Drift Gran Turismo 5 Cars: Suzuki Cappuccino

Series Summary

Racing video games such as Gran Turismo 5 have an array of cars to choose from. However, the cars in Gran Turismo 5 handle very differently depending on the make of the car, location of the engine, horsepower and whether or not the car has four-wheel drive. Drifting these various cars around tight turns at high speed can be tricky. Learn how to drift Gran Turismo 5 cars around tight turns at high speed in this free video series on GT 5 tips featuring ranked GT player Terry Harrada. Harrada teaches how to drift the Suzuki Cappuccino, BMW Z4, 350Z, Tuscan TVR, Lotus Elise, Lotus 111, Renault Clio, Acura NSX, Audi TT, Subaru STI and Ferrari F430.

Video Transcript

"Alright, we're in a front wheel, a front engine rear wheel drive car and this is a Suzuki Cappuccino. This car is very low in horsepower, I think it's a good introduction to the FR platform for drifting. This car, since it's low power, you can really push it. But you can't power over because there's not enough power to power, over steer the car. So with this car, you're going to be using a lot more body motion and weight shifting to get the drifts initiated and lengthened. So, with that said, this is once again a very introductory car to drifting. It's on the right platform, front engine, rear wheel drive. Like I said before, because it is low powered you can really step on the gas and not worry too much about your accelerator input and throttle input because the car won't have enough power to maintain or sustain a nice smooth drift without your foot fully down on the gas. So, let's go around again and do a little demo lap of drifting in this Cappuccino. So here we go, start of the lap, we're going to go ahead and be kind of full throttle all the way down this hill and keep it, keep your entry speed in check. Use your brake, steer in, just put all the gas because it's, it's low powered. You don't have to really worry too much about feathering the throttle like you will in a more powerful car. Keep your transitions nice and smooth, use the body weight of the car to get through these sections and drift. On this next long corner is difficult because you don't have that much power, so you really have to attack the entry and get your steering just right in order to get this long corner. You're going to experience a lot of zero counter drifting in cars like this because there isn't much power. So, you want to try and aim for a zero counter drifting, which is simply drifting with the wheel almost straight. Once you get used to the car, you can start increasing your steering inputs and you'll gradually feel out what an FR platform really feels like. Just like that. So let's do another lap. I'll try to get the transitions nice and smooth, use your body weight, use weight shifting a lot more in a platform like this with not that much horsepower, and we'll see the difference when we add a little more power in a minute. But for now, just get used to the layout and the steeling inputs as you go through the and drift. You might not be smooth every time, but you just want to keep nice control speed. Try and keep your speed up high in cars like this because speed is what makes a drift a drift. So this long corner again, just be very controlled. Try and be smooth and eventually you'll get the back end, you know really out and you'll be drifting a lot more with a lot more angle. Almost done with the lap, couple more corners left. All the way on the gas, kind of lift a little bit at the entry to get that weight shifted to the front, right before you start your drift. Not a lot of power, so you could just stay, stay on the gas pretty hard, this will really teach you how to keep the car under control, and now let's move on up with the horsepower in a new car."