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This is a front wheel drive drift in Assetto Corsa. Many people say you can't drift FWD cars, or that you simple shouldn't. But, in this Assetto Corsa Touge Tutorial video I'm going to be showing you exactly how to do it, and when it's useful.
In my opinion, drifting an FF Car effectively is even harder than drifting rear wheel drive. Not only does it take a bit of practice and a lot of bravery to pull it out of the bag in a run. But, a driver needs to have a solid understanding of the theory behind driving an FF car in a performance manner.
For instance in a real wheel drive car, you are being pushed from behind around a corner. If you break traction on the rears, they will still spin whilst in oversteer and push you around the corner in a drift. But, in a FWD car, the oppositeis happening. You are being pulled around a corner. Since the application of power is pulling the car forward, as soon as you break traction on the rear, the rear tyres will naturally fall into line with the fronts after steppingon the throttle. This makes it impossible to gain momentum in a drift like a RWD car does.
So, now you're probably wondering - in what world is a front wheel drive drift useful if all you do is slow down while performing it? Well, let me tell you.
Front wheel drive cars tend to have a lot of understeer because the front wheels handle both the accelration and steering, increasing the traction load on the tyres. Therefore, under heavy load, such as in a long, fast corner, or tight corners such as hairpins, understeer is almost guaranteed to happen at some point.
TO get the grip back on an understeering vehicle, the demands on the tyre tread needs to be reduced. That means using less steering angle, and trimming off speed. Inexperienced drivers will often panic and slam on the brakes This keeps
the tyres from regaining grip, making the understeer even worse.
So, to get around a corner without losing time, we must initiate a FF drift. Understeer is likely
to occur at either the entry or exit to a corner, and this is where you should initiate the FWD
drift, to minimalise the understeer which will lose you time either through letting off the throttle or decreasingthe steering input. By drifting at either the entry or exit of a corner you won't need to steer much any more and
minimalizing the chance of understeer.
If you've watched any of my videos in the how to touge series, youll know that a lot of methods are reused, and the front wheel drivedrift is no different. There are 3 main methods we can use to induce a front wheel drive drift. But, as always, it's what you do
after the drift initiation that counts. So, you can really use any drift initiation method. But, these are some of my favourites
to use in a ff car. These methods will help you reduce understeer, as you will be able to line your car up to the exit of a corner much earlier. Meaning, you won't need to steer and throttle at the same time whihc will reducethe chance of understeer greatly.
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