drive MR/Mid-Ship: is Mid Engine / Rear Wheel Drive 4WD: allows all four tires of a car to be used all four tires share the same speed and power also due to a differential at the center rather than both axels. AWD: AWD is like true 4WD were all four tires are operating at the same time but are able to move at different speeds from the rest due to a differential at the center rather than both axels.
Oversteer
Understeer
What is it? Drifting started in Japan, over 30 years ago Drifting is were a driver purposely put the car into a Oversteer. Drifting is controlled by Throttle and Counter-Steer (If your technique is good you can control a drift by near throttle only (using the cars balance to drift)) Drifting started on the Touge of Japan (Mountain Passes) by just some people trying to find the fastest way down the mountain Drifting is now an extremely popular motorsport and is also used in Rally Racing combined with power slides.
The Touge
FR / RWD
240SX (Nissan 240SX) Popular FR Drift Cars
S15 (Nissan Silvia S15)
~FR/ RWD~
FF / FWD
EK9 (Honda Civic Type R) Popular FF Drift Cars
DC2 (Acura Integra Type-R)
~FF Drift~
AWD / 4WD
CT9A (Mitsubishi Lancer Evo) Popular 4WD Drift Cars
GDB (Subaru Impreza WRX STi)
~AWD DRIFT~
MR / RWD
SW20 (Toyota MR2) Popular MR Drift Cars
NA2 (Acura/ Honda NSX)
~AE86~
D1 Grand Prix is the Largest Drifting Motorsports expo in the world ~D1GP~ Street Legal Class (w/ Nomuken)
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