Crash Team Racing: How and When to Use the Drift Engine

[@IllusionMaster17]

I tried the Drift engine, and I agree what this engine offers to the races. Instant Sacred Fire, and longer time maintaining it. Great video!

[@edwetodd7654]

Correct answer: All the time, every time. You then want to replace the OST with Initial D. It’ll be a whole new game then.

[@warlockguy42]

I actually am unable to play any other class now. Drift is so good.

[@jangofett23]

I was only ever playing Acceleration before the engine swap update. Since then I’ve been using Drift and I feel like I’m better with it now

[@BlaxxShadow]

It’s my new favorite engine. It actually helps me make tight turns and move faster coming out of them because I suck. 😀

[@Demolish17]

BlaxxShadow just jump break in air for tight turns like cortex castle or the end shortcut on HAS

[@cixlo]

Yeah, you do kinda suck.....I guess this engine is alright!

[@IAmDAN004]

When you, say, are facing left while power sliding, Drift engine makes it so that 1. When you're sliding left, you turn almost as easily as the turning characters 2. When you're sliding right (such as when you're trying to slide in a straight passage), you'll be able to slide in a straight line like speed characters

[@thegamingreaper0288]

I've been using the drift mechanic quite a bit lately, and I've found that it actually helps with doing some of N. Tropy's Time Trials.

[@GiratinaofFury]

This video puts it into better context - normally, it's very hard to get a straight answer on how best to use certain engines.

[@IanRB26]

After they patched it, I've mained this class ever since. Yes, like you said, for certain tracks like Android Alley, I'd use speed. But for everything else, drift is the way to go. It's so versatile and forgiving online that its really the most balanced (pardon the pun) class to use. I used to HATE Clockwork Wumpa, now I absolutely love it. And it's all because of the drift class.

[@ChouchooTranslations]

It easily became my favorite engine. That extra turn, plus that you can hold reserves so much longer, letting you keep your speed. The biggest shock for me was my time trial on Electron Avenue. With speed, I could barely make it below 3:45:00, but with Drift, I got a 3:24:00 casually. I was 21 seconds faster!! I still see potential in attaining a time below 3:20:00 too.

[@Typhoon_Lex]

I just did a test to check that actually. I found that with Speed you can hold your reserves for longer and that they actually last longer then drift, sorry. I honestly have no idea why you think drift is better mate. If you find it easier to work with then that's great more power to you but stats wise you'd be incorrect.

[@ChouchooTranslations]

@@Typhoon_Lex I'd like to highlight this video's parts for you from 2:30 to 3:01 . I personally find Drift easier, yes. But I also had a lot of moments when I was like: "My Sacred Fire is still going? But it's been so long since my last drift." So compared to Speed engine, you can get Sacred Fire easier (3:25) and maintain it longer (4:27 - 4:35).

[@TheBoydo89]

Idk about everyone else, but I was able to finally unlock N. Tropy using the drift class. Based on my play style, it’s the best engine!

[@jorgechavezcolmenares1790]

I don't consider myself a great ctr player, but perhaps with this new engine I will try to beat Oxide's trials.

[@sebastiankulche]

For some reason, the drift engine also has a more high jump. I also realized that although it has very good handling, for some reason, in the air it has a lot more and becomes very sensitive. I usually lose the blue fire for going too far to the side because of how sensitive it is in the air. The turning class has the best turn in the ground but in the air has the worse and you cant drift very well in straight lines. And last, the "balanced" class, its not balance, is the worst of all. It has low speed and very bad turning in the air, in straight lines and curves... In the original game the stats are more balanced... You can even defeated a tiny with a polar for example... Its like turning has two invisible stats: Turning in ground and turning in air (speed class has the best turning in air and the best turning in straight line, so i think is the best class by far)... And another invisible stat is the height jump that also depends on the class, Am I the only one who noticed this?

[@clownymoosebean]

Now that you mention it, I guess that a big part of why I suck with the Turning Engine. Tight turns are no problem when you're grounded, but in the air, it's like swinging a kite. I always nail tight turns with Speed, Acceleration, and Drift. Haven't really noticed jump heights, so I'll look out for that, and I have no opinion on the 'Balanced' Engine.

[@sebastiankulche]

@@clownymoosebean About the height of the jump, I think it only changes with drift mode. The jump is usually a little higher. Strange...

[@KBABZ]

Huh, totally didn't know about the higher Reserves thing!

[@johnperkins4545]

I didn't actually know they patched this class till you stated it since i tried it upon release getting nowhere until i saw this video and tried it once again. It felt completely different as if it took the best aspects of Turning, Acceleration and Speed and added its own benefits making it the best Turning based class to race with. It works wonders when racers hit me constantly to allow me to catch up and overtake most of the others because of the auto-sacred fire and easier sustainability of USF in some cases.

[@Wildchildinc]

Drift is an awesome class. I beat all my accel time trials when they tweaked the class. Now I main it this class.

[@judgedsalmon]

Thanks, I think this is gonna help me win my last four tracks against oxide now.

[@steel_crescent_archive]

I like drift a lot, my favorite class in the game. I love how versatile this style is! It has speed close to Speed Engine, Great handling and great accell with the boosting. Its honestly a very beginner friendly class in my opinion but still very fun to play.

[@Michaeldragon800]

1:39 Oh i do hope you're planning on talking about how Underpowered and misleading the Turn and especially the Balance classes are.

[@GARNET-DAGGER-FF9]

When I first got this game I only played with balance online and kept wondering why I was getting dominated

[@DarkCrusader27]

@@GARNET-DAGGER-FF9 When I play the high money stages using balance, I tend to get top 3.

[@googyta]

I feel like the drift engine is basically what balanced should've been

[@PARTYROCKER-sz1lr]

Gotta agree with you there CGE. This engine is fantastic. Now I pretty much use every class for different tracks so I do not doubt potential in balanced and turn. However drift has saved me from failure on certain tracks like let’s say Papu’s Pyramid or Turbo Track. Now Papu it was more so an easy way to cut corners while being able to recover, but for Turbo Track (a track I honestly didn’t like before) I know like because of drift class. I feel like I just turn that much smoother. P.S. - You are 100% right about Dingo Canyon. I tried that before this video even existed and I was so shocked.

[@HeadlinesGames]

This is an awesome info video on the drift engine, as soon as I can, I’m going to dedicate a bit to it! Thanks CGE! :)

[@Ori_Kohav]

I always use the classic engine, except for when I race as handlers like Liz, in which case I use the drift engine. I'm definitely a big fan of it.

[@NightshadeTheFolf]

I personally think it’s pretty good. It’s not as fast as speed, but the turn is better. I’ve used it quite a bit as I’m not fully comfortable with the speed engine yet.

[@jamisonfawkes9965]

So after watchin this video I tried the drift engine and I gotta say it’s the best I tried goin back to balance but it felt slow and I couldn’t make those tight turn the balance engine sucks but the drift help me win a lot of races and it help me beat Oxide on some of those harder tracks to deal with him on

[@shadowislesporo8573]

On Oxide Station the Drift Engine is probably the best It allows you to take all the hars turns pretty easily and maintain the blue fire more longer before bumping

[@StigmaLotus]

Drift also has a weird corrective hop angle that’s almost akin to the turn stat’s.

[@mmca9323]

Drift is my go to engine, I never change. I looooovvee power sliding.

[@Juan.Padilla1998]

The drift engine helps me maintain BSF for most of the time.

[@ultamatejoker8282]

This is exactly how I use the drift class. I use it the maps that are hard for the speed class and then use speed for the simpler maps.

[@o58-x3q]

I like to use the Drift Engine in tracks that have a lot o Blue Fire, since you can reach the top speed very fast (+ good handling). In other tracks, I’d rather use Speed because I already know how to u-turn, and it still has a little advantage over Drift.

[@MarcosVinicius-js3uk]

- Drift: slide colisseum,polar pass,tiny arena,hot air skyway,clockwork wumpa,thunder struck,out of time,hyper spaceway and spyro circuit - Balanced: deep sea driving and cortex castle. - Speed: all the others. - Turn: it is good for nothing. -Accel: it is good, but it isn't necessary

[@PinkP0nyPr0ducti0n5]

No driving style except speed is "necessary" you can hold blue fire on every track with speed too. You have to be good enough tho

[@HotTakeswithTim]

Would it be better to use that during the Time Trials against N. Tropy?

[@aizengrosoxd6014]

I've been watching you videos since twilight tour and i forgot to suscribe, shame on me, your channel is great!

[@cypherdastro8105]

With this new Drift (patched) engine I've managed to completely destroy Oxide's time trials as Coco and even hard difficulty AI can't stop me. Coco is now the Queen of Dorifto for me.

[@brendanmcglynn5843]

Well thanks for the video but I am very committed to the turning engine in ctrnf

[@HamnoAkon]

Which one do think is better drift or acculturation?

[@Matt-nd1li]

I actually use it myself, I feel like it's better than Speed, I've gotten in first place so much online thanks too it.

[@labuti17]

How do you get that airplane kart?

[@ZelaumTheHunter]

What about making a similar video about another classes, like turning or balanced class?

[@OswaldMarcRogers]

6:36 Funny enough, Dingo Canyon was the first Track I did using drift and I got a new personal best.

[@KatyaXx0]

Ok.. i didnt know drift does better with reserves than speed class.... really nice experiment there..

[@Vulcanfaux]

For me it's a little strange to use as I'm mainly an acceleration main, but ita also getting me way closer to getting that 70k for the hot air skyway challenge.

[@davidfromcolorado5295]

Drift engine is how I finally beat all N. Tropys ghosts.

[@davidfromcolorado5295]

@@SamuelJohnsonYT i beat a couple of oxides ghost.

[@davidfromcolorado5295]

@@SamuelJohnsonYT i know

[@BandomCD]

you really love to play as Spyro

[@ultmswag3170]

He really likes to burn rubber, that’s why

[@dark_knight_2_u]

0:30 he really did us dirty like that 😂😂😂

[@LordTchernobog]

I like Drift, because turns better than Speed, and basicly faster than Acceleration

[@SLISKI_JOHNNY]

Drifting is basically my main after it was patched (fixed), a perfect style i was waiting for. Just a tiny bit slower than Speed but way better in terms of handling, even better than Acceleration

[@VanpyroGaming0]

It's a turn engine with better speed and accel as well as better turn or control. I think it's better on Speed on a few tracks.

[@birdygamer5224]

actually, the drift engine has horrible acceleration. Turning has way higher acceleration. Seriously, it's painful to get back up to speed with drift

[@VanpyroGaming0]

@@birdygamer5224 Really? It definitely doesn't feel like it.

[@rueyable]

@@birdygamer5224 Speed Will be always the best option for all the tracks... Only ir you know how to u-turn.

[@920316player]

Being honest, for me Drift is literally a Speed V2... i still feeling that horrible slippery stuff while hopping and Jumping... Speed and Drift are literally a 100% instant loss classes for me

[@thedankdream8912]

Who needs drift when you can U-turn easily

[@saudalarfaj88]

6:31 did they fix the time trail error cause until now i never played fearing that it will cocupt my data and because theu never give a patch note

[@codygagecampbell4521]

Can you do a video on if anti gravity tracks should comeback to ctrnf

[@monomcr]

So I guess that's the perfect engine to use and the ring challenges 🤔

[@Typhoon_Lex]

The fact that I had no idea that the actual stats are incorrectly labled and that balanced is so rubbish but still win nearly every single race I've run online with it and by crushing speed and acceleration users means those engines aren't really all that. If your talented enough you don't need better stats to win.

[@SoraKH13]

I use it every time because Is good, and you can dogde the ithems very quickly

[@rudyramadhana4127]

I like drift, it is basically a little more difficult version of acceleration

[@penguin_yay1]

Nice!

[@WhyDoYouExistX]

Can you do a video on Balanced? Are its stats accurate now?

[@birdygamer5224]

Unfortunately, its not

[@WhyDoYouExistX]

@@birdygamer5224 With the original, do you know how the stats compared to their respective mechanics? Is there a video or thread anywhere that critiques the driving styles of the original? I want to know how they were and how they compare to the remake.

[@birdygamer5224]

@@WhyDoYouExistX The discoveries were made on Reddit and I actually agree with them. I did my own test and I can confirm the tests' stats

[@njfox3305]

I used the drift engine in oxide station and guess what still havn't unlocked n tropys time yet and hes beating me with acceleration over speed which sounds puffetic when you think about it I give up air breaking isn't working in oxide station twilight ture prehistoric play ground or spyro circet its clear I won't be unlocking n tropy any time soon.

[@Daif_Jali]

I feel like I have seen this video before!! Did you uploaded this video again?? 🤔🤪

[@Thatguyneb610]

I can just hear the balance & turn mains demanding a video about right now._.

[@920316player]

Honestly i prefer better than CGE Stops to do his indirectlys Speed class publicity for the next videos... Example, WHY in the existence CGE says than he gets the eggs with Speed class, it was unnecesary info and feels so annyoing

[@Thatguyneb610]

Grovy Sparky yeah, but let’s be honest if beenox did sort of fix the balance & turn engine everything would be perfect. But after I was a balance main, I gave up on telling beenox

[@920316player]

@@Thatguyneb610 it depends... My only possibly good fix is about u-turn, because is no sense than Not turning classes can do that as Well... with Not Turning i Speaks About Accel, Speed and Drift, those who has less than 4/7, or who has more speed than turn The idea of buff turning adding more speed makes me worried a lot, because if speed increases, the slippery stuff i feel while hop and jump with Speed can be appear here... and if this slippery gonna happen to turning, it literally kills the game for me... But my problem is not Beenox... is How youtubers who acts like vocery for the comunity, like CGE, instead to talk about that, just promote Speed class in one or another possibly way...

[@Thatguyneb610]

Grovy Sparky I actually agree with this

[@RAAAHUM]

If you know how to U-turn then speed is the best

[@duelz9366]

rahim no it isn’t because you loose your flame a lot easier

[@hogoototwilightian628]

Hey look, this video is back!

[@Megumi_Bandicoot]

I only play the Accel class, because I’m a woman of culture.

[@falcons0267]

Speed is the best.

[@dillongeorge5866]

I play accel a lot too. I only use Speed on tracks with long straightaways like Coco Park and Koala Carnival

[@GARNET-DAGGER-FF9]

Same I usually main accel

[@Manic_Panic]

@@falcons0267 Speed is super sloppy. Can hardly make any turns with it and feels unresponsive. My time trials are all worse with speed class. Accel on the other hand, been using it almost since launch, it's still fast and I can actually turn and recover quickly if I slow down. Like someone mentioned here before, that class is only good for tracks like Coco Park.

[@adamk-paxlogan7330Sucks]

Megumi Bandicoot you mean woman of being a fake fan,it's not hard to try new things dumbass

[@TheicMoggy]

I used Drift in all Oxide ghosts

[@GabrielIshizaki]

that's what i am doing, dragon mines got so much easier

[@oldaccount82]

I use it all the time

[@Danosauruscrecks]

Great for blue fire tracks, that's about it

[@killua_7787]

I'm a drift but I guess I could experiment for a lil

[@SeanWheeler100]

When to use Drift Engine? When playing as King Chicken. I prefer to use everyone's classic styles.

[@mariobeast14]

Honestly for me it replaced speed for me i like the better handling

[@LinusTheSecond]

isn’t this reuploaded?

[@chape7489]

So drift class is for people that cant drift consistently... Interesting :v

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

@Canadian Guy Eh can you do reaction and thoughts video on Sonic movie 2020 trailer please?

[@adamk-paxlogan7330Sucks]

he gives tips on video games,he's not a reactor

[@GreenMask-XRGM-27]

@@adamk-paxlogan7330Sucks He reacted to Sonic movie once.

[@goddamnarshia]

At all times

[@jonbeecee]

Drift Engine singlehandely turned Dingo Canyon from my least favorite track to...a pretty alright track. Can't fix those armadillos

[@Demolish17]

Jon B-C every lap one gets me i swear 🤔

[@Maximum1Impulse]

Drift is what Balanced should’ve been imo. It excels at everything and is viable. I use drift almost exclusively. Being able to stay on the inside line and smoothly take the sharper turns can make all the difference with reserves and sacred fire involved. Overall I’d say it’s tied with Speed

[@birdygamer5224]

Could you make a video talking about whether the Balanced and Turning classes get buffed? The problem is is that balanced has slower speed than acceleration and worst acceleration than turning. Turning is downright slow as well as it's stat being a double edged sword, allowing tighter turning but difficulty snaking, a technique that the game highly favors. Could you do a video talking about this? You have connections with Beenox and I'm hoping they'll listen to you

[@ctrisfun5476]

Turning and Balanced both feel great to me as they are. I don't want them changed one bit.

[@red5robb1]

I haven't played the game, but blue fire just seems to me like it ruins the fun of the game. Outrunning blue orbs/every item on the track, get hit by a course hazard and you still maintain a bunch of speed...doesn't seem like a kart racer when items aren't a factor anymore :/

[@XeroEmotions]

Balance, anyone

[@920316player]

Is me or every Last CGE CTR video is like a Forced publicity to Speed class??? Despite that, i have try to test that Drift class, and being honest, was exactly like speed for me, that means an instant loss 100% confirmed for me... let me Explain: For EVERY CLASS who is not Turning, i feel a strage problem to hop and jump like an icy stage o trying to use a Soap, it feels so so sooo slippery for me, and i feel that so akward and uncomfortable, that's why for me a Class who gets more Speed than turn is an instant loss... Sorry but i'm still using turning because there is the only class who actually i can get chances for get top 3 and even win... And Please CGE, stop making indirectly Speed class publicity

[@jaroslavjancik349]

Never because speed is better.

[@Piragno]

Once again, this is not SONIC. If the feature is called "driving style", can you please stop call it "engine swap"? Being the first to make a successful video about it ahead of time, you were the one that involuntarily made everyone call it this way and it's incorrect. It's like watching Dragon Ball and referring to the super saiyan form as a "digievolution"; it's like traversing a super turbo pad and call it "neutral long jump" (from the Ratchet and Clank speedrun community). Engine swap and driving style are two similar features that belong to two different franchises.

[@TemTemlikespigs]

I CANT DRIFT WHY IS NO ONE MAKING AN TUTORIAL STUPID MARIO KART IS FRICKIN BETTER UGHH

[@VanillaVictini]

You should NEVER use the drift engine. Stop spreading misinformation. Drift class is terrible. You should only use speed.