Don't DRIFT in Go Karting 

Drifting is a different sport to KARTING

I happened to go on a track, where drifting was the best way to get the best lap time out of final corner. (It's an interior track)

You tellin' me I played all of that Mario Kart for nothing?

Drifting allows you to gain mini turbos so its actually better!! (Bikes are better than karts since you can wheelie!!)

Physics in karting does not let u win while deja vu-ing in races

This also depends on the surface used, wood or smooth cement floors actually benefit from you throwing the back out to get round a corner

Also most electric indoor carts immediatly throttle down the power when you start to drift so you lose even more time!

Ive played too many kart racers, i already know you get a turbo booster after a drift.

Did 5 awesome drifts in go cart 10 minutes ago and I feel happy

So I can't do it like Mario Kart or Sonic & SEGA All-Stars Racing? Ehh, it figures.

I'm trying to learn the concept of steering with the rear wheels. I find it really difficult. I either go straight or sliding like the guy in this clip

This depends on the corner, but is true a lot of the time. Sometimes you want to carry as much speed as possible on a turn because other will slow down there andlose time but you reach the corner first

if you drift ,drift entering and exit at half of the angle so you get your car lined up enough to not loose speed

On some turn drift does help to maintain Apex speed, since it's a go kart you don't lose too much momentum

now everyone knows that you can make up the lost time by drifting with the mini turbo that charged up..

A tactic i think is good is focus on the longer straight. Brake onto a higher speed section early but late for a slower speed section. This might not work but overtakes are easier at a higher speed section. Also try to brake early when on the outside incase they go for a dive bomb or out brake themself.

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except for 2 stroke. 9 year old me setting personal fl while mastering countersteering on 60cc lke engine tonykart. i slided along some corners and helped me forcing the kart into my trajectories.

Technically it all depends on just how tight and long the corner is, if it’s a 180° that’s really short, hard braking to initiate a “drift” is way faster than going slow around the same corner. And then on the contrary a long 180° corner (like in the video) requires you to be smooth and precise in your turning to conserve speed, whereas drifting in that situation would lose you a lot of time. it’s really just about finding the right way to corner dependant on the type of corner, only using 1 cornering method will not work for every corner, especially not in karting where maintaining speed is of the utmost importance. On an important note i’m not saying drifting is good, it loses you time, i’m saying hard braking to initiate rotation, similar to a drift but not actually, initiating rotation just means getting the kart spun quicker than just slowly turning, can gain you time on really short corners.

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Slow in and fast out works better with a low-angle four wheel slip, remember this folks.

Nah, Mario Kart teaches that if you drift you get a miniturbo

I am fat so the only way to beat the track record was driving without brake not to loose speed. There are also two ways of drifting. #1 for Show, that's what most people do with lack of expirience. #2 to carrying as much speed as possible into & out of a corner. Slow in, fast out is only for beginners or track owners because he hate to buy expensive tyres.

Youre telling me friction cause loss of speed? Man i wish i knew this years ago.

unless u nees to plan for the next 2~3 thight corner My local track last 2 corners are crucial, like a shape of square off small letter b withreally tight hair pin Get as much speed from the straight, flick it into a drift , try to get as far left from before taking the hair pin try to get the parabolic cornering at maxspeed , 80% of driver didn't know how to link up these 2 turns and ended up going wide when exiting the hairpin If they could link up everything, they can link the hairpin with the 1st and 2nd turn without edjusting the steering on perfect line No brakes link multiple turns into 1 massive smooth corner

In pro karting u want to flick it in to a corner and keep the wheel straight going round. The flick will get u pointed in the right direction to go round and the u only have to do a few very small corrections. I know this cus I watched super gt. Watch him too😊😊😊

So smooooth 😎👍🏾🏎️💨

If you can balance the drift without spinning out, i believe its faster to cornering. Weight transfer concept. Exit speed can be improved if drifting is done right without oversteering

That is dependant on the length of the straight after the corner. In the case of a long straight, then your tip makes sense

It depends on the corner, or rather the next corner. If you're exiting into a straight, sure. If you're exiting into a hairpin, different approach.

I drifted in a electric go kart it was faster then slowing down

Good advice

I use this trick everytime in Indy,art racway when you go into the turn closer to the inside you have less track to cover

"How ever if you drift to much" like bro that is called throttle control. You should master that or don't drift

essentially you need to get the apex, as closer as possible to the corner of the turn

What you want to tell is that you pass the corners slowly. Karts have weak engines and acceleration would be very slow out. During the drift you use the momentum you've gained to sustain the drift and then gain it.

I’ll see if this helps when I go karting tomorrow

It helps so much mane

In rental karts maybe😑, but in race karts going in sideways is the best, atleast for hairpins.

Last in first out always

Slow in and after turning the steering apply full speed and control your go kart

Nah imma drift deja vu!!!!!

I like fast in and fast out

Woah, I never thought of that

Wow something that millions of people already knew. When it comes to racing. Regardless of the vehicle / animal

Using this in racing games lol

But i remember an interview from i dont remember who, but they definitely f1 driver. Maybe George or even Alex. They basically said in karting, when turnz you just slightly drift so you dont need to break and you have sharper angle to turn

I just drift when I am driving for fun, but when Its seriously, than I make like you said.

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Oversteer is faster. Pointing the nose is faster is wide corners. Oversteer is faster in sharp ones

Most tracks, actually almost all tracks in my country are very thin, so doing something like this is impossible :D but in a real track yeah of course

Suddenly I understand why my dad told me to “finish all your breaking before the turn” before I began my first race

Bro today i was drifting so much today and it was fun asf i wasnt doing it for the race i was doing it for fun

I WANT TO GO KARTING SO BAD😭

That’s not what Keiichi teaches us

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To add to this, you SHOULD be able to DRIFT a LITTLE using your THROTTLE to MAXIMIZE the speed you take into the corner.

drifting can work but not in lower power karts. the problem is that there just isn't enough power to make the really sticky tires slip

Went to an indoor place which allegedly has the worlds largest indoor track(s) the one had this banked open oval leading into a downhill spiral. Finally managed to get clear air and used the boost, had so much fkn speed I went down in continuous drift. I heard the steward say something after, I thought he was complimenting my swag until I enter the next hairpin and I see the dude behind me slam backwards into the wall. Fkn shit show that place was every driver was either Helen Keller or a NASCAR driver who isn’t fast just closes every window.

Is it actually easier to know irl whether you can take that corner without oversteer compared to sim racing?

Bro really said max verstappen

or what i call use your rear wheels to turn many pro uses their rear wheels in karting to turn its fucking awesome

Its called “Apex”

I’d probably still step it out on that corner just to get the car turned more quickly, carry more speed than you’re comfortable with (would blow the corner if you didn’t slide) and just commit like hell, stay hard in the throttle

But drifting in a Kart is so amusing so i'll still do it

Mario Circuit 3 irl

Drifting is more fun. I don't really care if it's slower.

Penalty, you're off the track

Sergio perez driving style be like

I race on dirt so Drifting is good

I dont wanna win i wanna drift

ima drift because its better than just tryna play like f1

Dive bombin for live

Yea when ı was racing at the 3rd time ı forgot to brake at the corner my back left tyre slipt then ı crashed at the tree.

drifting is more of a rally/touge thing

And when your cornering you should only turn once

I feel more if you get 2 to 5 hops it scrubs enough and still has a bit more speed through. Track I go to if u went bye this your get maybe 22.5 only way I've been able to get 22.1 when milking it tomuch hops and it's bad .

Im not sure why. But some people feel like its satisfying drifting their kart. For me the most satisfying one is the one that is not drifting.

But if you masterise drifting with a gokart in the rain, it is actually faster

@kartingtips I wanted to know when do you brake and how much brake pressure

Some truth to this but I lock my breaks up to rotate the kart and it turns the kart so much faster than “not drifting”, u can drift, you just have to know how

Huh? Where’s the mini turbo

Yeah but drifting is cooler 😎

should have been using an 86 if you didn't want to slow down

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Everyone says not to drift and to use the brakes. But my friends who drift and never touch the brake are almost a second faster than me 😢 skill issue on my part I guess

But is fun

NUH UH YOU JUST MAD YOU CANT DRIFT 😢

What if you combine both ways? 🤔

Is it possible to get u to make an “optimal” racing line for this villagio track?

So we should focus on exit speed

Is it wrong that I drift into really sharp hairpins but when ever it’s like a normal corner I just use grip driving?

Or you could charge a mini turbo

well it’s not rly drifting that you need to do, it’s more neutral steer or getting the right amount of rotation.

What about dirt karts

Can you show us slip angle in karting?

What about four wheel drifting? (zero counter steer)

Hahahaha its fun aF tho. Couldnt help myself at k1. My times were slow as hell cuz i fkng finFLicKED that B into every corner! Lerooooy JENKINS style. Didnt care who was near me!! I was flicking it HARD

i dont care i just want my fun drifting is cool