Written down for easy quick reference: *Live Tuning Settings:* Steering Sensitivity: _Max_ Downforce: _Min_ Traction Control: _Off_ Drift Style: _Gas_ *Car Build:* Engine: _Go nuts_ Nitrous: _Many small charges for more control and to extend drifts._ Drivetrain: _Less gears for automatic, more gears for manual._ Suspension, Tires, Differential: _Speed-Cross parts - the secret to it all._ Happy drifting.

Hoki: use a car with a long wheelbase Me, in my beetle: ah feck

Corvette: backfires KZfaq captions: applause

Everyone that drifts on nfs heat: Transitions perfectly Me trying to transition: car drops to 20mph after just on 80 and stops

Just started playing this a while ago, now I see a huge improvement in my drift score! Thanks dude!

Thanks Hoki! The drifting was starting to piss me off. Still a little disappointing that low power drifting seems to be impossible

I am at Rep level 13 and I was struggling so much with drifting until now. Followed your steps and now I am able to get atleast 2 stars in most of the drift events. The drifting model is so different from NFS Payback but your drifting guide made it easier for me to build and live tune my dodge for perfect drifts. Thanks a lot! Peace!

just applied your settings on panamera turbo, maan what a difference, made the drifting fun, 1st straight away, buzzing mate thanks

Please keep doing nfs heat content! Not many you tubers do in depth stuff about nfs like you do

I was going to write a lot, but I think it sums up easily: THANK YOU!

Wow, finally found something useful. Was never good at drifting in games, but this helped me through it. MANY THANKS! I can now enjoy the game WITH drifting, instead of have it ruining my experience. Finally a NFS game that brings me in again, like NFS Rivals did. SUPERB!

Saved my life!! I’ve been trying a drift challenge for 3 days and managed to do it because of your tips! Thank you!!

I literally just tried drifting with on-road drifting parts and it feels like I'm driving a grip car. Then I tried speed-cross parts and 3-starred that MF'king drift zone. Thanks Hoki!

DUDE NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE! THANK YOU, I CAN DRIFT NOW! I just wanted to update: I found the cars feel pretty controllable and allow you to counter-steer if you don't maximize the drift setting. I use Pro Drift suspension, Elite Drift tires, and Rally Super Differential and it feels really good. My experience with drifting comes from Forza Motorsport/Horizon, Assetto Corsa, and FiveM. UPDATE: upon further analysis all speedcross parts are the key.

Here's my secret to maintaining a drift: start the drift, then quickly wobble the control stick left and right over and over again. I don't know why it works, I don't know why it's better than just holding it at a specific angle, but it is. If you're drifting too wide or too tight, you can hold it in the direction you want to go for awhile to make adjustments, and then just go back to whipping it back and forth, you can also whip it left and right, but be biased towards one direction or the other to adjust your angle. Once you use this technique enough it will come instinctively and be really helpful, especially when trying to drift with a build that's a bit grippier than would be ideal. I use it for my "race-able night drift build" which is grippier than a day drift build to be better when running from the police as you can't swap out parts while in a cop chase, and i want something that's good enough at drifting, but also won't get it's ass whooped in a race.

Thank you so much! I tried those settings out in my newly bought Mustang GT but that was way too heavy. I then put the parts in my old RX7 and immediately 3 Star-ed every Drift Zone with ease!

wish id seen this sooner, been pulling my hair out n loosing my shit so much with the drifting parts of this game, can't wait to try this setup, many thanks mate

Hoki back at it with the life saving tips Thank you so much!

Duuude THANK YOU FOR THIS. I've been trying to figure this out, and this is super helpful.

Struggled even getting half a drift score, now I'm crushing them! Thank you.

Do you remember when Michael Jordan made everyone think they could be like him? Yeah! You did just that and I still can't drift to save my life. Great vid tho.

Wow, I cannot believe how helpful this was, thanks a bunch bro. Left a like for your hard work👌🏽

Yo thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was immensely helpful and your big secret made all of the difference for me.

I’ve seen a huge improvement in my drifting. I’ve been using my Viper to drift and it seems like it’s a fairly good drift car too, thanks for the tips!

You're the reason I'm buying this. Thanks, subscribed too. Keep uploading. Realism is more my style like Forza but this heavy drift feeling is all I wanted and was debating on buying 💯

Hoki thank you for the hook up with the speed cross parts. I was wondering why all the drift events were so hard

man just adjusting the live tune configs just helped me a lot, thanks you so much!

Thank you for this. Have done the majority of the game but set aside drifting do to it being overly frustrating, for me. You are a legend

Awesome vid man I was just playing nfs heat and I was complaining about the drifting physics and I was using all drift parts I just changed all parts to the parts u said and dude thank u its soooo much better

This really helped me to get a three star on skidding downhill. I had trouble getting the 100,000 score, but this made it way easier.

Thanks for the knowledge, I've tried multiple variations and grant figured drifting out but I'm going to try it your way now!

GODLIKE TIP!!! Thank you so much! After switching suspension, tyres & differential to speedcross, my drift scores litteraly doubled! Sooo much easier to control the drift!!!

definitely wouldn't have figured this out on my own....or most likely at least, so thanks!

Love your vids! All of what you said is correct, but I would like to add on to that by saying that the most effective way to build a drift car in the game is to literally buy all the parts that put the crosshair dot on the furthest right center line right where "drift symbol" is. That can mean a mix of Speedcross, Drift and other suspension parts and it is the way the game is intended to be played for a drift car, it even gives you an achievement for beating a score with maximum drift "focus" on the crosshair. Engine power is really not that important, I speced out my stock Fairlady Z with the right suspension parts, it is ranked at a 105 and I'm beating high level drift trials with ease and difficult drift zones with it. Good video though I just thought this might add on to that :)

Thanks for that! Been looking and this was the only, clear and precise explanation on how to, and what settings your car needs, including those live tuning settings!

This is great advice Watching you hit those corners and chaining was super dope too!

Perfect video =) i still hate drifting in this game, but i could finally complete all the drift challenges so quick =)

I never comment on vids but I just gotta say, this video just saved me from smashing my controller cause the difference between what I was doing and your suggestions were day and night. Drifting outside of a race feels fun now :thumbs_up:

thank you so much! seriously needed this guide, i found it so hard to sustain drift on the wheel (when i eventually got one) and i never felt in control of the direction i was going but after those part swaps it really made a difference. For three years, ive been banging my head into the wall struggling while watching my friend on the controller drift with efficiency and success made it so maddening for me, and now i feel with a little practice i can be swinging big again. thanks again my dude!

Thanks for the tips, really appreciate it, also want to say it is very satisfying to watch your drift footage.

What the actual fuck, how does this actually help so much, i was using the 180s you start off with at like 210 rating and was just oversteering without fail. This actually makes the drifting playable now, thanks so much!

Beastly drifting skills bro keep up the good work 🔥💯

A much needed video. Will definitely be returning at some point when I need to ace those drift zones.

This worked 100% thank you so much, I was struggling a bit and after your changes, was able to compete the drift course. I'm appreciative !!!

Gonna have to try this out, been struggling Q_Q Thanks!!

This is actually working, super solid guide

THANK U! I been struggling so much with drift that I am actually discouraged from drifting.

My man ggs thats an awsome video i was struggling in drift u helped me a lot keep up the good work . I wish u the best and i hope to see more tips for all kind of racing modes. Best regards.

The fact I need to be more in line with my drift just makes this game that much more convincing to play

Thank you soooo much! Finally I can get some Nice Drifts! Greetings from Germany 🤘

Thanks so much.. been avoiding drifting.. but taking your advice has made it so much better.

Thanks a lot for your tips! Really really helped me improve my drift scores

That is awesome. I am only in my 2nd day into heat and only into the 2nd Wayne challenge, Quicksilver playing on hard. I seem to have gotten the drifting down really well but like you mentioned I kept snapping back too aggressively even on shallow drifts. Closes I got was 200/250k so will try speedcross parts and see if that would help.

I just love the attention to detail now I can’t even hold a proper drift 😂 it’s not like I was going to I just don’t understand it 😂

This actually helped ALOT literally ive been getting 3 stars all drifts

Hi HokiHoshi, Thank you very much for this great video. Before I seen your video, I was not able to do any of the drift zones and only some of the drift events. Now I drift like a pro, well almost. This video was a great help.

Hey, thanks for helping me. I have to race my brother when comes back from his trip and I SUCK AT DRIFTING so thanks!!!

Speedcross parts make my rocketbunny rx7 look like a monster truck :( but youre right, makes drifting much much easier! Thanks for the tip!

Thank you so much this helped me a lot I’ve been trying the sink or swim challenge for hours this helped me out a lot

Thank you! This was driving me nuts. Not only it was hard to even initiate drift (half the time car would just refuse to drift, regardless of speed and build), but to keep it going - complete racer build would often initiate drifting, but end it just as fast, resulting in me hitting a wall. Who came up with this system I have no idea, It worked completely fine up from 2010 to 2013, then it just went bonkers.

THANK YOU!.. so freaking much ❤

I was only some seconds in & I liked the video because of how well this dude was drifting..

Thanks for the tip, man. I just tried it & it really worked

Lifesaver dude, I was working my way through all the different setups mixing and matching because when you set everything to drift parts it's ridiculously hard. I found it overly sensitive TBH. First run with this set up smashing the scores, cheers my man👍

Best drift tutorial on YT 👏🏻

Wow, what a huge difference. I came here after struggling a bit in a mission where you need to get a score of 125,000. Thought I raced it perfectly but came up just short. Switched to speedcross parts and got 200k without even trying. Thanks!

dude this actually helped me so much! I was struggling because my car kept overturning and I couldn't control it in turns but now that I don't absolutely botch my drifts I actually destroy the set scores! once more thanks so much man I really appreciate it

Dude - Amazing vid. I just started yesterday and finished the campaign. Was trying to farm money by drifting and went from struggling to get 2 star to easy 3 star. Appreciate you laying it out like you did =D

Hoki : Game came out yesterday Also Hoki : I've been playing this for 30 hours now . . . ABSOLUTE MADLAD

Thanks a Lot Drifting was so Bad Speedcross is the key, now ist really fun

Bro you are a lifesaver!! I appreciate you fr! 🙏🏽

Thanx dude!!! You made it so much smooter for me!!! 🤘🏽❤️

When it comes to drifting in any game, I trust you completely

Early love the vids man keep em up

Thank you!!!!! I can actually enjoy drifting now. I'd finished most things in the game except all the drift stuff because it wasn't fun at all. This helped a bunch, and I am now nailing 3 stars on the drifts!

Thank you so much!!! The most helpful video on youtube about drifiting in NFS Heat!

Thanks a lot mate it works!

Wow thank you! I was struggling to even 1 star things now I can 3 star. Did this to my rx7 and the difference is amazing.

HokiHoshi thanks for this info/tip. I'm drifting like a pro now, super high drift scores!

With some messing around I got my Corvette like yours without the graphics though to drift like a champ. I can race and drift with the settings. Makes every track so much fun!

This will help me so much. Thnx 😁

THANK YOU!

Bro, thanks a lot. I was stuck in getting some drifts with an Aston Martin for some special missions and with ur advice, I Finally got’em, thanks man

Did what you suggested, went from struggling to clear two stars to nailing everything I came across! Thanks!

God you dont know much I needed this. drift parts were just so bad for me and I had been considering mixing in some race parts or whatever to at least have car not lose so much speed when drifting but this sounds way better. I'll definitely be looking into this so thank you man.

Very nice info, and great video, dude. 😎 Also... Damn good drifting!

love u bro For This Guide It Helped Me A Lot

Thank you so much! Took me hours to get a single drift zone done. Was just about to give up, but then I found this video. Now I don't only get 3 stars in every drift zone on the first try, but I get way more points than needed for 3 stars too. I own you a platinum Sir.

I love you Hoki! That helped so much. Please lets start doing Rivals in NFS Heat like we‘ve been doing in FH4!

thank you for this. Played only the first race so far, due to time, but was quite confused as to how to even play this game. In the second corner of the first race, you are told to try to drift, but all I did was countersteer and crash all the time. This will definitely help.

Thanks bro, spent ages tryna tune my car with all drift parts, frustrating asf this helped me alot

I had a built rx 7 drifter and it was good but just wasn't cutting it. I made some tweaks I learned from this video and now I am crushing the drift events and activities! All thanks to this video,thank you so much!

you're a legend

Thanks! U Changed my Life! 🤪🤟

Thank you man I usually finish all drift races ina every game first but my car just always gripped didn’t transition so this helps a lot

My man, thank you soo much. This will make 3 starring drift zones easy

Finally, someone made a tutorial on that broken drift. Thank you 🙏

Huge tip that pretty much solved this for me (along with this video which you must do): If you're like me and put the most powerful engine in your drift car straight away: Only use 50% - 70% of your throttle! My tires were struggling for any grip that allowed me to control a turn; after this, I could complete and even link drifts pretty well.

Yesssss...first run I got 231k and after a few more learning runs I got the target on hard mode. Love the video and the tips and I did it all with a car under 200!

Just got this game in 2021 and been struggling with drifting until I came across this video, helps alot thanks