GR Yaris Toyota Yaris GR 800m Drift Rennstrecke Sachsenring

I must admit that I do feel a bit of jealously but only because I would love to have a go at it too but never really got the chance yet.
 
The guy who runs the Nürburgring drift school told me to come in my GR next time (I was with a friend in her RX-8) as he says they are absolutely immense at drifting.

Given how planted they are on the road this was a surprise, but he says on the right surface (like in that vid) they become beautifully adjustable.
 
Duke said:
The guy who runs the Nürburgring drift school told me to come in my GR next time (I was with a friend in her RX-8) as he says they are absolutely immense at drifting.

Given how planted they are on the road this was a surprise, but he says on the right surface (like in that vid) they become beautifully adjustable.
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Surprise indeed, based on planted characteristics on tarmac, but they are known to be playful on loose surfaces and that's no surprise for powerful 4WDs, I guess.

So I would expect him to prompt you to turn up with bad quality winter tyres or something similar tyre-wise. That would allow the switch fron planted to drifting biased.
 
Duke said:
The guy who runs the Nürburgring drift school told me to come in my GR next time (I was with a friend in her RX-8) as he says they are absolutely immense at drifting.

Given how planted they are on the road this was a surprise, but he says on the right surface (like in that vid) they become beautifully adjustable.
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Interesting. I recently did a ADAC driving safety training at the Nürburgring. I looked at some brochures about what other trainings they provide and one of them was about drifting. It did state RWD as a requirement though so I no longer paid attention to it.

But if that's what has been said to you then maybe I should ask too if bringing the GR is ok.
 
Galerion said:
Interesting. I recently did a ADAC driving safety training at the Nürburgring. I looked at some brochures about what other trainings they provide and one of them was about drifting. It did state RWD as a requirement though so I no longer paid attention to it.

But if that's what has been said to you then maybe I should ask too if bringing the GR is ok.
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Or bring it to @AdvEvo and you can learn from the best. Probably at the Germany-Holland border, but he is best placed to advise.
 
AdvEvo said:
I do 4wd and rwd drift instructions on the papenburg track! It is in germany.

It is important not to have very grippy tires. We use on our yaris gr nordic winter tyres on a wet track.


For dates look https://www.driftdagen.nl/driftdagen.php


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I'm waiting for the first GERMAN comment "you're not allowed to do that on these streets!"🤣

Nice Work👍🏻.
 
Really curious about this playful 'drift-configuration'... especially regarding the tyres brands/models/sizes (front and back axles), tyre pressures, stability control "on"/ "expert"/"off", gr-four traction mode (normal/track or sport), etc...
TBH: getting a bit bored of glue-type of the GRY handling... 😁
 
AdvEvo said:
Tyres nordic winter tyres with badest rating for wet grip. E or more. 17 inch 205/50
Traction off and then push sport.
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Interesting regarding Sport mode!

I am under the impression that many who started with it, later switched to Track (ie 50-50) for the drift to be sustained for longer.
 
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I have a set of braid 7x17 and cinel wheels also 7x17

I have also some protracks in 8x18 but dont t use them much because i have more fun on 7x17.

Tyres is just what i can find. Michelin ice x drifts lovely also lots of other brands. Marshal wintercraft 31
 
Spirited said:
Surprise indeed, based on planted characteristics on tarmac, but they are known to be playful on loose surfaces and that's no surprise for powerful 4WDs, I guess.

So I would expect him to prompt you to turn up with bad quality winter tyres or something similar tyre-wise. That would allow the switch fron planted to drifting biased.
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Whole thread about this, lower grip tyres, with the aim to move away from planted to playful.

There are many ways to go about and had many discussions with @AdvEvo. For dedicated wet drift courses it's the Nordic winter tyre which have been great fun during winter for me, not just snow but also when it's just wet. Running them in summer away from a drift track they wear like hell and don't have any braking even in the dry. For drift track great as you can find them in any size used (from Nordic countries).

Wet during summer you can use gravel tyres, just make sure they are big block. These are very very progressive and better then nordic winter tyres especially when the surface changes. Rethreaded are cheap but need 17x7" rims.

Less progressive in wet but also great fun if mastered are hard dedicated drift tyres, upside is you can make the car move about also in the dry without instantly destroying them, and it's actually possible to daily them if you don't mind the thread noise and obviously having understood the grip levels they give (dry quite high, wet very low at times). Not per se big drifts or slow per se, but just a lot more playful in the dry than just grip grip grip, playing with weight transfer just makes driving more fun imho.
If willing to pay for tyres, you can do full scale dry drifting even on stock power, however if that's your thing at that point it's maybe time to move to a dedicated drift car perhaps, but just being able to break traction on all four in the dry for a few seconds is quite fun....
Exists in 17" and some 18" fitments too.

Lowering grip a little is also a lot friendlier to the car with lower mechanical load and wear than moving to higher grip track tyres as many do, prompting the move to stiffer suspensions, bushings, bracing and other issues related to high G....

GR Yaris - Lower grip tyres discussion.

Someone asked what is the best tyre. And I answered here: Post in thread 'What tyres are the best.' https://www.gr-zoo.com/threads/what-tyres-are-the-best.595/post-4979 As it goes against 'normal' thinking please discusse lower peak grip tyres in this thread. Have a read in the old place on the...
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Settings: sport for intiating drifts on weight transfer/throttle/scandi and for those used to rwd. 50/50 track (or gravel mk2) for better mid corner stability and some more bias towards initiating drifts on the handbrake and/or perhaps already having a lively rear end due to geo changes.
 
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