Actually driving a stick well is the basis of all drift technique. There are actually only a few drift techniques that don't require good clutch control and a couple of the really basic ones (such as clutch kicking) require a good knowledge of your clutch workings to pull off with out burning clutches every few rounds. Heel toe is essential to all but the most basic drift techniques even e-brake drifts require a down shift from a long straight. Really the worse you are at drifting the more you need to know about your clutch. The point at which you only need weight shift to drift any turn is the point at which you stop needing to know clutch technique, cause the only drift technique that doesn't require a down shift before the corner is the high speed kansai drift and even there part of doing that drift is being able to gauge your speed going into the corner so that your just fast enough to cause a drastic shift of weight by lifting off, and yet not fast enough that sliding will send you into the weeds. Point being is that the basics of clutch usage is a big part of drifting just like math good drifting builds upon a good foundation. Which is why this thread belongs.
