Not to reanimate a dead horse… I’d argue it’s almost impossible to drift RWDs with a gamepad controller in Forza; most of the RWD drifting is just powersliding, with a little bit of drifting in the mix if you’re lucky. The steering isn’t capable of tracking consistent opposite lock, even if you had super-human thumbs the chances of making it work would be near to nothing.
Sounds like you have poor throttle management when drifting. Which is why you think power sliding is the only thing possible with rwd in this game LOL. You cant just hold down the throttle and drift every time you will spin out. You have to know when to let off and when to accelerate. Master that and you wont complain about opposite lock because its not the game but the driver that is the problem. Its extremely easy to drift rwd cars with a controller if you have a good tune, throttle management, and turn in skills. One of my favorite cars to drift in general is rwd. It’s the Mercedes Benz sl65 amg black FE. I’ve managed a 420k score on the large fortune island drift zone with it. Most people have to use an awd car to achieve such a score.
I use a pad and drift both RWD and AWD, and while RWD is a bit harder to control than AWD, it’s not steering input that’s the problem, it’s usually being over-enthusiastic with the throttle. There’s a sweet spot with almost all RWD cars, where if you get just the right amount of throttle, you can hold a slide just by applying opposite lock. You don’t control the slide with your left thumb, you control it with your right finger.
My “go to” car for Forzathon Live events is the Gymkhana 9 Focus RS, simply because it’s small, nimble, less likely to spin out and can rack up a decent score very quickly, before doing a 180 and coming back through the zone again.
If you want to rack up a score in the FMD Viper, put it into manual shifting, stick it in 3rd gear and stay there. It still over-steers in 3rd, but it’s a lot easier to control than 1st or 2nd and a little less likely to spin out, and 3rd gear provides a decent amount of speed too.
I’m by no means a top drifter, but I’m happy with getting into the top 20% and I’ve even got a few higher than that. I guess if I practised, I could get a lot better, but as there’s not much motivation to beat your personal best apart from bragging rights, there’s not really any reason for me to keep going now I’ve got 3 stars on everything…
Adjust your controller deadzones.
The system is perfectly fine. It’s usually the organic squishy living thing with the controller that is the problem.
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I’m the type to build cars with as little horsepower as is necessary. I drift the BRZ with ~380 on Maple Valley short in FM7, aero, sport tires, 215 square width, I keep it pinned around the whole course basically and do my best to get about 90 degrees coming into the first corner after the finish line.
I’m top 1% of the drift zones I try at with AWD… bet I can do top 5% in most with a RWD… give me a RWD score to meet or beat. It’s not an issue of drift points. It’s an issue of efficiency and fluidity. Flick flick goes the thumbstick…
Edit: I’m 835 in Riverford, 547 in Thicket, 344 in Switchbacks, 180 in Shepherd’s Crook, and those are all from Forzathon Live events in my V12/AWD M6 FE. Anyone can manhandle a car, but can you let it flow?.. Not with Forza gamepad steering and RWD…
AWD cars will get more point than any other drive type because of how the points system works. Speed, angle and line, angle and line are even points in any drive type as the line never changes, and the angle for max points is fixed. Speed on the other hand is the only factor that gives AWD an advantage as it can simply drift faster than a RWD or FWD car because it has more wheels pushing it.
Solution to the imbalance, make seperate/filtered LB for different drivetrains, or simply remove the speed factor and everyone will be on a level playing field.
*disclaimer
The speed factor is not entirely based on vehicle speed, but rather a combination of actual speed, and speed relative to the suggest line.