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 ===== Info===== ===== Info=====
  
-The Mazda RX-7 is a Front Engine RWD car.+The Mazda RX-7 is a front-engine, rear-wheel-drive (RWD) car.
  
-To achieve good times, you have to learn what is known as RWD Double Steering (DS). \\ +To achieve competitive times, it is essential to learn the RWD Double Steering (DS) technique.\\ 
-This technique is able to be done on both wheel and controller effectively, although some tracks are better on one or the other.\\ +DS can be performed effectively on both controller and wheel, although some tracks may favor one input method over the other.
-All general RWD DS knowledge applies to the RX-7 and the vast majority also applies to the Miata.+
  
-**TIP:** \\ +All general RWD DS principles apply to the RX-7, and most of them also apply to the Miata. 
-Never use the 6th gear while not in the air, as you never have enough speed for the gearing to benefit you. Only use it on NOS laps or while doing jumptech.+ 
 +**TIP:** Never use 6th gear while on the ground. The RX-7 cannot reach a speed where the gearing becomes beneficial. Only use 6th gear doing [[..:othertechniques:jumptech|jumptech]] or on NOS laps.
  
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 ===== Basic DS Drift (RWD) ===== ===== Basic DS Drift (RWD) =====
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 +For Double Steering to work, the game must recognize your device as a **Wheel** in the controls menu. This applies even if you are using a gamepad. If your device is not recognized correctly, follow the [[..:doublesteering#setup|setup instructions]] before continuing.
  
-For DS to work, your game needs to recognize your controller as "wheel" (doesn't matter if it is a gamepad or a wheel) in the controls menu. If this is not the case, [[..:doublesteering#Setup|please follow these steps]] to set it up correctly.+__**Inputs**__
  
-==== Input ====+Double Steering requires two steering inputs: 
 +  * Analog Steering – Left stick or steering wheel. 
 +  * Digital Steering – Two buttons, one for steering left and one for steering right.
  
-For the Inputs that you have to apply for the DS to work, you have to set 2 steering inputs in-game: +To initiate a DS drift:
-  * Analog (Left stick or the wheel itself if you are playing real wheel) +
-  * Digital (Any other button on controller or wheel, one for left and another one for right).+
  
-Once it is all set up, you can try to make the car do the technique by steering somewhere between **30-55%** input and then pressing and releasing your digital button while still holding the analog one.\\ +  - Hold approximately 30–55% analog steering input. 
-At high enough speed, if your car begins to drift/slide after letting go of your digital button, then congrats, you have done it.+  - Press and release the corresponding digital steering button while maintaining the analog input.
  
-You probably still have a lot to learn after doing this, so play a few laps just to see if you can do some corners with it. A good starting point is to practice it on the first corner of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UNEYy5uk0k|Olympic Square]].\\ +At sufficient speed, the car should begin to slide after releasing the digital input. If this happens, you have successfully initiated a DS drift.\\ 
-There are also a lot of videos showing how to do this DS for each track. Other things that can influence DS is what kind of Unique parts you have equipped and if you  have stability control turned on or off.+Once you can consistently trigger the drift, practice applying it in corners. The first corner of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UNEYy5uk0k|Olympic Square]] is a good starting point.\\ 
 +Unique Parts and Stability Control settings can also affect the behavior of DS.
  
-==== Timing ====+__**Timing**__
  
-Together with your knowledge on how to consistently get your input in the right range to succesfully DS a corner, you will also have to learn how to time that input as well. \\ +Learning the correct inputs is not enough—you must also learn the correct timing.\\ 
-They go hand in hand, so you need both the right timing and input for an optimal cornering speed and line.\\ +The optimal timing depends on the corner, the racing line, and track features such as bumps and elevation changes. Consistent DS requires both accurate steering input and proper timing.
-It is relative to the corner you will prepare for as well as also being dependent on the bumps along the track. +
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 ===== Micro DS drift ===== ===== Micro DS drift =====
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 +To understand Micro DS, it is important to know how DS drifts are started and stopped.
  
-To understand this technique we need to understand how we can start and stop a Double Steering drift: +**A DS drift can be initiated by:**
-  - A DS drift can be initiated by pressing a steering button, while steering ~30-55% (like mentioned above). But it also works by just releasing the button. This means you can use the digital steering button to drive into a corner, and release it at any time to start a drift via double steering technique. +
-  - The second thing we need to understand is, how we can recover a drift. You can get out of a drift by lowering the steering angle. But there is also a different way: You can press the digital steering button again, to basically force your car into an understeer.+
  
-If we now combine these 2 mechanics, we can perform a micro drift. First we steer our car into a corner with the digital input. We release the button at any point of the corner, while steering ~30-55%, which will initiate a DS drift. We then quickly press the digital steering input again to cancel the drift. +  * Pressing a digital steering button while holding approximately 30–55% analog steering  
-Doing this multiple times in the same corner, you will force the car to start and stop multiple small drifts, hence getting the corner sharper you would normally get.  But you don't loose to much speed, like if you would do one long drift. +  * or by Releasing a digital steering button while holding approximately 30–55% analog steering -> This allows you to drive into a corner using digital steering and trigger a DS drift simply by releasing the button.
-This technique is benefical on some corners in the game, like the last corner of Port Royal.+
  
-----+**A DS drift can be ended by:**
  
 +  * Reducing the steering angle.
 +  * or by Pressing the digital steering button again, which forces the car into understeer and stops the drift.
 +
 +**A Micro DS Drift combines these mechanics:**
 +
 +  - Enter the corner using digital steering.
 +  - Release the button while holding 30–55% analog steering to initiate a DS drift.
 +  - Quickly press the digital steering button again to cancel the drift.
 +
 +Repeating this process multiple times during a corner creates a series of short drifts, called Micro DS Drift.
 +
 +This is used on corners where a normal slide costs too much speed and non-ds cannot make it without lifting, so limited use cases but surprisingly common.
 +
 +This technique is particularly useful on certain corners, such as the final corner of Port Royal. Can also be used to readjust the DS of Stability OFF on any corner, however it requires reacting to the spin rather than coordinating it.
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 ===== Tap DS drift ===== ===== Tap DS drift =====
  
-Tapping the digital steering, while holding the analoge steering in the right angle. Depending how fast you tap, it will influence the drift angle of the car. It is basically like the Micro DS drift, just a lot faster.+A Tap DS Drift is performed by rapidly tapping the digital steering button while maintaining the correct analog steering angle (30–55%). 
 + 
 +The tapping frequency and steering angle influences the drift angle and the amount of rotation generated. Conceptually, it is similar to a Micro DS Drift but performed much faster and more continuously.\\ 
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 ===== Snap loose DS drift ===== ===== Snap loose DS drift =====
  
-Only works with traction controll off. Initate a DS drift, with the right angle and speed the car will go sideways quickly, but then snaps back into neutral position. This can bw useful for sharp corners to keep high speed e.g for Inner City.+//Requires Traction Control to be **OFF**.// 
 + 
 +Initiate a DS drift with the correct speed and steering angle. Under the right conditions, the car will quickly rotate sideways before snapping back to a neutral position.\\ 
 +This technique can be useful in sharp corners where maintaining speed is important (e.g. some corners on Inner City).\\ 
 + 
 +Most time it is a lot safer and consistent to use Tap DS instead. 
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