The Technicalities of Absolute Drifting, aka. How to Stop Hitting Walls

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Rome was not built in a day: while this guide aims to be as helpful as possible, the game encourages practice and self-improvement. Simply reading this guide provides no guarantee that you will turn into an instant drifting expert. Feedback and constructive criticism is most appreciated; make sure to rate my guide appropriately and to let me know if it helped or could use more help, itself! To keep this section as short as possible: drifting is the state in which a car's rear tyres are in a state of minimal traction , causing oversteer. Drifting is also an acknowledged motorsport, where the driver is tasked with maintaining a controlled state of heavy oversteer, at high speeds and aggressive angles. Absolute Drift provides a number of control settings that you can modify to your preferences. Full input rebinds are not yet available, though the Zen Edition upgrade will hopefully provide this option too. Difficulty This controls the overall grip and ease with which you drive all the cars in Absolute Drift. On the Medium setting, the cars have noticeably more grip less power than on Hard, while on Easy it becomes a challenge to maintain a slide, or to drift wide! Recommended is to start with Easy if you are completely unfamiliar with driving games, or Medium if you're not familiar with AD but have previous driving game experience. Hard is, obviously, the most challenging but also most rewarding setting. Transmission Toggles between the game changing gears without further input, or providing the player with full control. Automatic is significantly less challenging to play with than Manual. However, because there's no optional Manual Override function in the game (allowing the player to manually force into a gear despite using the Automatic setting), there is little control over the gears other than speed and engine work, which becomes an issue when aiming for the highest scores more advanced handling is required. Steer Assist Enabling this causes the cars to correct their heading on their own, through small counter-steer input, during a drift. While it certainly can help maintain some control over your car, I find it actively detrimental because it can prematurely stop a drift, and it cancels out some of the steering when trying to tighten a drift. Steering Sensitivity Changing this value influences how quickly the cars respond to steering input: higher means faster steering lock. This is personal preference, but I find a default or slightly above default value (50-60%) to be optimal on the keyboard. Needs further testing with gamepad. Vibration Strength Increasing this makes the haptic feedback on gamepads stronger. Does not affect keyboard input, and does not otherwise affect the handling. Pure personal preference. View Controls Self explanatory: lets you review the input commands for the keyboard, Xbox gamepads or PS4 gamepad. You can't manually rebind the controls, but the game allows you to choose between several button layouts on gamepads. In technical terms, a drift is initiated when the traction of the rear tyres is overtaken by the combined forces of motion and, particularily, torque passed through the rear wheels. Once this happens, given constant throttle input, the rear wheels will attempt to overtake the front wheels and cause a spin. In Absolute Drift, a drift is most easily initiated by, in order: Holding the steering at full lock (maximum steering input in one direction), Applying full throttle. If done correctly, and particularily while in motion, the rear tyres will break traction from the combined lateral forces and applied torque. Once you get the back end to slide, congratulations: you are now drifting! The next challenge is maintaining a drift, which is the single trickiest aspect of AD. The first half of maintaining a drift consists of countersteering , or corrective steering applied in the opposite direction of the turn, to prevent spinning out, firstly, and secondly, to widen or tighten the drift. The second half is throttle control , or careful application of throttle, and hence torque, to the rear wheels. Releasing the throttle will reduce the torque being sent through the rear wheels, therefore reducing the tendency to spin or oversteer. Changing the direction mid drift is achieved via releasing the throttle completely, and steering into the direction you wish to go. Once the car straightens, begin countersteering in the opposite direction - given sufficient momentum and adequate timing, you will resume drifting. It is possible to do so even while at full throttle, though much more difficult since it carries the risk of spinning out. Once you've held a drift for long enough, knowing how to exit it is quite straightforward. Apply small countersteering input, and release the throttle - done correctly, the car will regain rear tyre grip, and hold the line. Usually coloured in red, these objects stand out from the gray, white and sky blue backdrop as things you can hit or drift close to or into. Bonus Blocks These red blocks litter the Free Roam world, Driftkhana arenas and some Mountain Drift tracks. While they serve little purpose in Free Roam besides being a thing to smash, in Driftkhanas and Mountain Drift, they add 100 points * your current multiplier, making them useful for prolonging a drift. Note that sometimes, debris from smashed blocks can cause others to fall apart. Hitting the debris may still add score, as the fallen pieces count as an untouched block. Clipping Points Red and white poles that appear on the apexes of corners, on Drift Tracks, Mountain Drifts, as well as in Driftkhana arenas. Drifting close to them will increase your score - the amount with which depends on your drift speed, angle and proximity to the pole, but usually between 200 and 500 points * your current multiplier. They also advance you faster to the next multiplier. The criteria for scoring the pole bonus is, generally, less strict than the criteria for scoring from a drift. Generally, as long as your rear wheels are sliding, you are eligible for the bonus. Spin Zones Exclusive to Driftkhanas, Spin Zones are red squares in which you are tasked with spinning your car until it fills up completely. The score bonus varies, but is usually 2000 * your current multiplier, and they also advance you to the next multiplier immediately. Note that you are still making progress towards the Spin Zone bonus, even if you're edging outside of the marked area. Donut Zones Exclusive to Driftkhanas, Donut Zones are large, red objects which task you with drifting in a circle around them until they fill up completely. The score bonus varies, but is usually 5000 * your current multiplier, and they also advance you the next 1.5 multipliers immediately. Note that you are still making progress towards the Donut Circle bonus, even if you're beginning to straighten out of the slide or edge away from them. However, making contact with the objects themselves will reset your progress and, in heavier bumps, may end your combo prematurely. CAUTION: Progressing towards the Spin/Donut Zone bonuses doesn't necessarily mean you're also drifting! Keep an eye out on the current Score counter in the top left: if it's shaking too much, you risk LOSING your combo! Spinning Crosses Exclusive to Free Roam, these objects compose an exploration-type mission: in every Free Roam world, you must touch 5 of these objects scattered around the map, per world. They otherwise have no special appearances or properties, and will disappear once collected. Mission Objects These objects are highlighted in red, and featured exclusively in the Free Roam worlds. In order to advance to the next areas, you are tasked with drifting, spinning, donuting or jumping in, on or around these objects. Once said mission is complete, the item stops being red. When all the missions in a world are complete, the gate to the next world is opened in a short cutscene. Drift Lines Newly added in the Zen Edition upgrade