Here is a list of drifting techniques that will be updated regularily... Enjoy!
Power-Type Techniques:
Power Over:
This drift is all about horsepower so if you don't have some muscle under your bonnet don't get your hopes up.
What you want to do is approach a corner and jerk into it quickly. Now you want to floor the gas - the added suddeness of your actions and the throttle on the rear tires enables you to lose traction. If you turned with enough speed and force, combined with your sharp turn and throttle spamming - you should have hopefully arrived at a state of oversteer. Now what you want to do is simply countersteer while your foot is still on the accelerator. When your car is out of the corner - ease off the accelerator to bring the car back to straightness.
Kansei:
This is an interesting drift performed at high speeds. This is how it works:
Turn sharply into a corner whilst letting go off the throttle. This will cause your rear end to slide. Now you want to get your foot on the gas so that you lose traction completely on your rear wheels. Immediately countersteer. Depending on your angle you will want to balance your throttle with your countersteering. To end your drift, slowly take your foot off the gas while lining out your car.
Brake-Type Techniques
E-Brake:
E-Braking, slang for Hand-Braking, is what every Pro drifter started out doing. The point of E-braking is too lock up the rear wheels. Whats great about E-braking is that it can be used to preform high drift angles.
Here is how you do it -
When approaching a corner with a good amount of speed you want to brake a little so that weight of the car transfers to the front. You should brake and using the Heel-Toe method (Will write an article about this later) downshift to 2nd gear.
Now you want to release your brakes and turn into the corner (still with a good amount of speed).
Next you want to floor the clutch and pull the E-brake for half a second to one second depending on your car. What should happen is that you feel the rear end of the car lose grip since you locked up the wheels. You should now be in a state of oversteer.
Now you need to Countersteer and flow with the path. And when you finally see the corner exit, give a little gas to get back on track.
Clutch-Type Techniques
Clutch-Kick:
Here is how the Clutch Kick technique goes down:
Approach a corner, brake and heel-toe downshift, and turn into the corner. Now you want to apply some throttle and push in and release the clutch briefly ("kicking"). The shock to the drivetrain caused by kicking the clutch should temporarily lock up the rear tires. Once you start to slip start countersteering to home base.
Weight Transition-Type Techniques
Feint Drifting:
You have probably heard of Feint drifting at some point in your life - but what is it?
A feint drift requires you, as you approach a corner, to turn away from the corner and then turn towards the corner (the rapidness of your turn depends on your speed and desired drift angle).
At some point in time either during the rebound from the forces of the feint or after the feint you will need to apply some throttle. The exact moment of which you will need to give some gas will vary from car to car and is something you learn by doing.
Once you've initiated the drift simply countersteer and ease off the gas and straighten the car when you wish to end the drift.
The physics behind the feint is relatively simple. Think of driving in a circle - the force pulling you to the center of the circle is called a centripetal force. So for example when you turn left, a centripetal force is created which is pulling you to the left. So when you turn right you are effectively working against a centripetal force which eventually gives way (or lets go) which in turn gives the car an overwhelming amount of right centripetal force. This amplified force, combined throttle, is the reason the car drifts.
Shifting-Type Techniques
Shift-Lock:
The Shift-Lock technique consists of upsetting the drive train by manipulating the revs on your engine. Coming at a speed which is out of range from second gear (ie 60 mph - depends on the car) down shift to second gear. This will cause a disruption in the engine, as you have too many revs. This disruption will shock the drive train which will momentairly cause the rear tires to lock up. So once you feel your rear end start to slip, countersteer quickly and precisely. Once you want to end your drift, simply straighten out your car while gently letting go of the throttle.
Other Useful Techniques
Heel-Toe Downshift:
The Heel and Toe Downshift technique is one of the most useful skills ANY driver can benefit from. With this technique you can benefit from the less wear on the internal parts of your engine and you can have faster lap times. The Heel and Toe Downshift is used not only by drifters, but also by rally drivers and Formula 1 racers.
This technique involves, as the name implies, downshifting while using all three pedals (manual transmission only) the point of this is too match the speed of the car with the revs or revolutions of the engine.
This is how you do it:
Say you approach a corner at a too high speed. You brake with the ball-toe area of your right foot and clutch in with your left. Now the tricky bit -> with the same amount of force exerted on the brake with your ball-toe area, use the side-heel bit of your right foot to match the engine revs to the speed of the car. Now you want to downshift and let go of the clutch and presto! This is the best way to brake and then accelerate with literally no downtime!
I suggest checking out some D1 drifting videos as you can see exactly what this looks like.