Drifting ain’t easy. No, I’m not talking about stuffing plastic lunch trays under the rear wheels of your mom’s Honda CRX (although that is pretty fun). I’m talking about real drifting, with clutch kicks, feint drifts, and good ol’ fashioned power oversteer. You know, the kind of thing you see in Formula Drift or the D1 Pro Series. Maintaining a long, smoky slide across blacktop may look like a breeze when the hot-shoes are behind the wheel, but trust me — such feats are the stuff of superheroes. Stringing together several corners while moving sideways takes incredible car control, experience, and a vehicle capable of handling it.
Throw in another drifter for some tandem action, and the difficulty is ratcheted up exponentially. Now, not only is a driver responsible for keeping his or her tires at maximum boil, but he must also do so without skinning the surface of another car who’s driver is equally as twitchy and nervous.
That’s why head-to-head battles are the quickest way to sort through a collection of potential drift champions. A direct comparison of speed, angle, line, and of course, style, combined with the back-and-forth duel of two cars over the limits of adhesion, make for one of the most challenging trials in motorsports.
Having the right car helps. RWD and an engine in the front is what makes cars like this BMW the correct choice for effective tire-shredding. As for harboring a gigantic turbocharger under the hood… well, that doesn’t hurt either.
Click past the jump to read about this BMW M3 E36.
Video: 600 HP BMW M3 E36 Knows How To Drift originally appeared on topspeed.com on Thursday, 5 February 2015 11:00 EST.
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