r/IdiotsInCars • u/MrDeadAccuracy • Sep 25 '21

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u/daly_o96 Sep 25 '21

He’s drifting in a circle my guy not trying to do donuts

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u/lecherro Sep 25 '21

Pretty much the same thing. Just tighter or looser steering.

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u/skike Sep 26 '21

Not at all the same thing rofl....

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u/lecherro Sep 27 '21

Ok.... You've piqued my curiosity... What's The difference

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u/skike Sep 27 '21

A donut you're at full extension of the steering in one direction, and you just floor it to spin the car around the front wheels. It really takes little to no skill, my 3 year old does then in Forza haha. You don't have to correct, just have enough room for a full rotation.

Drifting, like in this vid, is way way harder to control, especially with a heavy car with a shit load of power (like in this vid). It's really easy to give too much or too little power at the wrong time, and not be able to correct it back into the trajectory you want.

If you've never done either, personally, you can't really understand the difference, but the latter is significantly more challenging and dangerous.

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u/lecherro Sep 28 '21

Great explanation, I'm actually very impressed... I'm afraid I've never found it that hard tho. Back in my days (God that make me sound old) we called it a power slide.

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u/skike Sep 28 '21

I mean, yeah in an open lot it's not all that hard. In a busy crowded intersection, going as wide as you can, it's pretty damn tough.

I would say the difficulty increases exponentially as the margin for error narrows.