Common Cars

Grand Theft Auto 5 is not purely a driving game. If you have played other driving games, you will notice that GTA 5 has a lot of traction to almost every car. This means that if you're looking for a simple drift, just drive any car at a similar speed and you'll be able to pull off a moderately satisfyingly move.

The Karin Futo 'Drift King'


The Karin Futo can be found on the streets, spawning in car parks or being driven by an NPC.


What's special about the Futo is that it features extremely low traction. This means, give yourself a wide area and the Futo can drift like there's no tomorrow. Turning corners isn't exactly fast, but it sure looks cool.

Where to find The Karin Futo

Edit: You can now buy the Futo in Online! Find it on Southern San Andreas Super Autos for $9,000.

There is no certain "Always found here" location, but they have been known to commonly spawn around the mod shop near the LSIA (Los Santos International Airport).


Customising

For a car that is not even available to purchase, The Karin Futo has a great range of customisable options. Frolm several different bumper upgrades, all the way to the essential, unmissable Drift Spoiler. To add extra awesomeness to your screenshots, make sure to purchase a tyre smoke upgrade.

This all depends on the kind of drift that you want to do. A road with few traffic and lots of bendy corners, also some barriers would help too.



These sorts of areas are all around the map.

Large areas

The airport, sandy shores airfield or even the motorway are great examples of drifting paradise. Just reach the next corner/turning/junction and drift away!

For all you controller users reading, this is where the guide ends for you, as I will be explaining this in terms of a mouse and keyboard.

The common phrase for technique is "If you want to turn sharply, turn the other way"
Use this trick as you turn the corner.

Just before turning, press SPACEBAR (handbrake) and then turn in the direction that you are going to drift towards. Immediatly after pressing the A/D key, press and hold the opposite key (D/A). this should apply the drift.

The delay between the pressing of the handbrake and the initial turn depends on the car itself, and I can assure you that the Karin Futo is very different in terms of traction to any other car in the game. This you will have to work out for yourself.

Below please find an example of me drifting the Karin Futo around the Airport.
Notice at 0:23 the front wheels are turned to the opposite way to the direction that I am turning.

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