Back end stepped out for the first time. Pucker factor 7.

[Shotaro]

It happens to everyone mate, first time I got the back out when I had my 13 (also first rwd car) was in the wet, came off a roundabout put a bit too much manfoot in to it just as I was going over a metal cover in the road and the back went, I touched cloth a bit but managed to get it back OK. That "experience" taught me a lot and from then on I spent time learning how to slide it and control it. Don't worry about it at all, just get back on the horse and all that and you'll be fine, welcome to s body ownership!

I miss my 13 so much, should never have sold it

[silverzx]

These things are deadly in the wet.

Use the hand brake to initiate the slide then keep the revs up and counter steer.

(Coming from a complete "Drift" noob).

[dgr]

I would disagree. A clutch kick is fine, and stops you relying on handbrake for 3rd/4th gear stuff.

I think the problem was controlling/predicting the slide. With experience you will know when its about to go, and react before it does. Pod days are prob easiest/best ways to learn from scratch.

[silverzx]

Am I the only one that wouldn't want to go near 4th gear side ways.

[Shotaro]

Yeah, personally for starters I wouldn't use a handbrake but would use feint/Scandinavian flick so you don't have to worry too much about braking or accelerating just on getting the car in to position and around the corner

[ellzbmx]

My first scare was the first time I went out in my s13 in the wet
Accelerating up a slip road onto a dual carrage way dabbed the throttle a little more before changing up too third
Broke tracition, panicked and let off it shot me facing the other way then snapped the other way and back after 4 or so side to sides I managed too keep it facing the right way and drove off

Didn't sleep till early hours from the rush of nearly hitting a pole

3 months on I have a load more control from experience and hundreds of forza hours aha

[v17nyb]

Pull that E-brake and power onnnnn

[zeppelin101]

These things are deadly in the wet.

Rubbish. My current car has a welder and nankangs on the back at 40psi and doesn't step out unless I mash my foot to the floor in the wet like a nob.

Throttles ain't digital

[silverzx]

Rubbish. My current car has a welder and nankangs on the back at 40psi and doesn't step out unless I mash my foot to the floor in the wet like a nob.

Throttles ain't digital

I'm guessing "nankangs" are thin wheels / standard wheels?

[sideways14a]

Nankangs are tyres bought by those who ...

A: Cant afford to buy proper ones
or
B: Want to slide everywhere.

[Mark]

200s are only a handful in the wet if

A) You have shit tyres
B) Your alignment is out
C) You drive like a cock

[R3K1355]

200s are only a handful in the wet if

A) You have shit tyres
B) Your alignment is out
C) You drive like a cock

Thats sounds like me on the first evening I had my S13

[beefy]

To be fair, driving it in the wet is the most exiting thing I've done below the speed limit, because I'm just waiting for the back to step out.

It's like watching a horror movie where it never shows you the killer...

[Daz]

My 200sx drives better in the wet than my 1.6 focus lol.

[Slamz]

These things are deadly in the wet.

Use the hand brake to initiate the slide then keep the revs up and counter steer.

(Coming from a complete "Drift" noob).

Not at all deadly if you're not an arsehole, they're one of the easiest cars to drift, and are so forgiving when you get it wrong. Mine is soooo grippy in the wet, when I want it to be anyway.
Also good luck getting a good initiation on a standard s14 handbrake, because they are utter shite at the best of times. A clutch kick is much better and IME much more predictable than a handbrake that only sometimes works. You don't even need to counter steer, just let go and let the car do that, then grab it and make adjustments once you're sideways, using the throttle to control it.

Also, massive handbrake drag initiations are ghey, proper flick/kicks are so much better.

To the OP, you'll pick up pretty quick how to react, suddenly letting off is the worst thing you can do, and you'll get the confidence to let the wheel go and just go with the slide. I'd advise getting to a drift day, as you'll learn so much about RWD car control!