Hi all, I was watching some drift clips and a question popped up in mind.
I've noticed the two things in my limited experience of watching clips/videos online;
- Drivers who let go of the steering wheel during the self steer part of the drift and catches it while maintaining both hands at 3 and 9 o'clock position.
- Drivers who follow the self steer with either one of their hands whilst the other is at 3 or 9 o'clock position.
I personally tend to do the first one and I would correct it with the gas pedal or some counter steer. As for the 2nd one I tend to see it on drivers with smoother transitions and drifts with minimal counter steer and seems like they've got insane throttle control. It's more aesthetically pleasing to see this technique as well. But I've seen both used in street drifters to grassroot drivers and all the way to pro level drifting.
Is this a matter of preference, skill level, car or suspension setup? or all of the above? I'm still trying to understand things here and I'm building up my seat time. So do educate me on this please :D