Hot tire drifting.

[HurricaneGame]

Any pro drifters that can drift good on hot tires cuz i can't always control my drift when they are hot any advice??

[Jakg]

be gentle, less throttle, less inputs, smoothness. Get used to sound and visual cues that it's about to spin

[HurricaneGame]

And high speed hot tire drifting for uber smoke =D ?

[Jakg]

And high speed hot tire drifting for uber smoke =D ?...is bloody hard as you've given the tyres very little grip, and are asking them to go over their limits. It's about practice, and predicting whats gonna happen with the car

[HurricaneGame]

I always tought hot tires gave more grip in RL because then the rubber sticks more and u stick more to the road.

[Jakg]

I always tought hot tires gave more grip in RL because then the rubber sticks more and u stick more to the road.to get "more smoke" (or any smoke tbh!) you have to get the tyres hotter than "optimum" and into the 140 degree range where grip tails off a LOT

[HurricaneGame]

How to get them hot quickly and very hot without breaking them easily ^^?

[Jakg]

By drifting, just do a few laps and get them hot, look at the temps, they burst at 200, although you will spin so much at 190 you'll know full well that they're on the way out

[HurricaneGame]

I noticed that slicks smoke allot =). To bad u can't pit slicks on a FZ5 and start drifting with uber smoke.

[MiniVan]

i have no sound and i hot tire drift no problem

[HurricaneGame]

i have no sound and i hot tire drift no problem


Can we meet tommorow ingame? So u can show me some hot tire drifting? So i can understand the handling?

[MiniVan]

im suspended from school for yelling, so i guess.

[HurricaneGame]

Can we do it now? It's 1:20 AM over here in holland XD
Edit: I got suspened a week ago for a day cuz i banned my school from Youtube xD.

[MiniVan]

just try and go to drift servers and ask.

[Vendetta]

hehe, when tires are hot i love to just stay full on the throttle drifting, creates alot of smoke :D But, you should be careful with the throttle, if the car starts feeling loose, lift off completely until you (hopefully) regain grip :D

[Greboth]

Hot tyre drifting is alot of fun. The way i do it is to only apply the throttle needed to keep side ways entering a corner then when you can see the exit go to full throttle and smoke alot as you leave the corner.
Im really into drifting the fz50 at the minute and i use the set up off inferno. When your tyres are hot you can keep the car sideway completely off throttle.

Really its just practice of knowing what the car will do.

[Fujiwara Takumi]

just try and go to drift servers and ask.

:pillepall Those are the worst people to ask. (especially if they're pubbers, and most of the drift servers are pub servers)

[DownShift]

lol i like cold tire drifting :P i like to feel grip wen im drifting so if i need to change my line i can (my setup cant change lines on hot tires LOL), i dont care about smoke really... just for show so i dont care if i make it or not :P
i drift for the sense of car control you get form it.... and for the fun :P

[HurricaneGame]

I like the smoke allot =). That's why i want to do this. And the people drifting in drift servers are mostly not good at hot tire or they don't say much :P .

[psdf]

:pillepall Those are the worst people to ask. (especially if they're pubbers, and most of the drift servers are pub servers)

You shouldn't generalize like that. Most servers in LFS have both skilled and less skilled racers/drifters. Just because a server is private, doesn't mean that it's full of talented people. :smileypul

To the OP: Drifting with very hot tires (~100C-200C) can be pretty hard. The best advice I can give you is to just practice, practice and practice some more. Try gentle moves and remember that when the temperature rises to great heights, the tires seem to turn into plastic Mc Donald's trays. Concentrate fully and be ready to react to the car's movements at any given moment. Optimizing your set is also very important (not sure how to do this though, ask a gearhead). :)