While many drivers assume that drifting is only possible in manual transmission cars, it's also possible to drift in an automatic car. This article will provide a step-by-step guide on automatically, safely, and effectively drifting a car. You will spin out a couple times when learning, so don't practice on the road unless you have roads wide and desolate enough that spinning out is fine on them. Drifting with the precision of the pros on the other hand is not attentable for the average person, hell I can't even park with that precision. 141. 05-28-2005, 09:51 PM. Being new to drifting and trying to throw a car the size of a camaro with an auto tranny sideways isn't going to happen overnight. It'll take time (probablly quite a bit) to get good but it is capable of drifting. Not the ideal car to start with but oh well. Let's go over the basics first. Here is how you can drift in Forza Horizon 4: Ease into the throttle while turning. Let go of the throttle. Counter-steer the car and control the drift. Feather the throttle when needed. Focus on the counter-steering part to avoid spinning or getting the car out of control. Yes, you can drift an automatic car. However, the task is not as easy as drifting with a manual car because of the lack of a clutch. For this reason, you have to take extensive race prep work to prepare the car for drifting. The absence of clutch cuts almost 10% to 15% of horsepower, while the torque converter makes the performance sluggish. This can be accomplished by ripping the handbrake while the vehicle is traveling between 30 and 40 miles per hour. It is important to keep an eye on your surroundings at all times, but gradually increase your speed to 60 mph. A beginner's guide to automatic transmission drift in a car. The torque converter must be pushed in the lock-up clutch First of all, you can press square if you're on PS4 (X if you're on Xbox One) to use the handbrake, which will allow you to drift a little. Then, in cars that are more set up for drifting and You can drift in an automatic car by turning off the traction control, putting the transmission in second and third gear with gear shifters, putting the car in drive mode, using maximum engine torque, and rotating the steering wheel at high speed. The rear tires lose traction more quickly than the front wheels. On RWD Cars you can powerslide with Open diff, but not drift. You can't hold the drift long enough with only 1 wheel spinning while the other one is searching for grip. LSD is needed for Can automatic cars drift? Can you drift with an automatic car? Yes. Any car can drift, as long as the physical needs are met. The driver must put the car in a state where the wheels turn faster than the traction can keep up, thus propelling the car sideways. Can you drift an SUV? SUV and pickup trucks can drift, but they are more vulnerable to sbkrZmQ.