INSTRUCTIONS
1. Aim for the centre of the ramp in a straight line using one side of the car.
2. Balance steering and acceleration. When the car lurches off the ramp, you’ll be riding on the edges of your tyres, just like a motorbike taking a corner.
3. Hold your position until it’s time to go horizontal again. Then turn into the direction of your underside.
Troublespots. Depending on the type of car you use you may well have trouble with your carbs. Experiment and see what works!
Taken from the book How to Drive a Tank, more stunt driving techniques can be found here.
If you’re interested in receiving a free Kindle/ebook edition (for a limited time only), just drop me a line either in the comments below or via the contact page.
INSTRUCTIONS
You will be going in a wider circle and this requires more skill than the simple doughnut. To begin have your car rolling in second gear then turn into the direction of steer and hammer the throttle.
Now comes the tricky bit: you have to balance the power with the steering and constantly adjust. Too much power and you’ll spin out, too little and the car will straighten up and you’ll lose the power and the slide.
Please note: The space used in this video was quite small for demonstrating this and we lost the external shots as well due to low light. I’ll refilm on a bigger track sometime soon and throw in some high-speed powerslides round a corner too.
Taken from the book How to Drive a Tank, more stunt driving techniques can be found here.
If you’re interested in receiving a free Kindle/ebook edition (for a limited time only), just drop me a line either in the comments below or via the contact page.
1. Approach from about 50 metres out and keep the parking spot on your right. In first gear bring the car up to around 3500 revs. When you reach the empty spot between the two cars put your left hand on the steering wheel at nine o’clock and spin it round to six o’clock.
2. As soon as you begin to turn the wheel pull on the handbrake. Then correct any oversteer with the steering wheel.
3. You can also approach from the other direction. Just reverse your hands on the wheel, start at three o’clock and turn anti-clockwise. That’s it. Simple and effective.
However it is easy to overcook it so you may want to practise a little before trying this anywhere near real cars or pedestrians. To do this you’ll need four traffic cones. Lay them out just over a car length apart in your large empty area. Two on the outside edge representing the road side of the parked cars and two on the inside to mark out the area where pedestrians walk and manslaughter charges apply.
For hairpin bends we use the same principles. From whatever speed you’re doing drop down to second then first gear, turn into the corner, clutch down, apply the handbrake so that the rear wheels lock and the back end comes round. Once you’re pointing in the right direction it’s clutch up and back on the power.
Taken from the book How to Drive a Tank, more stunt driving techniques can be found here.
If you’re interested in receiving a free Kindle/ebook edition (for a limited time only), just drop me a line either in the comments below or via the contact page.
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