Originally posted by DuckyD
As an FF Drifter, let me sound off.
It was once said on Drifting.com that FF Drift is like gay sex. Sure, you're having sex but it's still just gay.
That said, there is no REAL future in FF Drifting. The exit speeds are always lower than similar cars that FR. It's alot harder to link turns. And a high speed course like Homestead, the FF Drifter would be screwed.
That's my $.02...
-Ducky
youve got it backwards. a high speed course would benefit the ff drifter, because they rely on momentum and weight transfer to cause oversteer, a lot moreso than fr because you cant use techniques like clutch kicks or power over.
lets talk theory; consider the physics. with a rwd car, you can enter the corner and brake hard, the car leans forward and takes weight off the back wheels. combined with your turn in, where weight transfers to your outside wheels, your drift is basically leaning on the front outside tire. look at my signature, where is the car leaning? see? then, once you add throttle, boom, youre controlling oversteer, keeping a decent angle with steering, and trying not to hit stuff like people or guardrails.
in FF, you enter really hot, and i would assume that a feint would get the weight to shift the hardest, but it would be easy to just loop the car. you cant control oversteer as easily as you can with fr, at least not with the same techniques... and basically i assume that you decide the fate of your slide with your entrance. to get that car to get out, and stay out, you need a fast entry speed and a hard weight shift, then let off the throttle and let the back kick out, although you could go wider with ebrake combined with heavy throttle to maintain some speed .
it makes sense that you need a higher entry speed to induce a stronger weight shift just to initiate the slide, and to maintain a semi-decent exit speed since youll prolly ebrake the balls out of your car getting an angle that doesnt suck. on a technical track like primus, there arent enough straights to gain speed to allow for a long, wide slide that will compete anywhere near the level of an fr, not like thats the point, but it just makes it useless at said track. now homestead on the other hand...