Drifting is the latest extreme sport to rear it's head during the turn of the century, I explore why I believe we have seen the end of motor sport as we know it, drifting marks the beginning of the end for racing. I think that the organisers have lost touch with their audience, while the goal has always been to go as fast as possible, this has now created a scenario where nothing interesting happens after the start, even over-taking would be a huge improvement...

Back before RC drifting become as commercial as it is today, we used to use a couple of tricks to get ourselves sideways, I explore a little drift history and explain how you can make your own drift tires on a shoestring.

Drifting RC Cars is more art than science, to be able to drift you need to know what your car is going to do before it happens, pre-emptively counter steer is the key, in this short article I step the wanna-be drifter through the a drift and how to shift your weight for a successful transition.

Setting up an RC car is very similar to setting up a real car, the same kind of changes have the same kind of effect and handling, in this article I tackle the basics of taming under steer and over steer by tuning your shocks. I use this as a starting point when I setup my racer or drifter.

It was bound to happen, the Drift culture has seeped into the world of radio controlled cars, learn how to convert your tired old RC Racer into a championship winning Drift car, I step you thought the basic setup and chassis modifications to get you sideways.

Did you know that there is a way to get a lot more power out of a standard RC silver can motor? I explain one of the techniques used by the pros to maximise their sealed bell RC motors.

The basic rule of thumb is to stick to Electric until you are ready to race the Nitro’s they are insanely fast and a lot can go wrong, run out of batteries for example and the throttle might stick open. While on an electric the car won’t have the change to run away, with internal combustion it’s a different story.