The Secret to Drifting in NFS Heat | Drifting Guide

I noticed a lot of folks, me included, struggling with drifting in NFS Heat, so I put my head down and tried to figure it out, and I think I finally have! With these tricks, drifting becomes much easier and even slightly more realistic! I'm finally having fun with drifting now and can see myself improving over time. As always, feel free to ask any questions in the comments or offer advice if I missed something!! |
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[@Fmannen93]

Written down for easy quick reference: *Live Tuning Settings:* Steering Sensitivity: _Max_ Downforce: _Min_ Traction Control: _Off_ Drift Style: _Gas_ *Car Build:* Engine: _Go nuts_ Nitrous: _Many small charges for more control and to extend drifts._ Drivetrain: _Less gears for automatic, more gears for manual._ Suspension, Tires, Differential: _Speed-Cross parts - the secret to it all._ Happy drifting.

[@RotationVII]

Thx

[@chrisv5139]

Seriously thank you for your service

[@Getsomevagisilfordat]

Thank you

[@pheonixeternal8981]

What if your the kind of person to have always used automatic how could I make myself get used to manual?

[@vava5427]

@@pheonixeternal8981 practice...

[@donnchadhbracken4877]

Hoki: use a car with a long wheelbase Me, in my beetle: ah feck

[@ivxrson_]

nice car bro 👌🏼

[@khadramustafe9445]

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[@lucafrancesco1900]

Haha, I beefed out a beetle with an engine swap and I think it's the most terrifying car to drive at 200mph lol

[@riotreaper7947]

Donnchadh Bracken 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@riotreaper7947]

Turning it makes my ass naturally raises it self from my seat

[@user-fd9hx9hd9q]

Everyone that drifts on nfs heat: Transitions perfectly Me trying to transition: car drops to 20mph after just on 80 and stops

[@alexanderreider7552]

Your car may need more HP. Either that or double check your settings and performance parts.

[@christianmartin2644]

@@alexanderreider7552 use sport or even stock brakes. Basically the lowest tier that you can get. Will help you make transitions without slowing down so much. A LOT of people dont realize that THIS EFFECTS THE E-BRAKE SENSITIVITY aswell as the brakes. Play around with it a little bit.

[@Zoomjah]

Drifting is haaaaard (although the story is pretty easy), only people who show themselves drifting are the ones who feel halfway good about it.

[@shnoppy-n1707]

Tap L3 in the engine stats and look at torque

[@redpandapowa]

I just pull the e brake to transition since it forces your car to turn.

[@gameclips5482]

Corvette: backfires KZbin captions: applause

[@kevinsandwich]

Just started playing this a while ago, now I see a huge improvement in my drift score! Thanks dude!

[@camtulah]

Nice pfp

[@hotclimate2628]

Like how many months or days did you played it?

[@mylo640]

just applied your settings on panamera turbo, maan what a difference, made the drifting fun, 1st straight away, buzzing mate thanks

[@andreaferreira6102]

Saved my life!! I’ve been trying a drift challenge for 3 days and managed to do it because of your tips! Thank you!!

[@ralliman320]

I was going to write a lot, but I think it sums up easily: THANK YOU!

[@ShOwOba]

Hoki back at it with the life saving tips Thank you so much!

[@PIYUSH61004]

I am at Rep level 13 and I was struggling so much with drifting until now. Followed your steps and now I am able to get atleast 2 stars in most of the drift events. The drifting model is so different from NFS Payback but your drifting guide made it easier for me to build and live tune my dodge for perfect drifts. Thanks a lot! Peace!

[@edgiest-edgelord-that-edges]

Duuude THANK YOU FOR THIS. I've been trying to figure this out, and this is super helpful.

[@Rechain]

Wow, finally found something useful. Was never good at drifting in games, but this helped me through it. MANY THANKS! I can now enjoy the game WITH drifting, instead of have it ruining my experience. Finally a NFS game that brings me in again, like NFS Rivals did. SUPERB!

[@yaboix4534]

Wow, I cannot believe how helpful this was, thanks a bunch bro. Left a like for your hard work👌🏽

[@_e5598]

Thanks Hoki! The drifting was starting to piss me off. Still a little disappointing that low power drifting seems to be impossible

[@Ayane13b]

I had to restart the FIRST race like 8 times because drifting is so counter intuitive.. moved to grip setups and am having so much fun now. Hopefully this guide will help me explore more with drifting tho

[@oblivion477]

It is possible.You just need a very powerful car

[@MrNiC0S]

@@Ayane13b same also gonna try it now

[@rarespetrusamartean5433]

I mean, low power drifting SHOULD be hard...no?

[@_e5598]

@@rarespetrusamartean5433 hard, but not impossible. It's about keeping your momentum and the way drifiting works in NFS makes it super difficult to make transitions without understeering. It essentially wants you to engage separate drifts, which, in a low power car, makes breaking traction in the second corner almost impossible You can use the e brake and some nos to get back in the power band, but it still takes some getting used to.

[@miquellopez7185]

Yo thank you for taking the time to make this video. It was immensely helpful and your big secret made all of the difference for me.

[@joeyalbergo]

This worked 100% thank you so much, I was struggling a bit and after your changes, was able to compete the drift course. I'm appreciative !!!

[@mylo640]

wish id seen this sooner, been pulling my hair out n loosing my shit so much with the drifting parts of this game, can't wait to try this setup, many thanks mate

[@TheMarslMcFly]

Thank you so much! I tried those settings out in my newly bought Mustang GT but that was way too heavy. I then put the parts in my old RX7 and immediately 3 Star-ed every Drift Zone with ease!

[@assshakerstudios549]

Thanks for that! Been looking and this was the only, clear and precise explanation on how to, and what settings your car needs, including those live tuning settings!

[@zakricketts5960]

thank you so much! seriously needed this guide, i found it so hard to sustain drift on the wheel (when i eventually got one) and i never felt in control of the direction i was going but after those part swaps it really made a difference. For three years, ive been banging my head into the wall struggling while watching my friend on the controller drift with efficiency and success made it so maddening for me, and now i feel with a little practice i can be swinging big again. thanks again my dude!

[@Getsomevagisilfordat]

You're the reason I'm buying this. Thanks, subscribed too. Keep uploading. Realism is more my style like Forza but this heavy drift feeling is all I wanted and was debating on buying 💯

[@unknownuser3000]

Struggled even getting half a drift score, now I'm crushing them! Thank you.

[@RoCkEtMaN510x]

Thank you for this. Have done the majority of the game but set aside drifting do to it being overly frustrating, for me. You are a legend

[@skjoedt90]

GODLIKE TIP!!! Thank you so much! After switching suspension, tyres & differential to speedcross, my drift scores litteraly doubled! Sooo much easier to control the drift!!!

[@buickguy73]

I’ve seen a huge improvement in my drifting. I’ve been using my Viper to drift and it seems like it’s a fairly good drift car too, thanks for the tips!

[@shawnturner7088]

Awesome vid man I was just playing nfs heat and I was complaining about the drifting physics and I was using all drift parts I just changed all parts to the parts u said and dude thank u its soooo much better

[@ghastlyanarchy1720]

A much needed video. Will definitely be returning at some point when I need to ace those drift zones.

[@gasmonkey3956]

Thanks so much.. been avoiding drifting.. but taking your advice has made it so much better.

[@esb1035]

Please keep doing nfs heat content! Not many you tubers do in depth stuff about nfs like you do

[@Unknown-gz7ue]

Hoki thank you for the hook up with the speed cross parts. I was wondering why all the drift events were so hard

[@TheKvaran]

Thanks for the tips, really appreciate it, also want to say it is very satisfying to watch your drift footage.

[@revhard6054]

Thanks for the knowledge, I've tried multiple variations and grant figured drifting out but I'm going to try it your way now!

[@rezboadog369]

DUDE NIGHT AND DAY DIFFERENCE! THANK YOU, I CAN DRIFT NOW! I just wanted to update: I found the cars feel pretty controllable and allow you to counter-steer if you don't maximize the drift setting. I use Pro Drift suspension, Elite Drift tires, and Rally Super Differential and it feels really good. My experience with drifting comes from Forza Motorsport/Horizon, Assetto Corsa, and FiveM. UPDATE: upon further analysis all speedcross parts are the key.

[@luminousxd5269]

*sniff* *tears* I never had Forza nor FiveM. *Depresso Expresso*

[@RiceeHD]

Try racing differential with the rest supercross, it gave me the best control along with enough understeer for drifting

[@jackpeploe7383]

Joseph McKinney Try Drag Tyres with showcase diff/suspension.. Thank me later.

[@DreRaphael]

Jack Peploe it works

[@kotacolestock]

I'm coming from forza and need for speed doesnt look like it resembles real drifting. I'm getting this game and it worries me because that's what I enjoy doing on forza and I think it going to be a hard transfer from forza

[@hightimes7106]

This really helped me to get a three star on skidding downhill. I had trouble getting the 100,000 score, but this made it way easier.

[@synnnx]

man just adjusting the live tune configs just helped me a lot, thanks you so much!

[@snazzy740]

I know this videos from a while ago but I definitely appreciate the tuning tips and part tips. I’ve been having a blast drifting even before this video but this makes it more worth while

[@theblooper9631]

Here's my secret to maintaining a drift: start the drift, then quickly wobble the control stick left and right over and over again. I don't know why it works, I don't know why it's better than just holding it at a specific angle, but it is. If you're drifting too wide or too tight, you can hold it in the direction you want to go for awhile to make adjustments, and then just go back to whipping it back and forth, you can also whip it left and right, but be biased towards one direction or the other to adjust your angle. Once you use this technique enough it will come instinctively and be really helpful, especially when trying to drift with a build that's a bit grippier than would be ideal. I use it for my "race-able night drift build" which is grippier than a day drift build to be better when running from the police as you can't swap out parts while in a cop chase, and i want something that's good enough at drifting, but also won't get it's ass whooped in a race.

[@PazoraArts]

I do this too haha

[@ibsafato5937]

It's like wobbling to one side more than the other to maintain it to that side

[@velofurieu]

Perfect video =) i still hate drifting in this game, but i could finally complete all the drift challenges so quick =)

[@pierreventer3179]

Hi HokiHoshi, Thank you very much for this great video. Before I seen your video, I was not able to do any of the drift zones and only some of the drift events. Now I drift like a pro, well almost. This video was a great help.

[@ZackydomPoy]

THANK U! I been struggling so much with drift that I am actually discouraged from drifting.

[@KingdomTwelve]

Gonna have to try this out, been struggling Q_Q Thanks!!

[@minighost244]

I literally just tried drifting with on-road drifting parts and it feels like I'm driving a grip car. Then I tried speed-cross parts and 3-starred that MF'king drift zone. Thanks Hoki!

[@guti-xk4qf]

Same. Im still having problems maintaining the drift but just 3 starred a drift as well!!!

[@emmanuelmelendez23]

What are these parts??

[@mikko-matiaskallio6018]

dude this actually helped me so much! I was struggling because my car kept overturning and I couldn't control it in turns but now that I don't absolutely botch my drifts I actually destroy the set scores! once more thanks so much man I really appreciate it

[@Sam.T.]

My man ggs thats an awsome video i was struggling in drift u helped me a lot keep up the good work . I wish u the best and i hope to see more tips for all kind of racing modes. Best regards.

[@ipad19960117]

This is actually working, super solid guide

[@naomi-on7fo]

Hey, thanks for helping me. I have to race my brother when comes back from his trip and I SUCK AT DRIFTING so thanks!!!

[@theblooper9631]

This video is about getting high drift scores, not going fast. If you can grip through a corner, it will usually be faster, so you should only drift when you need to.

[@khatokhrino2205]

Thanks a lot for your tips! Really really helped me improve my drift scores

[@marcobarradas7897]

Thank you so much!!! The most helpful video on youtube about drifiting in NFS Heat!

[@elitesportsman7402]

Beastly drifting skills bro keep up the good work 🔥💯

[@sarumanu9998]

Thank you soooo much! Finally I can get some Nice Drifts! Greetings from Germany 🤘

[@roman6199]

Thank you so much this helped me a lot I’ve been trying the sink or swim challenge for hours this helped me out a lot

[@lbjerseys]

Did what you suggested, went from struggling to clear two stars to nailing everything I came across! Thanks!

[@rarespetrusamartean5433]

definitely wouldn't have figured this out on my own....or most likely at least, so thanks!

[@shadowstorm1442]

I never comment on vids but I just gotta say, this video just saved me from smashing my controller cause the difference between what I was doing and your suggestions were day and night. Drifting outside of a race feels fun now :thumbs_up:

[@7or3n2o]

This is great advice Watching you hit those corners and chaining was super dope too!

[@JamesDean-zx4uw]

Just got this game in 2021 and been struggling with drifting until I came across this video, helps alot thanks

[@KaramelKing07]

Wow thank you! I was struggling to even 1 star things now I can 3 star. Did this to my rx7 and the difference is amazing.

[@nguyenlonghien]

can u share your RX-7 specs such as engine & other parts...cause I have a little trouble with low power & oversteer which make it impossible to link drifts. tks

[@TheMarslMcFly]

@@nguyenlonghien 3 starred everything with the RX7. Stock engine full with Ulti+ parts, 5 gears, everything else on Elite+ with Speedcross Parts

[@nguyenlonghien]

@@TheMarslMcFly tks. I think my rx7 is low power due to the momentum loss after a nailed corner. I can drift well with it on each corner x4 but it's still lose a lot of speed and can't quite keep the multiplier for a better outcome. My setup is: On-road Sus, Drag Tires & Showcase Diff with all Pro+ engine parts

[@Look_at_those_Mushrooms]

This will help me so much. Thnx 😁

[@osf6]

Thank you!!!!! I can actually enjoy drifting now. I'd finished most things in the game except all the drift stuff because it wasn't fun at all. This helped a bunch, and I am now nailing 3 stars on the drifts!

[@mariomoreno2938]

Bro, thanks a lot. I was stuck in getting some drifts with an Aston Martin for some special missions and with ur advice, I Finally got’em, thanks man

[@akioraebiger4188]

Love your vids! All of what you said is correct, but I would like to add on to that by saying that the most effective way to build a drift car in the game is to literally buy all the parts that put the crosshair dot on the furthest right center line right where "drift symbol" is. That can mean a mix of Speedcross, Drift and other suspension parts and it is the way the game is intended to be played for a drift car, it even gives you an achievement for beating a score with maximum drift "focus" on the crosshair. Engine power is really not that important, I speced out my stock Fairlady Z with the right suspension parts, it is ranked at a 105 and I'm beating high level drift trials with ease and difficult drift zones with it. Good video though I just thought this might add on to that :)

[@szlifierapl1654]

Thanks a lot mate it works!

[@thatnicklongo5939]

I had a built rx 7 drifter and it was good but just wasn't cutting it. I made some tweaks I learned from this video and now I am crushing the drift events and activities! All thanks to this video,thank you so much!

[@TheSchoolyD]

Thank you! This was driving me nuts. Not only it was hard to even initiate drift (half the time car would just refuse to drift, regardless of speed and build), but to keep it going - complete racer build would often initiate drifting, but end it just as fast, resulting in me hitting a wall. Who came up with this system I have no idea, It worked completely fine up from 2010 to 2013, then it just went bonkers.

[@HoweDoYouDo1999]

I just love the attention to detail now I can’t even hold a proper drift 😂 it’s not like I was going to I just don’t understand it 😂

[@gamernick5]

I was only some seconds in & I liked the video because of how well this dude was drifting..

[@l3oki668]

Thanks bro, spent ages tryna tune my car with all drift parts, frustrating asf this helped me alot

[@frederick123]

thank you for this. Played only the first race so far, due to time, but was quite confused as to how to even play this game. In the second corner of the first race, you are told to try to drift, but all I did was countersteer and crash all the time. This will definitely help.

[@Livnos]

THANK YOU!.. so freaking much ❤

[@Leo-co3vp]

Thank you so much! Took me hours to get a single drift zone done. Was just about to give up, but then I found this video. Now I don't only get 3 stars in every drift zone on the first try, but I get way more points than needed for 3 stars too. I own you a platinum Sir.

[@madpioneer]

HokiHoshi thanks for this info/tip. I'm drifting like a pro now, super high drift scores!

[@Qgod]

Thanks a Lot Drifting was so Bad Speedcross is the key, now ist really fun

[@SpazaTron1998]

Speed cross?

[@marcoj8555]

Best drift tutorial on YT 👏🏻

[@anthonygbaya834]

Lifesaver dude, I was working my way through all the different setups mixing and matching because when you set everything to drift parts it's ridiculously hard. I found it overly sensitive TBH. First run with this set up smashing the scores, cheers my man👍

[@alcovyBKNY]

Bro you are a lifesaver!! I appreciate you fr! 🙏🏽

[@ConnerSpeed6]

Very nice info, and great video, dude. 😎 Also... Damn good drifting!

[@HokiHoshi]

Thanks CS6!

[@ConnerSpeed6]

@@HokiHoshi always a pleasure, brotha

[@DragsterTV]

Early love the vids man keep em up

[@shadowraithxi2167]

Dude - Amazing vid. I just started yesterday and finished the campaign. Was trying to farm money by drifting and went from struggling to get 2 star to easy 3 star. Appreciate you laying it out like you did =D

[@Zulisian]

Instantly finished all of the drift activities thanks to this :O So helpful.

[@HoweDoYouDo1999]

The fact I need to be more in line with my drift just makes this game that much more convincing to play

[@Siillky]

CleanMotorSport RacingAssociation the drifting is so ass 😂

[@JasonFolk07]

It's really bad the story seems ok. But the customizeion and tuning is so bad.. no art has changed from the last nfs games. The tuning has changed abit but not in good ways even on good cars once you get them up there they run funny like buddy did something when you left the room and you cant tell what???

[@HoweDoYouDo1999]

5.3 Fairlady hey everyone wanted more realism if anything this company did everyone a favor and that’s making it handle like ass so people would learn the driving style of the game it wasn’t meant to be easy it’s a learning curve on that game personally I respect that

[@HoweDoYouDo1999]

Jason Victor the inner frustrations of this game will wear off once people sit down and play it shit I have a blast in the garage I don’t know what he is on about but I think quite differently about this game it’s a change of mindset that has to take place in order to play a game like this 😂

[@Siillky]

CleanMotorSport RacingAssociation It has to do more with the physics, not the difficulty of getting into a drift. Although it shouldn’t be hard to chain a drift and control how sideways you get. Those types of things aren’t making sense. It feels almost like the game is drifting for you sometimes because once you hit a straightaway after drifting a turn the car automatically has grip again

[@YaCzarnaPantera]

THANK YOU!

[@KlapstoelmuziekEnjoyer]

My man, thank you soo much. This will make 3 starring drift zones easy

[@Ang_R17]

You are the man. I just applied these settings, it's truly a game changer

[@Leo-ss9tk]

When it comes to drifting in any game, I trust you completely

[@Gleidison652]

Used a Subaru brz with the help of this guide, completed every drift activity super easy. thx.

[@PhysiologyShark]

Thanks for the tip, man. I just tried it & it really worked

[@ap2582]

This is hands down the best tutorial for drifting and completing sink or swim online. Thank you bro u helped me beat the mission

[@emildorbell]

Wow, what a huge difference. I came here after struggling a bit in a mission where you need to get a score of 125,000. Thought I raced it perfectly but came up just short. Switched to speedcross parts and got 200k without even trying. Thanks!

[@HoweDoYouDo1999]

Emil Dorbell and people say need for speed is ass those said people are playing it wrong people just love to hate on stuff certain people just can’t get into 😂

[@theraiden9631]

@@HoweDoYouDo1999 Hating is easier than remedy the mistakes.

[@diamondheat9]

That is awesome. I am only in my 2nd day into heat and only into the 2nd Wayne challenge, Quicksilver playing on hard. I seem to have gotten the drifting down really well but like you mentioned I kept snapping back too aggressively even on shallow drifts. Closes I got was 200/250k so will try speedcross parts and see if that would help.

[@hassanmarzook3327]

Thank you sooo much, u finally made me enjoy drifting in this game

[@WeAllRested]

It took me a week to find a perfect set up. But you made me accomplish my goal of a perfect drift car. Thank you.

[@TehUltimateBlazer]

Speedcross parts make my rocketbunny rx7 look like a monster truck :( but youre right, makes drifting much much easier! Thanks for the tip!

[@greenman54]

Use showcase diff. On road suspension. And drag tires. Trust me

[@nevrotik91]

@@greenman54 god fuckin damnit...Huge difference man. Thank you!!!

[@FluffyTheKami]

God you dont know much I needed this. drift parts were just so bad for me and I had been considering mixing in some race parts or whatever to at least have car not lose so much speed when drifting but this sounds way better. I'll definitely be looking into this so thank you man.

[@FluffyTheKami]

just a follow-up. built a viper and it drifts like a dream. thank you so much man.

[@johnnhanak]

If u want an easy drift like in payback set your car full on offroad or more to grip and steering sensitivity high.

[@RubberSideDown2]

With some messing around I got my Corvette like yours without the graphics though to drift like a champ. I can race and drift with the settings. Makes every track so much fun!

[@duckandcover4770]

This has made working to 100% so much easier... i dont even have to switch cars anymore, all i do is take of track, add speedcross, and then put track back on after. Thanks for the great vid my guy

[@romantrukhin5298]

Finally, someone made a tutorial on that broken drift. Thank you 🙏

[@kinorusagi]

you're a legend

[@user-ls2zh3ne2i]

This actually helped ALOT literally ive been getting 3 stars all drifts

[@hooperzcity1201]

THANK YOU. I was doing the Aston Martin black market challenges and couldn’t get it for ,y life as soon as I watched the video and learned I immediately got it on my first try

[@WalLuchs360]

Thanks! U Changed my Life! 🤪🤟