Powersliding vs Drifting: What's The Difference?

▶https://www.patreon.com/thatsimracingbloke ▶Join the Community: https://discord.gg/fvvDadaRjt ▶Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/simracingbloke ▶Next Level Racing: https://nextlevelracing.com/products/gt-lite/ ▶Heusinkveld Handbrake https://heusinkveld.com/shop/shifters-handbrakes/new-sim-handbrake/ It’s come to my attention that there are a LOT of people that don’t know the difference between a drift and a powerslide. Can you spot the difference? If not, don’t worry. Because in this video, I’m going to be teaching you the differences between the two. As with a lot of terms in motorsport, the definitions can become wishy washy. With so many people from different cultures and speaking different languages all doing the exact same thing, it’s easy to understand how some people may become confused. Take this technique for example *show scandi flick* What would you call it? Maybe you’d call it an inertia drift, or a kansei drift, a fishtail drift, a pendulum turn, maybe a finnish flick, or of course, a scandinavian flick. You get the point. All of these names for the same technique originated from different locations across the globe, but in essence, they all describe the same action – and can be used interchangably. But, is this the case between drifting and powersliding? No. Both words actually share the same definition. a deliberate, controlled skid by a vehicle turning through a corner at high speed. And in many coloquial conversations, they may in fact be used interchangably. However, I think pretty much everyone that is somewhat into motorsports, or has ever driven a car in a performance manner would agree that we aren’t able to use drifting and powerslide to describe the same action. So, let’s define precicely what drift and powerslide mean; In essence, a drift is everything that happens prior to the apex. You can initiate a drift by any means possible. Be it a rip on the handbrake, giving the clutch a swift kick or doing a scandinavian flick. But, so long as it happens at the entry to a corner – or before the apex, it most definitely is a drift. With a powerslide, we actually keep things tidy all the way through the corner entry to the apex. But, once we reach said apex, we abruptly put down the power. Which, in a car with a decent power to weight ratio, will make the back end step out. They key is literally in the name, it’s a POWER slide. Achieved by putting down power on the exit of the corner. Now, the keen drifters of you will know we can actually initiate drifts by using the cars power. But, this is actually what we would call a power over. A power over is again, done at the entry to a corner – used to initiate a drift. A power over and a power slide are not the same. Another point raised is to do with drivetrains. Some say that rear wheel drive is drifting, while all wheel drive is powersliding. Again, this is wrong. We can drift AWD and powerslide RWD. They’re not mutually exclusive. Whatsmore, some people seem to think that we powerslide front wheel drive cars. This is in fact impossible, because the rear wheels don’t deliver the power. If we put our foot down at the apex of a corner in a front wheel drive car, it won’t enter a slide. But, we can drift front wheel drive because we can rip the handbrake, or use weight transfer to get the back end sliding. Does that make sense? So now we know the difference between drifting and powerslides. Hit the like, and maybe even subscribe button if you enjoyed the video! MY SIM RIG: ▶Fanatec Wheelbase Base ▶Fanatec CSL Elite Wheel ▶Fanatec Shifter ▶Fanatec CSL Elite Loadcell Pedals ▶Heusinkveld Handbrake https://heusinkveld.com/shop/shifters-handbrakes/new-sim-handbrake/ ▶ GTLite https://nextlevelracing.com/products/gt-lite/ ▶ Gloves https://amzn.to/3ua0PtG ▶Monitor https://amzn.to/3ERjNKQ ▶Oculus https://amzn.to/3kEc0Yr ▶GTX 1080 https://amzn.to/3CPbcGm ▶i5 8600k https://amzn.to/3i8x2gb ▶16GB DDR4 https://amzn.to/3ujkozV