drift racing
Sideways motorsport discipline
Drift racing is a motorsport where drivers intentionally oversteer, causing the rear wheels to lose traction while maintaining control through turns.
Competitors are judged on style, angle, speed, and smoke production rather than lap times.
The sport originated in Japanese mountain road racing and gained mainstream popularity through video games and films like *The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift*.
- judging criteriaBasis for evaluation
- countersteeringParadoxical handlebar input for turns
- weight transferRedistribution of mass between supports
- horsepowerRate of mechanical work
- tire smokeVaporized rubber from spinning
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- racingrace, race track, racetrack, lap, accelerate
- racing gamesGran Turismo, Need for Speed, The Crew, Blur, Destruction Derby
- vehicle gamesdriving simulator, truck simulator, flight simulator, Need for Speed, Gran Turismo
- speed gamesMario Kart, Need for Speed, time trial, F-Zero, Gran Turismo
- Driftingdrifting, countersteer, countersteering, counter-steering, oversteer
- driftdriftwood
drift racingcircuit racing
Motorsport on closed courses
time attack · precision driving · autocross · defensive driving
drift racingtime trial
Fastest-lap competition format
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