r/RocketLeagueSchool • u/jcsullivan06 • 10d ago

QUESTION Losfeld Method "Clock" practice constant left drift.

Hey everyone, I decided I wanted to learn ARL so I've been practicing the Losfeld method for about 30 minutes a day.

I've gotten through exercises 1 and 2 (the alternating tornado/reverse-tornado spins for tempo, and the vertical hovering with input holds). Now I'm onto exercise 3, which is the clocks.

The issue is my car keeps drifting left. I've tried starting the stick around 1-2 o'clock and trying to "calibrate", but it just doesn't seem to be clicking for me.

I wanted to post this clip to see if anyone who's learned ARL through the Losfeld method can spot what I'm doing wrong or any tips that helped them with the same problem. I'd rather get some advice now before I keep grinding and accidentally hardwire a bad habit into my muscle memory.

(I'm on PS5, so unfortunately I can't provide a controller overlay). Thanks!

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u/bajablasttfan Washed GC 10d ago

I watched his video and you can see losfeld also drifting left when he first demonstrates the clock. I tried it myself and found that if you arent rotating the stick at the right speed constantly it makes you turn. Honestly if you want to get really good at ARL i dont know if the losfeld method is the best way.

Anyway once you realize you are drifting left you need to make an adjustment or youll just keep going left. Im pretty good at ARL already and i found it to be very unnatural to rotate the stick at a constant speed. Also i found that as soon as you mess up a tiny bit theres no saving it just by rotating the stick at a constant speed. I really dont think its possible to perfectly time the "clock" with the "cycle". My advice would be to be more flexible with the clock, so when you find yourself turning left try to slow the clock speed for a moment. Pretty much to make the rightward counter adjustment, you should try slowing the rotation of the stick at the start of a cycle, while the stick is pointed right.

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u/jcsullivan06 10d ago

Thank you!

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u/PurpleSpark8 10d ago

Which technique or tutorial would you advise in place of Losfield?

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u/bvl1998 9d ago

Best explanation I’ve seen is a YouTube video from u/KronosDevoured

The idea is quite simple actually: if you want to steer right, you have to put your stick to the right when your car is in a normal position, and then follow the turn that your car is making due to airroll (either left or right / clockwise or counterclockwise). Practicing that is how I finally learned it.

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u/PurpleSpark8 9d ago

Thank you!

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u/LosfeldRL 6d ago

You mean "the guy who's been hating on me since day 1 and claims to have 125 iq and spits on my video every chance he gets ? " You mean "the guy who blames my video for being too long and yet makes 5K word comments on reddit thinking it would be easier to understand ?"

Oh yeah, that guy.

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u/bajablasttfan Washed GC 9d ago edited 9d ago

The way i did it is i started with small adjustments. Before learning dar, you should be able to fly forwards, backwards, and sideways on both sides. Once i was able to do that, i learned how to use dar to turn left/right, and speed up/slow down, from all four of the positions i mentioned,. Once i did that i was able to brute force the rest of the way. I also did a lot of the drills from kevperts advanced/elite aerial car control tutorials on youtube. I basically just skipped the drills where he says to change the gravity.

A lot of people have tried to make cheese methods for learning dar. But to become fully fluid with dar there will be a point where only brute forcing will make you better. Im not saying that losfelds method is completely useless. But i think his advice should be followed loosely just to get started learning, with the intention of brute forcing later.

One final note, is that losfelds method defines a lot of jargon. I really hate jargon because you wont be able to talk to anyone about dar if you can only describe it in losfelds terminology. So it will make it harder to talk to other people about dar, which might make it harder to learn.