Drift is not the fastest way to get around the corner, but the most exciting way.

Keiichi Tsuchiya

How it all began?

In different sources, you can find different references to the use of a controlled drift as a way of the fastest cornering. Some evidence deepens even in the 30s of the twentieth century, where the racers of the European Grand Prix series took turns with the rear axle offset.

But everyone agrees that the first country where drift developed as an independent movement, and not an accompanying driving technique, was Japan.

It was there that in the 70s, on winding mountain roads, street racers began to master a new way to get out of the corner with minimal losses in speed and torque. Motorcycle racer Kunimitsu Takahashi, an iconic personality for Japan in those years, unwittingly became their ideological inspirer. His biography is the best fit to illustrate the saying "Everything that is done is for the best." He was the first Japanese to win a stage in the Motorcycle Road Racing World Championship, winning the 1961 German Grand Prix. He was the best in Spain and France in 1962 and, perhaps, could have won many more titles if not for a severe accident on the Isle of Man, which put an end to his motorcycle racing career, but at the same time marked the beginning of a new path.

Kunimitsu Takahashi, photo: world.honda.com

Takahashi returned to big sport, but already as a car racer and began to win again. The Japanese Grand Prix, Japanese Formula 2000, 24 Hours of Le Mans and even Formula 1 are all part of his extensive track record. However, it was not this that brought him fame in street racing circles, but his very driving style. He entered the corner at top speed, creating oversteer at the apex, which allowed him to maintain both pace and trajectory. And it was here that the smoke of burnt rubber and the showiness with which the car exited the turn played a decisive role.

Formation of drift as a professional sport

Street racers began to actively adopt the technique of driving in a skid, transferring it to the realities of suburban tracks. Gliding has become an integral part of racing, making it even more spectacular and challenging. And one of those on whom the style of Kunimitsu Takahashi had a decisive influence was the future "king of drift" Keiichi Tsuchiya... It literally breathed life into what was originally illegal street racing, giving rise to official drifting competitions. A talented racer, Tsuchiya has built an excellent career as a professional athlete, which began with the Fuji Freshman series (Fuji Rookie Championship) and grew into Japanese Formula 3, Japanese Touring Championship, NASCAR and even Le Mans. However, his main love was precisely drifting competitions, which even became the reason for the deprivation of his professional racing license at the dawn of his career.

Filmed in 1987, the Pluspy film with his participation, coupled with a reluctance to leave his beloved work in life, led to his suspension from official competitions, fortunately, for a short time. Despite all this, Tsuchiya did not abandon the desire to popularize and promote this type of racing, and also urged his like-minded people to "get out of the underground" and legalize them.

On the track you're tense, now you see how hard it is. You may be the fastest on the street, but until you know the track, you're not good enough to drive.

Keiichi Tsuchiya

The result of his efforts and collaboration with Daijiro Inada, founder of the car magazine Option and the Tokyo Motor Show, was the creation in 1999-2000 of the professional D-1 Grand Prix series, which is today the largest drift association in the world.

Every year, within this series, competitions are held in Japan, Malaysia, the USA, New Zealand and other countries. To participate, it is not enough just to register and buy a car, you need to prove your skill level by winning one of the main national drift series. D-1 pilots receive licenses to participate in qualifications and national series, as well as receive invitations to exhibitions and events. The technical features of cars allowed to participate in the competition are also strictly regulated, starting from the type of drive (all-wheel drive cars are prohibited, but all-wheel drive and front-wheel drive cars re-equipped for rear-wheel drive are allowed) and body type (cars must be in the factory body type, convertibles must be equipped with hard roof and roll-over cage) and ending with a VIN and a catalytic converter in the exhaust system.

What is a drift car?

Yes, it's Cefiro!

Keiichi Tsuchiya on the Nissan Skyline V35

It so happened that any average Nissan Micra or diesel Volkswagen Passat is not suitable for a successful drift. It's not enough to just have rear-wheel drive - you need to create a small power reserve on the rear wheels, which will allow the driver to cause them to slip when cornering. This was clear to the Japanese street racers of the seventies and eighties, so drift cars were prepared with great care and love. So what did they ride? Paying tribute, it is worth starting with the car of the champion and the founding father. Keiichi Tsuchiya's car still holds a special place in drift culture, this model is still used by many pilots, both beginners and established ones. The Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86, produced from 1983 to 1987, was the first and main vehicle in which Tsuchiya honed his craft and brought him fame. The small, lightweight rear-wheel drive hatchback (s) have been popular in a wide variety of auto racing: touring, circuit racing, rallying and, of course, drift.

In the photo: Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86

The platform, which has become one of the last rear-wheel drive "bogies" in this class, weighs less than a ton, or rather 950-970 kilograms, balance, an optional factory differential with increased internal resistance and a relatively powerful 4A-GEU engine, which produced 128 "horses" and willingly undergoing tuning, have become the hallmark of the car and the pass to the world of big races. And its slight angularity and retractable headlights gave it a special charm. In Japan, the Toyota AE86 is nicknamed Hachi-Roku, which, oddly enough, means eight or six. BUT a car owned by Keiichi Tsuchiya, called "Little Hati Who Could". It is on it that Tsuchiya stitches the track in the Pluspy movie.

A full description of its characteristics will take two pages, and their analysis will take two days. Suffice it to say it's not exactly stock, with a 20-valve 7A-GE under the hood, carbon clutch, steering with custom knuckles and a custom body kit. It is logical to assume that there was not enough Toyota AE86 for all, and even if there was enough, then we wanted alternatives. And there were plenty of them. The classic drifting cars are Nissan 180SX, Nissan Silvia, Nissan Skyline, Nissan 200SX, Nissan ... But enough Nissans! Toyota Chaser, Toyota Mark II, Toyota Soarer (well, and Lexus SC400, respectively, how can it be without their wonderful four-liter 1UZ-FE), Toyota Supra, Toyota Altezza (and Lexus IS), and also Mazda MX-5, Mazda RX -7, Mazda RX-8, Honda S2000 and some others.

In the photo: Toyota Supra

Is it really possible to drift only on "Japanese"?

It is worth noting that a drift car recipe does not have to include one of the above ingredients. The specificity of the races is such that the secret of success is not in the nameplate on the trunk lid, but in specific technical features, so the list of cars varies from country to country and from club to club. So, in the USA they are successfully driving Dodge Charger, Dodge Viper, Chevrolet Corvette and Pontiac Solstice (who knows this?), Germans drive BMW 3 Series, Mercedes C-Class and even Porsche 911. Swedes, in turn, feel great in Volvo 240 and Volvo 340, and Russians in all of the above, although there are models built on the basis of the VAZ classics, GAZ-21 and other representatives of our car industry. The British were a little more fortunate - the movement in the country is left-hand, so the import of JDM (Japanese domestic market, cars produced for the Japanese home market) is the best solution for the residents of the United Kingdom.

In the previous article, we figured out where and how drift originated, who shaped it as a movement and as a culture, as well as what they drove and continue to ride who cannot imagine their life without movement on the verge of a U-turn. Today we will find out how to do it correctly, what criteria are used to evaluate races in competitions and why, after all, your diesel Volkswagen Passat is not suitable for drifting.

What is drift anyway?

"Drift is a cornering technique and a type of motorsport, characterized by cornering with a deliberate disruption of the rear axle and a controlled skid at the maximum possible speed to maintain a speed angle on the track, requiring the car to have a rear driving axle." This is what Wikipedia says, and we agree with it.

Its English version additionally explains: "The car drifts when the rear wheel slip angle exceeds that of the front wheels, and often so much that the front wheels are directed in the direction opposite to the turn." The definition is quite exhaustive and correct, therefore, we will start from it, speaking about the concept of drift.

Why rear-wheel drive and a powerful motor for drifting?

When I see "nines" with Drift King stickers, I want to cover my face with my hands and run away. If it’s not obvious to you why you can’t drift with front-wheel drive, then I’ll explain. In a skid, when you add gas on a front-wheel drive car, the trajectory of movement straightens (in general, in many respects, they came up with it), and on a rear-wheel drive skid only "aggravates". But that's what we need, isn't it?

It should be added that a rear axle stall and a cornering passage in a controlled skid require not only a rear drive, but also continuous rear wheel slip, and this leads us to a 1.2-liter engine with a power of 50-90 hp. is unlikely to provide us with what we want (without pain and suffering, but we don't want sacrifices, right?). Simply because the engine torque has to be powerful enough to overcome the force with which the tires cowardly cling to the asphalt.

In the photo: tire after several runs

How is drifting different from power gliding?

Let's return to our unfortunate diesel Passat, which we presented at the beginning as a car very far from drifting. Everything is simple here. The fact is that since its birth in 1973, it was produced mainly as front-wheel drive, excluding rare special modifications. But, by the way, for power sliding, it could well fit.

But what's the difference? The very concept of power sliding is more voluminous than the concept of drift, which, in fact, is one of its types. However, many people call almost any skid a drift, and this is a misconception. Power slip (powerslide, from the English powerslide) occurs when, when cornering, the centrifugal force pushing the car out of the corner exceeds the traction force of the wheels with the road surface, which leads to skidding of the rear or all four wheels.

In this case, the decisive parameters are not at all the type of drive or engine power, but only the speed of the vehicle and the coefficient of adhesion of the wheels to the surface. Therefore, having dispersed on grandfather's Logan at the entrance to the turn to the dacha (and having survived after that), you cannot boast to everyone the next day how cool you "drifted" yesterday.

In the photo: a car that is not suitable for drifting

The position of the front wheels during power sliding also has little effect, since the handling in it and its outcome depend mainly on the parameters set at the input, such as speed, steering angle and the use / non-use of the "handbrake". Thus, without pretending to be an absolute truth, we will distinguish between the concepts of "drift" and "powerslide" and in the future we will talk exclusively about the first.

Learning to drift correctly

Now, having separated the wheat from the chaff, let's move on to the drifting techniques. In their classification, the encyclopedia that had already helped us earlier was also very successful, therefore, discarding prejudices, we will take the descriptions of the techniques in full, and then consider special cases.

1. Hand braking drift... The technique is the most simple and preferable for drifting training. It allows you to correct mistakes made when the wheels are understeer. To cause a skid, you need to depress the clutch pedal, send the rear axle into a skid with a strong jerk of the hand brake, and then release the clutch pedal. At the same time, it is important to maintain the engine speed with the clutch depressed. The main goal is to learn how to choose the speed and force of the handbrake jerk depending on the situation. It is possible to use a series of jerks correcting the trajectory.

2. Clutch kick... Sharp clutch throw. By quickly squeezing and dropping the clutch pedal while maintaining high engine rpm, a short-term excess of power occurs, which tears the rear axle into a skid.

3. Yorin drift... Slip with a fall of four wheels. Skid braking in a corner, skidding on all four wheels when the vehicle stalls completely in the middle of a corner.

4. Kanteria / feint drift... Swing, or "whip". Skid, with the help of which S-shaped turns are passed. In this case, skidding to one side is preparation for turning to the other. This technique is also used in rallies.

5. Breaking Drift... In the course of performing this technique, the brake is pressed while entering the turn, then the clutch is squeezed out and the "handbrake" is turned on simultaneously (the "handbrake" cannot be held for more than a second).

6. Dynamic drift... It is carried out by a sharp release of gas at the entrance to a long turn, adjustments by the steering wheel and timely maintenance of the skid by short pressing on the brake without using gaskets.

7. Power over drift... This type of drift is used on high horsepower cars. To enter a power skid, you need to turn the steering wheel in the direction where you want to direct the car, and press the gas all the way. Due to the high engine power, the rear wheels will lose traction. To get out of the turn without damaging the car, you need to release the gas, but not completely, and turn the steering wheel in the opposite direction.

8. Side braking drift... Side slip. Drift option, when the rear wheels break off and the car slides almost sideways.

9. Chokudori... Typically used after driving through a straight section of road to slow down and make a deep skid. Braking by sliding and setting the car at the right angle relative to the road for the most profitable passage of the corner itself.

10. Manji... Performed on a straight road when the driver rocks the car from one side of the road to the other. Usually used in drifting demonstrations.

As we can see, there are a great many tricks and techniques in drifting, but you should not think that they are used in isolation. Each race is a combination of the above "chips", helping to pass the track in the most effective and efficient way. In general, all of them can be reduced to several basic techniques: a sharp throttle opening, using the hand brake, a sharp throttle release to unload the rear wheels and their loss of traction, as well as counter-displacement.

Counter-displacement is generally a very important and effective technique in motorcycle and motorsport. This technique is especially important in rallying, from where it actually came to drift. Its essence is that before the turn, the pilot deliberately makes a slight (or strong, up to the position of the car sideways) displacement of the car to the side opposite to the turn, and then, sharply twisting the steering wheel in the direction of the turn, creates oversteer and causes a skid. In rallies, this technique allows you to take sharp turns faster and more efficiently. In drifting, as you understand, it is used to create a skid, which is then controlled by the racer.

We don't judge who is good at drifting, we just flag mistakes.

Some of the judges in the competition

And a little more history of drift competitions

Now let's get back to our Japanese. By 1988, the "King of Drift" Keiichi Tsuchiya, together with Daijiro Inada, had achieved significant success in popularizing drifting as a type of car competition, and the result was the organization of the first competitions in Japan (and, accordingly, in the world), which became the prototype of the future D1 Grand Prix series. ...

Competitions imply rules and refereeing, and the referees were worthy - who, if not Tsuchiya, could rightfully take the referee's chair. The rules were formed at the same time and have undergone little change since then.

At first, the races were single, but after a while the drift competitions came to the "duel" format, when two riders take part in the race at the same time, competing with each other and getting points based on the results of the track. At the same time, the judges evaluate four main parameters: trajectory, angle, speed and entertainment (style). It is behind these four dry words that the whole unrestrained, seething, enchanting element of drift is hidden.

Trajectory- This is the correspondence of the movement of the car to a given line, which is usually determined by the judges before races.

Angle is, respectively, the angle at which the car moves relative to the trajectory.

Speed- a parameter that does not need to be presented, everything is simple here: you need MORE speed!

well and entertainment and style- this is what all these competitions are held for, tons of tires are washed and kilotons of gasoline are burned. Spectacularity is assessed not only by the judges, but also by the audience, who may disagree with the opinion of the judges and even slightly influence their decision with disapproving hum and exclamations.

Indeed, sometimes the judges are so busy with "debriefing" that their work comes down to what is included in the quote above - identifying errors. And this is forgivable, because the audience will always remind them that they are not at curling competitions, and the main thing is not centimeters of deviation from the line and degrees of the angle, but the exciting atmosphere of the struggle and puffs of smoke from under the wheels. By the way, it is an excellent practice in drift competitions to drive a truck on the track collecting a "crop" of torn off bumpers, lost spoilers and other suddenly dismantled spare parts, without which no self-respecting event can do.

Real drift car

While we're on the subject of parts, it's worth talking a little about what a drift car is all about. This, as we have already understood, is a rear-wheel drive car with a powerful engine, as a rule, as lightweight as possible (as far as is allowed by common sense or the rules of a particular series) and prepared for races. The word "prepared" in this case can mean a different degree of "readiness" depending on the budget and the level of the competition, but fine-tuning the car is usually very voluminous and serious.

One of the foundations of a drift car is ... no, not the engine, but the rear differential. It is he who ensures the slipping of two rear wheels at the same time, without which it is impossible to achieve either a long-term controlled drift, or success in competitions. Typically, a differential with increased internal resistance is used (it is also called LSD, from the English "limited-slip differential"), which allows you to slightly vary the slip of the wheels, but does not allow one of them to "mess around". In simplified cases, a forced mechanical differential lock is used, which forces both wheels of the rear axle to rotate synchronously, at the same speed. In especially simplified cases, the differential is banally welded, thereby eliminating its functions almost completely, but achieving the much-desired synchronous rotation of both rear wheels.

Let's move on from the differential to the engine. The engine of a drift car has to withstand high loads while working as long as possible, as it does not change after each competition, as it can in professional racing with huge budgets. Based on this, preference is usually given to volumetric engines, since they allow you to get more power with a longer resource, and also give it out in a wide range of revolutions, which is extremely important for maintaining controlled drift at different speeds. Engines are often, with the main task remaining to "smear" their maximum performance across all rpm, making the torque graph as smooth as possible.

The gearbox also depends on the budget and rules of a particular competition series. It can be either stock or sporty, and since shifting gears should not take a lot of time from the pilot, the use of sequential gearboxes is quite justified.

The suspension is generally lowered to improve the vehicle's cornering stability. Dampers and springs are stiffer to avoid wobble and roll, which will negatively affect handling. The steering is often tweaked to increase the steering angle. Yes, yes, this is the same "eversion", which sometimes reaches 90 degrees and more and which they boast of no less than the engine size. Also, for better control of the car with the wheels turned out, the camber of the front wheels is made negative, putting the wheels in a "house".

In general, all of the above modifications allow you to create an approximate image of a car that can successfully "roll sideways". Of course, there are other ways to radically improve speed and handling, such as yellow paint and branded decals, but we'll cover those in our next article on drifting in popular culture and everyday life.

The time has come. The capital was once again covered with snow, and before it melted, under cover of night, adherents of "Combat Classics" - young lovers of winter drift in classic "Zhiguli", rolled out onto the empty parking lots of shopping centers. This youth movement is gaining popularity throughout the country - from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The eponymous public has almost 400 thousand people. she studied what attracts young people to rusty VAZs and what the products of the Soviet automobile industry are capable of under the control of daring Zhigulists.

"Batina gigue knocks sideways"

Weekday evening. Gas station on Shipilovsky proezd. At the first column there is a blue VAZ "seven" with a "Combat Classics" sticker on the rear window. There are two guys 18-20 years old in it.

With new snow, boys! - snow finally fell in the city and a light frost was established, promising rear-wheel drive Zhiguli the best conditions for drifting.
- BUT? Yes thank you.
- Where are the guys going today?

The guys are looking closely. Questions are asked by a man who drove up in an old "shed" Volkswagen Passat. The dude is clearly not in the subject.

What kind? Where to?
- Well, "roll sideways", "bludgeon", "give a corner" (all these expressions mean a controlled drift - hereinafter approx. "Lenta.ru"), - the man pours slang on the young drifters and is ready to "ask" the boys about the sticker on the glass if they continue to blunt.
- Go to Tsarki, there are people now, - the guy grabs the sports steering wheel with one hand, the second cuts in speed and his Zhiga (Zhiguli) with a roar, but without much acceleration, drove to the exit from the gas station.

Tsarki is Tsaritsyno. District in the south of Moscow. There are a lot of nooks and crannies and playgrounds, but the most attractive is the parking lot opposite the entrance to the park. It is far from residential buildings - there is no one to complain about the noise.

The movement is in full swing there. There is a free space at the edge of the parking lot in a dense lane of cars. Now you can look around.

There are no "outside" cars on the big site. In the center, in a circle, stands the heels of the most fierce drifters' cars. They smoke, laugh, poke around under the hoods and take turns approaching the biggest guy in a bright orange jacket. Looks like he's in charge here.

Around this circle, cars rush one after another, grinding ice and asphalt. The snow from here all disappeared somewhere. There is none at all on the asphalt, only a light layer of white dust on the side of the road.

There are about 40 cars with spectators. People are warming themselves in salons, music is heard from open windows. Mostly young people and students on the same VAZs, but there are also older people on expensive foreign cars. Some Caucasian bragging about a brand new Mercedes with the number 999 and a pretty girl in the passenger seat. Every now and then he dives off, makes a sharp turn and parks again.

Red cigarette lights flicker in the tinted front windows of the Audi Q7. And also a Volvo crossover, several BMWs of the third and fifth series.

Someone leaves the parking lot, someone arrives. Connoisseurs use the second entrance, off the beaten track.

Winter drift on a combat classic

With a few exceptions, only "tazy", that is, VAZ cars of "classic" (from the first to the seventh) models, drift. But everything is very different, depending on the skill of the driver and the preparation of the car.

Stock (without tuning) classic awkwardly waddles sideways to side when cornering, and then slowly accelerates on straight lines.

Some kind of "four", chock-full of thumping boys, only rolls in a circle with barely noticeable drifts. She clearly has no differential welded on (locked), so she can't drift properly. This is still too brand new and level apparatus to be called "combat".

Prepared VAZs move much faster, more aggressive and spectacular. Understated, on unwelding (widened rims), with bored engines and, of course, with lengthened levers that allow the wheels to be turned at a large angle - such cars are proudly called "cramps".

Cramps are able to drift and shift in a straight line, moving in almost constant skid even on dry asphalt. And these have more dents than rust.

Against their background, even a middle-aged BMW "three-ruble" looks pale. She also polishes well in a straight line and gives corners when cornering, but the driver cannot torment her for a long time. And the audience sympathizes with him - repairs, as they say, will cost a pretty penny.

The audience was amused a lot by some cunning guy on a Kia car-sharing. Obviously not caring about the consequences, he several times managed to send her into a skid. Then he took his place among the spectators.

At some point, what is happening in the parking lot begins to resemble the well-known children's attraction "autodrome". Several "fireballs" rush back and forth in a chaotic manner without any sense, and young drivers are clearly not afraid to crash into each other. From time to time, one after another, the “paid time” ends: the team rolls the stalled car to the side, starts “from the pusher”, and the gig returns to a crazy round dance.

Can I sit behind the wheel? - I appeal to the driver of the broken-down "six". The kid looks about 15 years old. - And you and the guys can move over to me and warm up.
- Thank you. Our standard stove is working!

The thresholds of the wheelbarrow are rotten through and it seems as if the wind is blowing right through it. But on the trunk lid there is a "duck's tail" (a cheap version of the wing), one headlight is glued crosswise with black electrical tape, and the windows that are free from tinting are decorated with stickers: "Combat classic", #Style, #navsebabki, #Yaboric and so on.

Happy new year everyone, this dance is for you 😇😌 # standing on the roof # smoking # combat classics # bksurgut

So you're not cold?
- Sit down and check, just don't turn off the engine.

Driving the gigi heightens the sense of the attraction. You feel like in a model that is made in a 1: 2 scale. The windshield rests right in the face, small pedals with a short stroke, a round sports steering wheel similar to those found on arcade machines. But the motor and the stove are working. This basin generates heat.

I can't drift. Will you show it?
- You accelerate, you cut in the handbrake, you unscrew the steering wheel. In order not to turn it around, turn the steering wheel towards the skid.

The kid who was driving moved to the right seat. He is definitely not 18 years old, which means - and a driver's license. There are two more sitting in the back: a girl and a guy.

Do not listen, he himself still does not know how, - they shout from there.
- I can, but practice is not enough. We must wait until the snow falls more, and then anyone will be able to cut.

The guy removes the JBL wireless speaker from the dashboard - it replaces the car audio system here and makes the music quieter: “Heifers are flowing with brine from the firing, I am burning rubber. Yes - I'm cool ", - the words from the song "Batina Zhiga" by I.G.L. Almost a hymn to the movement.

The guy nods in response to a question about his rights, but claims that he drives this car, which "one uncle gave him," only at night and only when it can be started.

“And I put a shesnar (16-valve engine from VAZ-2112) and roll crumbs in it. Gigue now crumbles everyone at the start ... "- the song continues.

The guy still has the engine and other under-hood "stuffing" in stock, but he has already managed to get the springs from the "Niva". Is free. It remains only to cut and deliver. The kid is generally lucky: he is friends with a girl who is dating an 18-year-old guy. He has a driver's license, and he sometimes agrees to get behind the wheel when you need to leave the courtyards on the street or drive along the highway.

I don't care about "Combat Classics". It's just some kind of joke. I want a Camry (Toyota model). But my girlfriend likes to hang out with the basin, and I love her, - says the "elder", embracing the girl in the back seat, satisfied with such a confession.

The guy in the party is almost a superhero, because, in addition to the driver's crust, the iPhone and the girl, he alone in this company has the opportunity to legally buy alcohol and cigarettes.

“Batina gigue knocks sideways, knocks down in the yard and in a dense stream. The wipers only remained in stock ", - it finally came to the chorus ...

For a couple of hours, the district has been deafened by the roar, whistle, creak and other accompanying sounds of the circuit, but still not. Previously, at such shows, they still liked to burn the most broken-down car. Now, too, could be, but a suitable wheelbarrow was not found - everything is on the move.

We ride on our own, we don't belong to Tsaritsyno racing, - says the same manager in an orange jacket. - The guys are all local. Free admission. Stop by and dub. Only without frills and resentments for a rumpled wheelbarrow.

According to him, last year the policemen regularly blocked the site, but now they seem to have hammered into it. The guys also went to the site in Vidnoe, near the Sports Palace. There, too, it is far from residential buildings, and no one seemed to complain, but then speed bumps were put in.

Kirill Valerianov, a resident of Orekhovo-Borisovo, in his prepared "five", became the king of drifting that night. This lowered car has an engine and clipped springs from the Niva, as well as a turbine, turboclub levers and a hydraulic handbrake (reinforced handbrake). Only buckets (armchairs) are still stock.

When Kirill rides on his writhing along the track, it seems that this is a broadcast of professional competitions. RDS(Russian Drift Series - Russian drift series).

They dug out the summer) # Saratov # classic # combat classics # Lada # vaz2107 # my car # knee socks #skatersocks @skatersocksrussia

I've been racing for only a year, and I don't have the money to participate in legal competitions yet. Maybe someone will donate? - he says, smoking. There is no garage. The drifter stores and maintains a wheelbarrow right in the yard of the house. - Friends who have garages and tools helped with the replacement of the engine and other laborious work.

In "Combat Classics", according to him, it is so customary: to work on machines together, to throw spare parts to each other.

Cyril connected his advantage over his colleagues in the gathering today with the fact that his car was prepared for the summer drift. The rest expected more from the weather, more precisely, from the bad weather.

A person with a weak vestibular apparatus will not like a ride with such racers. It is not for nothing that in songs about jigs (and there are many of them) the talent to roll a girl to vomit is akin to the ability to overtake a major in a cool car.

By the way, as experts say, a young lady in a salon is an important attribute that distinguishes a true adherent of "Combat classics" from a loshara on a rusty burner, because these are still the first guys in the area: handsome men, athletes and fighters. Here and Cyril throughout the performance, squeezing into the passenger seat, supported by a pretty companion.

The most spectacular moments of such rides are paired races, when two jigs go one after another, drifting side by side.

Kirill was lucky. A worthy opponent went to the site. At some point during the synchronized race, two Zhiguli almost stuck to each other in a skid. The collision, however, did not happen. The drivers put the cars in different directions in time, stopped and happily yelled obscenities at the whole district.

Punks, hoi!

"Zhiguli always" was the name of the exhibition organized by the community "Combat classics" in "VKontakte".

The event took place in the capital's Sokolniki on one of the weekends in November and became one of the first legal gatherings of fashionable Zhigulists.

The ticket cost 350 rubles, and there was a queue at the entrance! “They were afraid that they wouldn’t visit the public, as everyone usually wants to ride a Zhiguli, and not stand near them,” said Edik Hovhannisyan, administrator of the Combat Classics group. - Everyone liked everything, there were a lot of prizes. For the price of an admission ticket, many have typed stickers. "

The movement, according to Edik, did not arise from scratch. “There was a public with a thousand subscribers, approximately. Not on the "Zhiguli" topic. It did not develop in any way, and they decided to sell it. My friend bought it and began to actively engage in it. It was 2012, ”he explained.

At that time, there was already a party at the All-Russian Exhibition Center (drift in the VDNKh area). “They rode, posted photos, videos with a drift in Zhiguli and all sorts of jokes, the audience really liked it.”

People in many regions of the country began to arrange and record their drift rides. This was done as a joke and a parody of the pretentious street racing of the golden youth, so the most accessible and widespread auto junk in Russia was taken as a basis - classic "Zhiguli". Over time, the spectacular parody has evolved into a self-contained automotive culture known as the Combat Classics brand and the logo designed by the group's designer.

Judging by the exhibits presented at the exhibition in Sokolniki, Combat Classics brings together not only fans of drifting writhing and car parks, but also representatives of new club trends associated with restoration (resto) and artificial aging of cars with rust (rat look).

“My 2101 is our family heirloom,” says one of the exhibitors, Roman from Voronezh. - It was bought by my grandfather in 1990. A few years ago he gave it to me and said that it would not be possible to restore it. But it all worked out. "

Roman cannot be called a classic restorer. His penny is "understated" almost to the limit. A huge hatch has been cut into the roof, the stock steering wheel has been replaced with a sporty, lacquered wood trim.

This guy is not a supporter of fashionable air suspensions that allow you to raise and lower the car when necessary. His car sparks with the bottom on a rough road - and this is another feature of it.

At the auto show, beautiful girls willingly posed near some Zhiguli cars. They like this hobby of the guys. These girls value the self-irony of "mother's drifters" more than the bombast and pathos of the owners of expensive sports cars.

“In the context of modern crap and daily knocking from the bottom, it's nice to see guys who know how to enjoy what is available without getting into loans for the sake of show-off, which is not typical for Russians and requires special courage,” said one of the young ladies who sympathize with Zhigulists.

She likes the desire of these guys to make a "holiday out of the thing that everyone spits from", and their ability to understand "these glands" with their brains and hands.

Tazoprom goes to the East

Among the exhibitors were representatives of auto-tuning companies interested in the rapid development of "Combat Classics".

“This is a fashionable phenomenon,” says Pavel Danilyuk, an employee of one of these firms. - Our company has Vladivostok roots, and even there the guys face a tough choice: to spend from 200 to 400 thousand for some kind of "Skyline" (Nissan Skyline), and they are afraid to hit him, or to collect for 200 thousand a combat vehicle from VAZ, which then at least on concrete dolby. There is not even an alternative for winter drift, cross and ring. "

"Combat classics", according to Pavel, is gradually replacing JDM-culture - a fascination with Japanese cars sold on the domestic market of the Land of the Rising Sun.

Danilyuk has been working in the field of auto tuning for 10 years. “Until recently, we did not deal with the domestic auto industry,” he notes. - We sell tuning parts for cans for only a few months. The demand is growing, nothing stays in the warehouse ”.

“The classics of crowns and brands (Toyota Crown and Toyota Mark) are a thing of the past. After customs clearance, these cars now cost a lot of money. In addition, when buying a Japanese car "swap" (revision, replacement of the engine - approx. "Lenta.ru") you will have to make from fresh units and parts. And this is all expensive. In the case of VAZ, engines from newer models are inexpensive and their quality is gradually increasing. "

In the Zhiguli body, according to him, you can, if you wish, stick an engine and all suspension from BMW, an unkillable engine from Toyota.

“We had one of the best cars at this exhibition,” continues Pavel. - Its capacity is 500 horsepower. At the same time, the car costs some 500-700 thousand rubles (based on the old and new prices for spare parts). It is with a professional fire extinguishing system, brakes and so on. The suspension is completely all from BMW, a good engine and a new turbine. "

Such a car is no longer used for pokatuski, but for serious drag races (straight races). “Nobody drives it around the city, of course,” says Pavel. - She is brought to an exhibition or competition by sliding tackle.

According to Danilyuk, the plant in Togliatti did not miss the new trend in tuning VAZs and, not paying attention to the ironic attitude of the guys of "Combat Classics" to their cars, is making the same differential locks that young drifters cannot do without. Other domestic firms have established the production of plastic products.

A separate story with levers that allow the front wheels to be turned almost 90 degrees, and, consequently, to increase the maximum angle of the controlled drift, and weld-ons - they are made in small workshops.

“We still do not know how to make silicone pipes and all-aluminum radiators, - added Pavel. “We bring them from China, where everyone is doing it according to our project.”

Mad Max and the "spear" of fate

Garages on the outskirts of Brateevo. Near one of the iron boxes there is a green "kopeck" VAZ. Its owner, Maksim Makhankov, is a kind young big man. This year he graduated from vocational school and now works in tire fitting. And Max is also one of the "old men" of the "Combat Classics" movement.

“I had to learn to ride. I was looking for a Zhigulchik of thousands for 15 rubles, - says Maxim. - My father's friend was preparing his "kopeck" [VAZ-2101] for racing. He brewed everything, wanted to put the "shesnar" on it. Then something didn't work out, and he decided to sell it. "

Having bought a Zhiguli, the guy drove it around the courtyards. He had no rights yet. “It’s now some kind of fashion, or something, went - without a license to drive on the roads, I was honestly afraid,” he recalls.

Gradually, the guy's interest in gigs began to grow. He began to collect them like toys - cars that have already turned into lifeless yard decorations. For three years, 15 of these machines have been in his hands!

“For a while, I had eight wheelbarrows at once. The whole yard made them ", - Max smiles. His father did not interfere with his hobby.

Photo: from the personal archive of Maxim Makhankov

This Brateevsky craftsman tuned each car in his own way. Fortunately, my father works in a car service and is always ready to help with advice, let him go to the lift. The lively jigs were resold to other guys getting into the movement. After all, not all fans of the "Combat classics" have the opportunity to independently restore a car. But it was not possible to make money on this, since the cost of his investments sometimes exceeded the selling price of the car.

“I had a six. Welded differential, levers, hydraulic handlebar, - he gave an example. With this car, by the way, Max became the coolest drifter in the area. “I sold it to a friend and he broke it in six hours. I bought it from my grandfather and invested 50 thousand more in it. She was generally like new. Drifting on dry, wet and snow. And then money was needed urgently. And he sold it for a month to a friend for 30 thousand. It was a pity, of course, ”.

On the other hand, at least two of Max's cars became the first, as he says, "fighting jigs" in two districts of the capital - Brateevo and Tsaritsyno. Looking at them, local guys were inspired to create their masterpieces.

Many cars were made for fun (having fun with friends).

“I once made a four in the bosozoku style (Japanese tuning style, when the car is decorated with long exhaust pipes directed towards the sky), - says Max. "I took a plastic plumbing pipe, pasted it over with a gold film for 100 rubles, stuck the #Yabogaty sticker, and went for a drive ... At a speed of 120 kilometers per hour, this garbage caught fire and fell off, but it was funny."

But he saves his first "kopeck" for himself and his beloved girl, whom she especially likes. And under the pressure of warm feelings, this VAZ gradually turned from a “black bandit” into a cute green resto-style car: understated and decorated, as expected, with a Soviet suitcase on the upper trunk and a rose on the gear knob.

“At the dacha I found a penny the same smashed to the side. And the owner allowed me to take whatever I wanted from her, since he was going to send her to the dump, ”the guy says.

Max even put the original wheels with disks from the "penny": exchanged for his unwelding. “I bought the seats for 2000 rubles, in perfect condition,” he added.

True, the elements of tramp tuning were nevertheless worn into the overall picture - in some places, instead of chrome, foil was fitted. And the carburetor - the second heart of the car - the guy received as a gift from his future mother-in-law (removed from her "seven").

Max's garage is full of parts and items reminiscent of his fascination with fighting jigs. Here, by the way, lies that plastic "bosozoku pipe".

They are not catching up with us

When meetings of fans to drift on "Zhiguli" - gatherings - were held in the backyards of the city and the guys themselves were few, nobody was particularly worried about this movement.

“If on someone's complaint the cops came, we quietly and peacefully gathered, moved to another place and hung out there,” recalls Max. - But then big events began to take place, such as the birthday of "Tsaritsyno racing". Some drunken inadequacies began to come there, who began to berate the police. Instead, they blocked the exits from the parking lot and organized general checks on everyone who left there. "

Also, the authorities gradually closed the get-together near the entrance to the All-Russian Exhibition Center. “Everything is clear here. This is the face of not only the city, but also the country. Intourists come, and here the guys are swaggering on rusty basins, ”says the Brateevsky drifter.

Perhaps the most scandalous was the meeting organized by the "Combat Classics" community on the Khodynskoye field on April 15, 2016 on the occasion of overcoming the mark of 200 thousand subscribers - "200k Zhiguli".

According to eyewitnesses, due to the abundance of drunken "leftist" public, the peaceful get-together turned into a hellish orgy that surprised and frightened the police.

But even more were burned by journalists, who called it all an illegal rally of a gang of street racers and riots paid for with Davidich. For this, the "Combat Classics" movement is still in great resentment against the media. “After that gathering, some of our guys were searched. Laptops were confiscated from them. Later, it is true, they returned everything, but the signal was clear, ”notes Edo Hovhannisyan.

The next event - "300k Zhiguli" - the community has already held away from prying eyes, at the NAMI training ground near Dmitrov. About 10 thousand people got there. “It turned out to be a cool festival without scandals, people shot a bunch of videos and photos. It's all on the internet, ”Edo said.

Now "Combat Classics" plans to organize legal winter drift competitions.

Driftomania

“I have a friend whose car looks just awful,” says the administrator of the “Combat Classics” public. - Everyone knows her by the nickname Arekhova. He has been driving it for several years, and his skill is unrealistic. Great respect to him! And someone has a turbocharged shesnar, and he does not know what to do with it, and does not know how to ride sideways. This option is not held in high esteem. "

On the Internet walks "the dictionary of a beginner drifter", in it Denis Trusov, nicknamed Marcel, is indicated as the father of drifting in Russia.

“There are two drift capitals in Russia: Moscow and Vladivostok. And in the gold-domed, the first person who began to popularize this business was me, but not alone, of course, ”said Trusov.

Denis originally ordered a right-handed Toyota Altezza from Japan for drifting in winter 2005.

“I studied on snow, ice, wet asphalt. Gathered a team, - he recalls. - And the first large-scale performance was at the 2006 Luzhniki tuning show. And it just so happened that the same summer the movie "The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift" was released, and our stunts caused a furor, everyone suddenly became interested in this case. "

The first who began to drift professionally at the Tazoprom, according to Trusov, was. “In 2006, I came to the very first competition with my" top five "and, of course, smitten everyone with my skill,” says Trusov. “The car was in full competition with foreign cars.”

Denis admits that he does not participate in the "Combat Classics" movement, but sympathizes with the guys. “This is definitely better than sitting on the porches and drinking beer. And winter riding on the classics is the easiest and most affordable way to learn how to drift, ”he notes.

According to Trusov, drifting is a discipline designed for spectators. Perhaps, it is precisely because of her special demonstrativeness that she is popular among self-asserting adolescents among their peers.

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Basically, it's like freestyle motocross (FMX), skateboarding and BMX. “There is no stopwatch and no need to go faster than everyone else,” says the “father” of Russian drift. - The style and performance are assessed: angle, trajectory, speed. Driving along the highway consists of performing several elements: setting the car into a skid (by swinging or pulling out the parking brake) and going through turns by "shifting" from one side to another. There are also paired races, where the first driver must drive the track as ideally as possible by the drift method, and the second must stay as close as possible to the first one and make fewer mistakes. "

According to the founder of the Russian Drift Alliance project Anatoly Murashov, "Combat Classics" is a budget version of the JDM culture, which develops in connection with the fall in the level of real incomes of Russians, there is also a part of patriotism, the memory of your past, without which there is no future !

“But among the surrounding population, such spontaneous manifestations of racing culture cause negative results,” he notes. - I myself periodically observe night gatherings under the windows of my house. We have a playground there, and here are five or six people in cars, loud music, and attempts to twist "pyataks" begin. "

However, the legal drift movement rests entirely on private enthusiasts and cannot organize free events for young people. “No matter how much I tried to talk to the transformed person on this topic, I offered to make under our control a playground in Moscow where you can skate for free in winter and summer - all in vain,” Murashov complains. - DOSAAF sites are leased for karting and something else. "

With government and television support, drifting can be a lucrative story. “In terms of attendance, circuit races and all other auto disciplines are significantly inferior to our events. RDA alone has an audience in various social networks of 2.5 million subscribers, ”says our interlocutor.

According to Murashov, the enthusiasm of the participants in the "Combat Classics" movement should not be suppressed by bans, police raids and incriminating articles in the media, but should be supported and directed in the right direction.

Outlaw

Today, young people who have exchanged smoky entrances for rusty Zhiguli are outlawed on all counts.

“They drive cars that cannot legally undergo technical inspection, which means that either without car insurance, or with a“ left ”one,” says an employee of the Moscow State Traffic Safety Inspectorate who asked not to indicate his name. - Secondly, the technical changes made by them are illegal: installation of engines from other machines, uncoiling and so on. Thirdly, they create emergency situations on the roads and public parking lots, where they arrange their races, violate the law on silence at night. "

The policeman also nods towards DOSAAF that it is his job to keep the teenagers enthusiastic about automobiles occupied. “Many of them have real engineering talent, and the state educates them into some kind of crooks who run from the guards of order. We do not need this, we have enough work, ”the inspector complains.

He added that they do not yet have specialized raids to identify teenagers who are fond of "Combat classics", but he cited as an example an episode when a 17-year-old guy without a license bought a domestic VAZ secretly from his mother and drove it around Yuzhnoye Butovo.

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“It ended up being noticed by a traffic police patrol at night,” said the police officer. - The guy tried to hide: he was rushing at a red light, in the opposite lane, and so on. Three police cars took part in the chase. The officers used a service weapon, and the driver, stopping near the forest, tried to hide there. But he was detained, the car was confiscated ”.

The guy was taken to the department, a dozen administrative protocols were drawn up, his parents were called.

“If traffic police officers detain a 15-year-old driver, then a protocol is drawn up against his parents, and after consideration of the materials in the commission on juvenile affairs and the court, they are fined 500 rubles,” the police officer said.

A seventeen-year-old rider may already be fined 15 thousand rubles. Also, an administrative protocol will be drawn up against the parents of the young man, they will be fined 500 rubles through the courts.

In the event of a repeated violation within a year, the commission on minors' affairs organizes an examination of the conditions in which the teenager lives, and may decide to remove him from the family. Then these young offenders will have problems getting a driver's license. They may not be accepted for training at a driving school. Since these organizations send the data of their students to the MREO about whether they were behind such misconduct.

Anatoly Murashov also sees a problem in the actual inequality of Russian motorists before the law. “Majors drive as they want, having money and acquaintances, and ordinary guys are trying to show that they are no worse, not realizing that they will be asked something according to the law,” he said.

So far, the situation is mitigated by the insufficiently attentive supervision of the fighting burns on the part of the authorities and different views on the tuning of ordinary police officers.

“Everyone is afraid, not knowing what to expect from every meeting with the police,” notes Edo Hovhannisyan. - My friend and I have a "five" on the levers and with all that. We drove it to Adler. At one post they only asked us what was wrong with the suspension. They said that we have certified levers. And there were no more questions. "

The main thing, according to Edo, is that the license plates are there and the car looks more or less like a car. Another way out is to carry a wheelbarrow on a tow truck.

“In the worst case, a protocol will be drawn up, and then you will go to the traffic police to show that all the alterations have been eliminated,” says Hovhannisyan. "Otherwise, your registration will be canceled in 10 days."

On the other hand, if some gigue is forbidden to appear on the road, the loss will be small. The domestic auto industry has managed to rivet such a number of cans that young people will have enough for a long time.

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Repetition of difficult movie stunts in your own car can lead to unexpected consequences. Many stuntmen approach such serious operations after long hours of training. Drift on the front wheel drive can be attributed to such procedures.

In some cases, it is necessary to prepare the car for execution. This will ensure the safety of the driver and also make it slightly easier to make dangerous U-turns.

Drift is usually called a controlled drift performed on a car. If the car has front-wheel drive, then this circumstance makes it difficult to obtain a predictable result, especially for a beginner.

Practice shows that there are several options for how to drift on the front wheel drive. Although initially the trick was created for cars with a classic arrangement of drive wheels, and the front axle acted as a guide.

The difficulties of front-wheel drive cars are that the initial task of the front axle is not only to control, but also to provide traction for the entire vehicle. This position gives the car more stability than the "classic".

Controlled skid theory

Before doing the front-wheel drive stunt, there was doubt about whether you could drift with front-wheel drive. Indeed, at the moment of skidding, the wheels are detached from the road surface, and the orientation of one axis is also shifted relative to the other.

You need to know that the key to successful front drifting is to minimize the contact patch of the rear axle wheels with the road surface, while for the front pair the contact patch and grip increase.

Even experts say that it can be extremely difficult to keep the car in this position, in contrast to the classic arrangement. The driver must concentrate as much as possible on the rear axle speed, with all front end adjustments being made using the accelerator pedal and steering wheel.

Unprepared machines usually do this exercise for a short time in the summer. For a snowy winter, front drifting is much easier. However, you first need to familiarize yourself with the technique in theory by watching successful and unsuccessful videos.

Skid technique

A driver who knows how to correctly perform a 360 or 180 drift shows his professional skill. In this case, the entire theoretical part must be consolidated with repeated trainings.

Spread 180

You need to know that if there is a stabilizing system in the car, it will not be possible to drift by 180 °.

The U-turn is performed with the system disabled. For its implementation, the following algorithm is used:

• The car needs to be accelerated to 50-60 km / h and the clutch squeezed out (in the "classic" there is no such item), then the steering wheel turns sharply and the handbrake rises almost simultaneously with the button pressed. As a result, the car turns. When finished, the handbrake returns to its original position and the machine is stopped using the brake pedal. All this is done only at low speeds.
• At a lower stage, the car must be turned into a turn and do not release the accelerator pedal. At the same time, with a sharp, but not strong movement, we squeeze the brake. The system does not have time to clamp the front pads due to the engine, and the rear pads are quickly blocked, which will result in a spectacular skid.
• The machine enters a turn at a speed above average, while the front wheels are allowed to skid slightly. The gas must be immediately dumped by braking the engine. In this case, the front-wheel drive will be loaded, the car will dive into the turn, and the rear axle will be in the desired direction.

Usually, one of the proposed techniques is used after a long workout.

Pivot 90

This operation is considered to be more complex and responsible, in contrast to the 180-degree turn. In this case, the angle of rotation of the drive axle must be taken into account in the process. To perform the trick, the car must pick up speed, and, entering a turn, you will need to sharply raise the handbrake.

In this case, you need to control the car so that it does not go into a 180 turn. In this situation, the angle of rotation of the front axle is adjusted, and it is also necessary to release the handbrake in time.

You need to know that a high percentage of success depends on the speed of the car entering the corner.

After installing the car in the desired position and lowering the handbrake, go into a lower gear and drive straight ahead. Performing well requires hours of training, burned-out fuel and worn tires.

360 ° pivot

The ability to perform such a trick is unlikely to have a practical application, however, it can be used to a greater extent to create a visual effect or demonstrate professionalism.

To carry out an absolute turn, it is customary to use cars with powerful power plants. It is also possible to use a reducer with a blocking function.

The step-by-step algorithm consists of the following actions:

• acceleration is carried out to 80-90 km / h;
• the maneuver begins with squeezing the clutch without releasing the accelerator pedal;
• We switch the gearbox to a lower level and sharply unscrew the steering wheel;
• the handbrake needs to be raised, but do not release the button on it;
• the car starts to turn, and when the angle reaches 180, you will need to return the handbrake down, depress the clutch pedal and press the gas pedal.

Helping the car with the steering wheel and the clutch, we redirect it in a circle. The actions worked out to automatism look very impressive and are worth all the hours spent on preparation.

Difficulties of an asphalt turn

The easiest time for drifting is the winter period. This is especially important for cars with front-wheel drive. For a summer asphalt road, you must first prepare the car.

The following operations are performed:

• suspension tuning;
• parking brake tension adjustment;
• increased recoil from the motor, it is preferable to use the most powerful power plant;
• the drive axle is equipped with wide rubber for maximum grip on the surface;
• the rear axle gets narrower rubber for easy lift off the road.

For those who do not plan to exhibit a car at specialized competitions in such tricks, it is enough to train on your own car. In this case, minimal adjustments are made.

The rear axle is equipped with a special board that ensures smooth sliding and sufficient wheel blocking. A similar effect can be achieved by installing "bald" rubber on the rear axle, and at the same time slopes with high-quality treads are mounted forward.

Using the correct pivot technique

The handbrake is tightened, and the wheels are blocked as much as possible from rotation. You need to start at first speed, but the brake lever does not loosen. The driver will have the correct skid sensation even at low speeds, as the rear axle actually slides over the surface. Correct control depends on the operation of the accelerator and steering wheel.

You need to know that when the car skids, the driver is obliged to twist the steering wheel towards the skid, as well as accelerate a little.

With bald slopes, it is enough to go to 60 km / h, and then raise the handbrake, then the car will go into a skid, it will need to be leveled with the steering wheel and the gas pedal.

You will need

• - stock of used tires;
• - a car with a powerful engine and, preferably, a rear differential lock;
• - training ground

Instructions

Everyone who wants to learn how to drift should remember that frequent driving in a controlled drift not only wears out tires instantly, but also causes frequent breakdowns in the transmission and suspension. Therefore, drifting is recommended for those who do not regret money for tires and car parts. The easiest drifting technique is to use the hand brake. It is well suited for all types of drive, and is generally the only available method for front-wheel drive vehicles. Allows you to learn how to drift even on a low-powered car without locking the differential. All beginners are advised to master this technique fully and only then proceed to study other techniques.

Accelerate ahead of the turn. When entering a corner, depress the clutch, engage neutral speed and release the clutch. Press the gas and brake simultaneously with one foot. As soon as the engine and gearbox revs are equal, suddenly shift into low gear and, releasing the clutch, continue to press the accelerator pedal. By turning the steering wheel in any direction, the car will begin to drift in the direction the wheels are pointing. Without releasing the gas pedal, pull the handbrake sharply and release it after a second. On a rear-wheel drive car, squeeze the clutch; on an all-wheel drive or front-wheel drive, just keep the rpm. To stop drifting, simply release the throttle.

Another drifting technique is using engine power. Designed for powerful rear wheel drive vehicles. It is not necessary to pick up speed before turning. Just turn the steering wheel all the way in the direction of the turn and suddenly depress the gas pedal. If the car has been moving before, it will start cornering in a controlled skid. If you stood, spin in one place.

There are many other drifting techniques. Drift with the clutch: While maintaining high engine RPM, firmly press and release the clutch pedal. This will cause the rear drive wheels to skid. Brake Drift: When entering a corner, apply the brake, then simultaneously depress the clutch and pull the handbrake. Dynamic drift: when entering a long corner, suddenly release the gas and throw the car into a skid, which is controlled by the steering wheel and short pressing of the brake pedal. Drift on a straight road: swing the car from one side of the road to the other, skidding the drive wheels. Often used in drift demonstrations.

Powerful rear-wheel drive cars with ideal axle weight distribution are used for drifting competitions. The engine is boosted and adapts to high loads and temperature conditions. The rear differential is locked, the final drive ratio is increased. The hand brake is installed hydraulic. The suspension is reinforced and the ground clearance is reduced. The camber of the front wheels is set sharply negative, the maximum angle of rotation of the wheels increases. Slick and semi-slick tires are used as tires.