Keep the slide going for as long as possible, continue to keep it sideways when the road straightens out. Preferably be of Japanese origin. Congratulations, you have just invented the equivalent of ballroom dancing in the world of "motorsport".
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Keep the slide going for as long as possible, continue to keep it sideways when the road straightens out. Preferably be of Japanese origin. Congratulations, you have just invented the equivalent of ballroom dancing in the world of "motorsport".
Since you're reaonsably close, I can wholehearteldy recommend you treat yourself to an AMG trackday experience up at Brooklands. As well as being able to hoon around a track without regard for their car, you get to spend 20 minutes being taught how to and then attempting to control a drift on a soaking wet circular skidpan with 500bhp on tap to put through the rear wheels. As well as being great fun you actually learn quite a lot, or at least put thoery into practice if you already knew it.
I'd love to do something like that!!
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You don't need words on a forum. What you need is practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice practice 
The amount of steer and throttle becomes second nature eventually. With enough practice you'll be arriving at a roundabout junction with the backend sliding to the left, then back off and flick it the other way to go around sideways
The amount of steer and throttle becomes second nature eventually. With enough practice you'll be arriving at a roundabout junction with the backend sliding to the left, then back off and flick it the other way to go around sideways 
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Not always, but it is a more common outcome.
The thing about the AMG day, compared to your average supercar Red Letter day is:
a) You learn a bit about handling a car in certain situations. All sessions are with people who make part of their living from racing cars.
c) They do not give a toss about the cars so you can rag them silly. You will produce copious amounts of smoke form the tyres during the session I can tell you.
Having said that, I think single seater "experience" days probably still give you more of a buzz.
Very important to keep soft hands and be very smooth with your steering inputs. Even in a car with relatively heavy steering like the VX you should be able to apply opposite lock with just your index finger on the top of the steering wheel only, it keeps you smooth and prevents you from over correcting. I'd say the most common way of losing it in my experience certainly is by over-correcting.
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Close your eyes, the oversteer will go away if you don't pay it any attention.
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Haha!
Again the main thing is to be smooth with everything. Also be careful to not get a too large drift angle otherwise it can be very hard to recover from it. Doing some skin pan training comes in handy, plus a large open area with low grip is a good way to practise. As long as you don't panick then you should be alright, plus make sure to not put on too much opposite lock. Plus remember to take the lock off as it is correcting otherwise you will go into fishtailing.
No it won't, you should know better!
At first I really recommend by all means cook it up but come completely off the throttle when you feel it let go and it'll just dig in and grip again. Feel it straightening and then nail it again. Repeat.
Best way to control it is to keep throttle on and steer exactly where you want to go, steering more when you need to turn faster. DSC works best that way
But involves zero skill, what happens if you drive a car not equipped with DSC? To be honest, just with cadence braking, it is a useful skill to have. You never know when a driver aid may potentially go wrong.
I find it to be instinctive - I don't really think about it, and I don't remember a time when I did to be honest. Just have a go, that's the best way IMO
Disclaimer - do it somewhere safe, not in the middle of an A road in Cheltenham
Disclaimer - do it somewhere safe, not in the middle of an A road in Cheltenham
just keep the throttle planted, open the window and wave like a loony shouting doriftoooooooooooooooooooooo all the chavs will give nuff repsect .
as said though. go somewhere quiet and open to practice catching a slide , it'll be easy on the tyres this time of the year,and requier hardly any power.
once you do get the hang of it, you'll love it
all the chavs will give nuff repsect . as said though. go somewhere quiet and open to practice catching a slide , it'll be easy on the tyres this time of the year,and requier hardly any power.
once you do get the hang of it, you'll love it
Its not passive rear steering, its just a quirk of the torsion beam system. Lift-off oversteer is fun