A lot of people think that drifting and sliding is actually the same thing. However, they are not. Drifting requires a certain amount of traction to be present, preferably on all 4 wheels. If you want to learn how to drift, you need to understand where the thin line between not having enough friction and having too much of it lies. Drifting is achieved only when you move slightly out of the friction circle. If you cross the fragile friction line too far, the rear end of your car is going to spin out of control. That’s why the first thing to start with when learning to drift is the grip type of driving. In the next few pages, I am going to thoroughly explain every driving technique in the book and talk about every different suspension and engine part of the car.
Many people think that drifting is easy- you just need to get in a turn real fast and voala, you are drifting. Sadly, that’s not the case here. Drifting requires refined motor skills, a lot of thinking and fast reflexes. Every good drifter out there spent at least a couple of years practicing and improving his driving.

You will certainly know where your driving mistakes lie, if you are well aware of the results of every action you take. The hard way to learn drifting is by guessing the next move. Imagine that- you are revving the engine really hard, you are steering into that curved turn with caution and suddenly the front is going into a controlled slide. This is called under steering and is not caused by faulty technique. So, what’s causing this? First, you need to check the car suspension set up. It could be too far apart (toed out) or too tight (toed in), the tires could be worn out. Even a faulty spring from the suspension could be causing this.
You’ve stepped on the pedal too hard and you are turning the wheel simultaneously- this obviously is a bad driving technique. It’s the reason for under-steering here. You are driving hard, but the gear box is getting more and more worn out, the differential is starting to scream and limited slip system is loosing grip on the road. When stopping really hard with the engine and downshifting without heel-toe, the synchronizers and the differential are getting really strained, especially if the car has a lot of horsepower under the hood, combined with good brakes and tires. What you are getting in that situation is excessive load on the steering and suspension mechanism. This kind of load is not present in heel-toe shifting.

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