spirited driving

wfmrules3 · 03-03-2012, 05:42 PM

This may sound like a newb question but this is my first rear wheel drive car.

Just wondering if there are any good videos or sites with good instruction for countersteering and all the crazy **** that happens with fast rear wheel drive cars.

Thanks

Kingbaby · 03-03-2012, 05:44 PM

all the video instruction in the world will not help with real worlds situations...

try and find the nearest HPDE course

wfmrules3 · 03-03-2012, 05:52 PM

understood, just generalized stuff. to practice or atleast have some general ideas of stuff

Kingbaby · 03-03-2012, 05:56 PM

youtube any of the touge vids and study the in car footage...other than that you can go play GT5!

wfmrules3 · 03-03-2012, 06:01 PM

haha, thanks man. I'll have to go pick up GT5 and the steering wheel. I'm sure it is very similar. About the same as practicing stealing cars and killing people in grand theft auto.

my2004Z · 03-03-2012, 06:53 PM

Whatever you do leave traction control enabled. GTA or GT5 will not prepare you for the actual g-forces and the scared out of your mind feeling if you lose control.

ImportConvert · 03-03-2012, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by my2004Z

Whatever you do leave traction control enabled. GTA or GT5 will not prepare you for the actual g-forces and the scared out of your mind feeling if you lose control.

Those games are nothing like actually driving a car. I wreck the damn thing every 10 feet playing those, even with the steering wheel and all that accessory stuff like the shifter and all. You get no actual feedback from the game. So if you are good in the game, you might be total fail in the real world. Vice versa. It's like playing guitar on guitar hero. No carry over.

PluckyPurcell · 03-03-2012, 07:15 PM

OP...Harrisburg...is that Pennsylvania? You have snow? The best way to learn is to take your car out in a vacant parking lot with an inch or two of snow. You'll learn quick about turning into a spin.

That's what my Dad did to me 40 years ago.

Kingbaby · 03-03-2012, 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by my2004Z

Whatever you do leave traction control enabled. GTA or GT5 will not prepare you for the actual g-forces and the scared out of your mind feeling if you lose control.

Quote:

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

Those games are nothing like actually driving a car. I wreck the damn thing every 10 feet playing those, even with the steering wheel and all that accessory stuff like the shifter and all. You get no actual feedback from the game. So if you are good in the game, you might be total fail in the real world. Vice versa. It's like playing guitar on guitar hero. No carry over.

sarcasm detector is broken

Thechidz · 03-03-2012, 08:05 PM

I grew up driving snowmobiles and rear wheel drive four wheelers. I don't think there's a replacement for experience

Huck · 03-03-2012, 09:42 PM

Agreed! I learned how to drift by going to a huge abandoned parking lot after it would rain. Sadly I then took those skills onto the road... I drifted right past a cop one time.

alb84z31t · 03-03-2012, 09:45 PM

Take an autocross course. I did that as soon as I got my license about 20 yrs ago, but you learn how to control anything and everything.

03-03-2012, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
wfmrules3 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Harrisburg Posts: 51 Drives: 2009 370z Rep Power: 13	spirited driving This may sound like a newb question but this is my first rear wheel drive car. Just wondering if there are any good videos or sites with good instruction for countersteering and all the crazy **** that happens with fast rear wheel drive cars. Thanks

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Thechidz A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: NY Posts: 1,009 Drives: Nissan 370z Monti Bl Rep Power: 16	I grew up driving snowmobiles and rear wheel drive four wheelers. I don't think there's a replacement for experience __________________ I <3 my car

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Huck A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Cocoa, Florida Age: 42 Posts: 5,075 Drives: Pantydropper machine Rep Power: 33	Agreed! I learned how to drift by going to a huge abandoned parking lot after it would rain. Sadly I then took those skills onto the road... I drifted right past a cop one time. __________________ VLEDS \| Evo-R \| Moddiction \| CF Hood Struts \| F.I. CF CBE & LTH \| Stillen CAI \| NST Pulleys \| UpRev \| Z1 \| M7 \| Status \| Forgestar \| PSS \| Whiteline \| SPL \| SPC \| Kenwood \| Zenclosure \| Kicker \| Alpine Type R

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wfmrules3 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Harrisburg Posts: 51 Drives: 2009 370z Rep Power: 13	understood, just generalized stuff. to practice or atleast have some general ideas of stuff

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wfmrules3 Base Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Harrisburg Posts: 51 Drives: 2009 370z Rep Power: 13	haha, thanks man. I'll have to go pick up GT5 and the steering wheel. I'm sure it is very similar. About the same as practicing stealing cars and killing people in grand theft auto.

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my2004Z Enthusiast Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 285 Drives: 09' 370Z w/Sport 7AT Rep Power: 37	Whatever you do leave traction control enabled. GTA or GT5 will not prepare you for the actual g-forces and the scared out of your mind feeling if you lose control.

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alb84z31t Base Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Ft. Mitchell, AL Posts: 88 Drives: 09 370Z blk m6 Rep Power: 14	Take an autocross course. I did that as soon as I got my license about 20 yrs ago, but you learn how to control anything and everything.