Drift Gran Turismo 5 Cars: Lotus 111

Video Transcript

"Welcome back, we're in a Lotus 111 car this time, it differs from the ninety-six Elise in that it has a little more horse power, but the layout is the same, so you want to use the same techniques that you learned using the other Lotus and apply it to this Lotus. So here we go, same thing as the other Lotus, it doesn't have much power, but it does have a little more - so you have to be careful with your throttling, it's a little more in this car than in the other car. Steering is pretty much the same, technique of lift-off works really well for these type of cars, so you want to still practice lift-off over steer in these MRs because that's simply what they like to do. So control your entry speed into corners, that doesn't change. Control your steering and your throttle, that doesn't change. It's just the initial feel of an MR car is different than the other drive trains. So use your power, what you have to get through, remember lift-off works really well for MR cars, so use that technique, see, lift-off, and just turn right around the corner. Come to this fast corner, watch your speed as always, you don't want to over speed into these corners like that. That was too much steering input. So here you go, we're going to lift off the first second, watch it with the accelerator. So use throttle control in this car, it's not as important as the following cars that we'll cover, but it is a good habit to use feather throttle if you're not sure at the corner, check your speed. Feather the throttle when you need to get the back out a little more. You have to be very smooth in these cars otherwise you're not going to be on the right line and that will prevent you from drifting through a section cleanly, so these MR cars are more about trying to be smooth with the smooth line rather than using the power to get around the corner like you did in an FR car. So practice using lift-off technique in this car as well, it's an MR platform so you're going to slide around and maybe spin out quite a bit more than an FR car if you are steering intensely. So keep your steering inputs small in these engine wheel drive cars and they will reward you with nice, long, beautiful drifts, so try attacking this course one last time in this car. So use weight shifting like we talked about in FR, it's going to be a little more touchy in this mid-engine cars simply because the weight is behind the driver and not in front of the driver like in the other FR cars. Try and keep your steering inputs small and smooth. Balance with the accelerator as best as you can as you get through. The more and more you drive these cars the easier and easier drifting will become, because these cars do like to slide quite a bit."