In order to kill sometime while we wait for GT5, let’s examine some of the best cars for drifting in Gran Turismo 5 Prologue. This will be part one in a series of reviews. All driving performed on a PS3 using the Logitech G25 as my steering wheel of choice, with all driver aids off, all settings on professional.

To kick this off, we’ll start with my current favourite:

Ferrari 512BB

Produced from 1973 until 1984, the 512BB was certainly not built as a drift car. That being said, it’s actually very enjoyable to drift. Below are the settings I usually use when drifting the 512BB, although it can change slightly depending on the track.

Power 415 hp
Weight 1190 kg
Tires N1/N1
Ride Height -25/-20
Spring Rate 6/6
Damper 5/5
Toe Out/In 0/0 (I’m still kind of new to playing with Toe in/out)
Camber 2.5/1.5 (sometimes I change it to 1.5/0.5 – still haven’t mastered camber)

Everything else is stock – sometimes I’ll increase the steering angle to about 45 (which should make it better for drifting), however I usually find it messes me up.

Here’s a video of me driving the 512BB on the Suzuka D1GP course (for a competition on GTPlanet).

My apologies for the terrible video capture, but really, it’s not THAT bad.

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