GT5: How to drift?

Question

I've been trying out the drifting in Gran Turismo 5 and I'm finding it ridiculously hard to get a good drift going. Does anyone have any tips or hints on how to play this game mode?

I'm using stick controls and an automatic gearbox, if that matters.

Answer 1

This page contains videos of someone drifting different cars in GT5 in the series "How to Drift Gran Turismo 5 Cars".

If you find this answer useless( which I hope you don't ), then please tell me.

Answer 2

You need soft tires on the front and hard tires on the back, and then you need to tune the suspension. The best tune settings are unique for each car. After this, make sure you are driving in manual, because automatic basically corrects the drift and makes you spin out.

Answer 3

You don't need hard and soft tires just go with comfort soft for all 4 wheels. Two techniques you can use is power over or feint. With AWD you'll find it easier with Feint. Coming to a corner you'll want to go a little faster than normal controlling your throttle turn slightly to the opposite direction this will shift the weight of the car towards the corner then turn back into the corner hard will shift the weight to the opposite with more force then tap brake then gas softly then countersteer if needed. Power over is almost the same but you don't weight shift or brake. Just punch the gas when you turn into the corner and then countersteer.