NFS:C - Drifting with Clutch: a tutorial (PC ONLY)

I went back and looked over how the drifting system works and discovered something, One thing many people overlook when playing carbon is the Clutch option in the control menu. With it you can perform some very balanced and long sweeping drifts, whilst the Carbon drift system lowers the grip on your tires and counter steers for you everything kinda acts as it should, there are some discrepancies but I cant quite put my finger on all them, by using the clutch you can kick the back of the car out almost on command which helps a lot in drift and normal racing. there are 3 steps you need to remember when "feinting" a drift.

1. Steering: steer gently to set the angle up and lower the resistance of the slide making the slide and exit smoother.

2. Braking: the brake throws the weight balance forward lightning the rear.*

3. Clutch: revs the engine and upsets the rear traction making the rear slide out.

* I use the E-Brake a lot, with the motion already set in place by the initial steering slamming on the E-brake weight shifts forward but also the rear of the car slides out some which helps aid the final clutch kick, you can see this when I exit the tunnel, I slide the car with the E-brake whilst still maintaining the initial Drift before kicking the clutch and powering into the following bend.

Each car behaves slightly different so practice to discover the ideal steer/braking/clutching times to make your car slide, Muscles generally slide easier followed by exotics then tuners. you have to be weary with installing superchargers in Exotics, you'll be bouncing around the tachometer quite a bit and the last thing you need is an un expected speed hike followed by a loss of torque. whist you could argue that it will help under steering you want some for weight shifting or "snapping" the car in the opposite direction either by easing off the throttle or by braking slightly.

You can also kick the rear out further when sliding if the corner your taking suddenly bends harder through the turn.

Its also worth noting that if sliding and the car starts to line up you can kick the clutch again to push the back out again, if left too late you wont have sufficient momentum in the rear to slide it out and you'll end up revving in a straight line. You'll need to start the drift again be cautious though as you'll have most likely strayed from the racing line, I let that happen twice on both the entry and exit from the long straight, try to spot them.

whilst you wont be able to clearly see the rev counter spike if you listen you should hear it. sorry about the music, I forgot to turn winamp off.

you can use this technique in pretty much any car game with a decent physics engine, works well in LFS and GTR.

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[jianh1989]

to the author of this video? NFS Carbon got clutch option!?!? How come I never know!? is it in PC version?

[MpukGunsmith]

its only in hte pc version yes

[AdamInMaple]

how u clutch on ps2

[MpukGunsmith]

you dont, its pc only

[SimpleDesire95]

I wanna drift like you! I dont really bother about points , more about drifting in styleee, as slow as it takes , i wanna have the best angle ! :DD

[actiomania]

FRAPS

[xXMachoboyXx]

wow, pretty damn good drifting ^^

[roofXtopsXreach]

not bad i guess i have to add another chappter to my note book...

[00greyman]

@faithite ask your dad if his car is a manual. if it is then your dad is a very manly man! good for you. look inside the car. there would be 3 pedals on the floor underneath the steering wheel. the one on your left is the clutch, middle is the brake and right is gas/throttle. there should be a lever on the center console. and thats the gear shift. to change gear you step on the clutch use the lever to select the next gear and let go of the clutch to engage the selected gear.

[00greyman]

a gamer who knows what clutch kick is. very impressive. didn't know that carbon has this. i used to do the up>downshift /down>upshift trick in ug2 since it doesnt have a clutch

[zaka2630]

קלאַטש

[faithite]

so a clutch is a brake?

[faithite]

but i still dont understand what is a clutch. i'm playing Need For Speed Prostreet.

[podmizje]

do u need to use clutch when changing gears?

[TheMrMurcielago]

@MpukGunsmith Can't agree more with ya. I'm trying to raise the money to convert my car to a manual before I get my license. -Murcielago

[fertilizer96]

it needs alot of horse power to drift a car like that... but the thing he didn't get mistakes coz d course was to wide so d car may drift freely as he wanted and the car settings i guess was tuned for drifting... :D