Hello everyone, this is the beginning of my L2DRIFT series I am going to do. I have been reading and watching as much material on drifting in forza and real life over the last 6 months or so and have developed my own style of building and tuning cars for drifting. All the cars I publish will be shared with a brief review. Here is the first.
The BMW M5 is the best beginner car I have found to drift. I made a rough draft of this car and let some friends try it and received great feedback. The torque is almost at max power at 2k rpms with the HP catching up very quickly. This allows drivers to be all other the throttle with little to no effect on the car. Once the tires spin, you are already at max power.
The tires are drag tires so let the weight of this large luxury sedan carry it into the corners. Use the throttle to push the car forwards, not sideways. Let the weight carry you sideways, which may mean using the handbrake more than you are used to. Tapping the brakes will shift the weight forward and into the slide. Practice this technique to increase front grip by shifting weight forward with a few quick taps of the left trigger.
The suspension on this car is very forgiving and if you can’t hold this car sideways, I don’t know if you should be drifting, LOL!
You can be competitive in drift lobbies, granted there aren’t any serious points drifters in the lobby.
Youtube link: http://youtu.be/di-BNSl_Apc
The whole purpose of this L2DRIFT series will be to show off the wide variety of drifting styles I have learned from the community. This one is built a certain way, I have 5 others that are all different and drift differently. You may find something you like. Might even learn a little.
I agree, but it also depends on what aspect of drifting he is going for with this tune. If it is for points drifting, then it is possible the drag slicks are how they set up a competitive points tune. Though if I personally need “less” cornering grip while drifting, I would just lower the rear tire width, and/or use street or stock tires.
This car is not built to FM Drift Tournament Specs. It has neg front and rear camber, with a little front toe out. It was built and tuned with the intent to allow someone, with little to no experience drifting, practice throttle control and learn the drift lines. I agree with you about the drag tires for drifting, but in this car, with all the weight, it really allowed it to slide through the corners at lower speed, allowing a beginner to practice.
Take her out and throw it around and you will see what I mean.
But what you’re also doing, is teaching the person with no experience that the best way to drift is with slicks, so when they end up switching to other compounds they then have to re-learn all that they’ve already learn’t due to the change in grip.
And this is why I plan to release several different types of cars. I would love to create a helpful community of drifters and combat the typical drift lounge attitude. This is my way to help.
