FWD Drift (Front wheel drive, FF drift) It's Possible? 

I used to drift all the time in a fwd, my friends used to make fun of me and say it was impossible until I started drifting around light poles in parking lots. It’s still drifting, just a different technique. I understand that some people are against that tho and it’s somewhat understandable but I learned how to drift in a fwd car

Seeing civics tandem is wild ngl

1st time I ever seen a FWD actually drift and not powerslide... I'm impressed.

When I want to drift my fwd car I tend to just let the car oversteer a little bit, then, when in the middle section of the curve the rear tires start to whistle I immediatly full countersteer, tap handbrake and give throttle and then countersteer again. I Think that if it works on a 69hp 2004 toyota yaris, it can work everywhere

This is the first video I've seen of skilled drivers drifting in FWD cars. I always assumed FWD cars couldn't really do it.

When ur drifting around in the wintertime in ur fwd car and kno u got way more skill than the beamer tryna slide infront of you

Also drifting a fwd requires more hand braking and it also prefixes little to no smoke

Looks like shingo got a new opponent

I learned how to drift my Focus back in the day when there was snow and ice. Had to learn to control the car in those conditions, which had the side effect of having to learn to control oversteer. It's funny, everyone gets so stressed out about driving in snow and ice, it's like my favorite thing in the world.

I used to drift on a downhill course back in the days with my moms 01 Renault Laguna mk2. That thing would slide the rear around quite a bit without the need of the handbrake. And you do have to brake in corners at high speeds to get that rear sliding (40+mph). And if you are gentle enough with the steering and gas pedal at the exit you can exit the drift just as quickly as you entered it.

People hating fwd car drift . But in japan peoplw having fun from it.

I hate everything about this. 10/10 video production.

1:08 lovely break down of the common misconceptions Good explanations

Used to drift a front wheel without touching the hand break before approaching the turn point at a speed of 30-40km I downshift to the 1st gear, while still holding the clutch hit the gas to a high RPM (4) let the clutch, keep the gas & turn the wheel!

I recommend drifting in winter, when theres snow, so if u crash to snow it wont damage ur car as much as in summertime if crashing to a tree or something

I do something similar in my car, but I use the tires to drag it, and no handbrake. I just abuse the slip angle for slides and correcting my car thru turns. Car I have is really easy to abuse Physics tho lmao. I feelt like it was hacking for the longest time, but it would appear some real G's here have been having a good time for a while lmao. Love the vid.

In Rally we use left foot braking. I rarely use the handbrake, only used in hairpin turns.

From what i can see (correct me if im wrong), front wheel drive is inertia drift and not power drift which you can easily do on underpowered rwd cars while on downhill curves

Not the same as RWD for sure but thats pretty impressive. I can drift FWD on gravel using front breaks and trnsfering weight but i can't hold it for that long. I used to have a 700kg 3 cylinder swift i could flick around roundabouts and tighter turns through weight transfer but again i could not hold it for long. It was all in the light weight the turn in around sharp turns was not comparable to any other car i have driven.

i used to do FWD drifting on Gran Turismo 2 using the same technique!

Put some big heavy sway bars on the rear, that should really help! ;)

damn thats crazy. ive never seen it before

I do it in the mountains without the handbrake. Just a quick flick of the steering wheel and I have my little van sideways at 80kms on a mountain edge. The throttle gets you out of it

There are some misconceptions in this video. FF cars are unlikely to oversteer because the car is being pulled rather than pushed not because there is more weight in the front. In fact, having more weight in the front makes it more difficult to whip the tail out and why drift trucks add weight to the rear. Having power sent to the front means you can spin out the front tires, breaking traction and understeering. This is why rwd cars are easier to drift. It's easier to spin out the tires that have power. More weight over the front or rear means more traction in that area, but remember you can break traction by spinning out the wheels.

Used to take my old Lucerne to my local mall and rip donuts all the time. Friends didn’t believe me until I took them with. Just gotta tap the gas and maintain your speed the minute you don’t that’s when you lose control. Like trying to write with your left hand just because you think it’s impossible doesn’t mean it isn’t with practice 🤙

1:50 That backfire ended his drift 😐

in the winter i only put snow tires on the front and i would drift around all the time in town fun stuff lol

I drift my fwd on the regular, I slid around a roundabout about 3 hours ago now.

Do I have to prepare the car first right? Going with high revs or using hand brake could damage the engine/brakes/clutch/transmission? Or you can drift any car as long as it has enough power to drift? I always wondered that. Nice explanation!

ye, but its not as fun as RWD drifting. Sensation is different, since you are not pushing yourself through the corners

Amazing

The best way I've figured out it basically q clutch kick, idk if I'm doing right, but kind of like launching? But while I'm already driving, I use ebrake but only for the rain tbh

petting my fwd skoda octavia to give it encouragement to oversteer 🥰🥰🥰

I kind of drift by weight shifting during winter. Then it really doesn't matter what the car is, although 4WD is the easy mode for that kind of drifting. Still, in my opinion handbraking is kind of lame.

2:50 what is this cute little thing?

As a Honda guy who matured into a drift guy. I just cant class dragging the handbrake as drifting.

The WRC anyone ever watch a rally? ...Of course it's possible what are we even talking about here? Wow 🤔

Can you drift using a FWD car with CVT?

Snow is your friend if you wanna drift FWD. You can really make ‘em dance and not so abusive to the car like on pavement

Ok now it make sense that why this EG hatchback has appeared on Initial D.

This is cool and fun, we used to do this back in high school with beater FWD cars before we moved to RWD cars, but man people have blurred the definition of "drifting" by saying every slide is a drift. Too many people are calling "powersliding", "drifting", these days. "Drifting" is not just any old sliding around, a general slide in any car is called a "powerslide". A "Drift" is a controlled sideways burnout while the car is moving forward, only RWD can really do this. This was the general definition since the 80s, I dont know why people keep trying to blur the definition. If you cant control the burnout its not a drift. If you aren't even burning out, its not a drift. I need to make a video since it appears far too many people don't know the difference, you would think a dedicated drift channel would know this lol. Yes you can slide a FWD car that is nothing new, and yes its still fun, we been doing it in rally forever lol. The only thing new is people are calling it drifting, which it is not, I think its probably a fear of missing out thing. And yes you NEED the handbrake, it is not optional, do not make it seem like its optional. Watch your own video those guys are pumping that handbrake nonstop. We had to as well back in the day.

The secret for FWD is flinging your wrist opposite before turn in heel-toe downshift with a very soft front end with a really stiff rear end + good sticky tires to keep pulling you through. But don't drift a FWD please, You are just going to be replacing rear brakes and flattened out rear tires at twice the rate a RWD car would with no cool points gained.

I wonder how many Hondas were totaled after this video was released

Shoulders and biceps day!

1:16 Me: You can do it buddy! I believe in you!

can i do it in a stock D16 tho? i slid it fully sideways once and recovered but that was bc it was wet that day

WOW!!! It is amazing! They have skill!

Honestly it looks like a Temu version of drifting.

i like druifting with front wheel cars.

i drift an old fwd manual from 2002 with no power steering and a broken handbrake and the car is so heavy

Good to learn in a fwd first anyways, take it off-road.

I did this shit all the time and have so much control around corner and feel like a king because nobody think fed can do dat lol

Where is this footage from?

This probably does a lot of wear to the car compared to rwd drifting.

So you’re telling me there’s a chance

Weird but cool

Another technique. Powerslide🥶

I can do fwd drift But in gran turismo

Japanese brain 🧠 is really 👌🏻👍🏻

These Honda guys need to learn about hydraulic e-brake

can you tell me the difference between drifting and powerslide? briefly

this is called powersliding. its LITERALLY impossible for a FWD car to drift because drifting means a rear wheel drive car sliding while accelerating and maintaining control. therefore a FWD car cant do this..

So they are power sliding not drifting

Calling this a drift is VERY generous imo

Cool !!!

Ever heard of SAAB?

fwd drifting is possible but it isnt practical because it causes more strain on the drive train than a rwd

Nice.

What car is this red one at 3:38 when the scene changes? It's also at the very very beginning in the opening sequence.

I learned that I broke both my front axle

can you do a 370z

Fwd is just better aslong as you can frive it right

Bruv never seen such thing in me life

Too bad I have a shitty electric parking brake that’s the standard on all new cars. Can’t even turn the brake on/off unless the battery is on

I feel like fwd drift faster then rwd

I WANNA BE ON RACE TRACK BUT ITS SOO EXPENSIVE🥲

Of course you can oversteer a FWD car. YOU CAN"T POWERDRIFT IT THOUGH. That's the point mate. you just can't power slide it.

Subi Boi’s big mad

It's look like FR.

Now drift a 1970 Toronado.

can you drift in a fwd automatic?

I see, I don't get it

top 10 coisas

On my way now to crash my shitbox Galant

I’m kinda retarted

Possible? Yes. Decent? No.

Where is you can’t do this in pro street

Smith Angela Allen Betty Rodriguez Daniel

Johnson Kenneth Martin Frank Rodriguez Nancy

Robinson Michael Garcia Timothy Young Charles

Eh it just looks like trash compared to rwd drift, Idn why you’d buy fwd if you want to learn to drift. Even a miata is a better choice imho

Jackson Betty Johnson Amy Clark Michael

I keep telling my son you can drift in a front wheel drive but it is different to a rear wheel drive! Lol. 😂. I have to admit I love drifting in a rear wheel tho! But if my Hyundai excel can drift? Then any front wheel drive can!!!

FF TANDEMS DAAAM

no. it's not drifting.

That's not drifting

If you want to see proper ff driving wATCH YOU TUBE VIDEO best of jean ragnotti and renault clio kit car - with pure engine sounds

You’re kidding right? Those are either AWD or RWD converted, theres wheel spin on the back of the wheels on all those cars, theres no FWD setup on this video

Yeah, but it's lame...

Hahahahahahahaha