It depends on which drift technique you want to use. Basically
drifting is oversteering through a corner. It will probably be
possible with a automatic trans car provided your car has the
required horsepower and acceleration to make the tyres loose grip
over the road surface. If you have one that has active control
(whereby the tyres are prevented form over spinning) like for
example some bmws, you can forget about drifting.
But most drifting techniques requires manual trans car...and you
will have a better chance of doing it right with one. But
please don't try it on the streets. So you can forget about finding
a suitable place here in Sing. Unless you can find a huge unused
car park lot. Yes impossible. I have never tried it before
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Power Over
This performed when entering a corner and using full throttle to
produce heavy oversteer through the turn. You need horsepower to
make this happen.
E-Brake Drift
This technique is very basic, pull the E-Brake or side brake to
induce rear traction loss and balance drift through steering and
throttle play. This can also be used to correct errors or fine tune
drift angles. Main drift technique used in FWD vehicles.
Clutch Kick
This is performed by depressing the clutch pedal on approach or
during a mild drift, then the clutch is "popped" to give a sudden
jolt through the driveline to upset rear traction.
Shift Lock Drift
This is performed by letting the revs drop on downshift into a
corner and then releasing the clutch to put stress on the driveline
to slow the rear tires inducing over steer. This is like pulling
the E-brake through a turn, but this should be performed on wet
ground to minimize damage to the driveline.
Dirt Drop Drift
This is performed by dropping the rear tires off the road into the
dirt to maintain or gain drift angle without losing power or speed
and to set up for the next turn. This technique is very useful for
low horsepower cars. Do not attempt this technique at the Drift
Session.
Feint Drift
This is performed by rocking the car towards the outside of a turn
and then using the rebound of grip to throw the car into the normal
cornering direction. This is heavy rally racing technique used to
change vehicle attitudes during cornering.
Jump Drift
In this technique the rear tire on the inside of a turn or apex is
bounced over a curb to lose traction resulting in over steer. Do
not attempt this technique at the Drift Session.
Braking Drift
This is performed by trail braking into a corner. Loss of grip is
obtained and then balanced through steering and throttle motions.
This is mainly for medium to low speed corners.
Kansei Drift
This is performed at race speeds. When entering a high speed corner
a driver lifts his foot off the throttle to induce a mild oversteer
and then balances the drift through steering and throttle motions.
The car that is being used for this style of drift should be a
neutral balanced car therefore the oversteer will induce itself. If
the car plows through any turn this technique will not work.
Long Slide Drift
This is done by pulling the E-brake through a strait to start a
high angel drift and to hold this to set up for the turn ahead.
This technique can only be done at high speed.
Swaying Drift (Choku-Dori)
This is a slow side-to-side faint like drift where the rear end
sways back and forth down a straight.