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Ford Focus RS Drift Mode vs. Track Mode: Which Is Faster?

We took the hot new Ford Focus RS to Team O'Neil to find out which mode was faster on their rally course.
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  • @stephanoya
    @stephanoya7 жыл бұрын

    Ok so ill commute in drift mode when its snowing outside

  • @SmallBlogV8
    @SmallBlogV87 жыл бұрын

    If only most RS owners actually used Drift Mode for something like this, rather than just for having Hold My Beer crashes...

  • @pyro1324

    @pyro1324

    7 жыл бұрын

    They just picked a bad name for it, they should've called it Rally mode or something.

  • @ZenzDeluxe

    @ZenzDeluxe

    7 жыл бұрын

    It's just a rear-bias mode that has existed in AWD cars for decades. The only difference is that this car uses fairly aggressive torque-vectoring that it's able to spin the outside wheel even faster (making the car rotate even faster). Most people calling the "drift" mode a gimmick or "hold my beer mode" because they've seen the grand total of 2 popular videos of people crashing their RS in drift mode are unknowledgeable morons or butthurt STI owners. Calling drift mode garbage is like calling RWD garbage because some people guide their M3 on a tree while drifting. Go visit some owner forums of this car and watch way more people using drift mode correctly than crashing their car with it.

  • @chrisnevergrowold330

    @chrisnevergrowold330

    5 жыл бұрын

    I use mine in big open parking lots after or during a nice snowfall. Soooo much fun.

  • @SabaothChristou
    @SabaothChristou7 жыл бұрын

    Jesus, that car looks *so good* doing that sort of thing!

  • @inorbit64
    @inorbit647 жыл бұрын

    It makes sense because the RS does not have permanent 4wd. Since the rear axle driveline rotates faster than the front axle driveline, the track mode will only sometimes use one of the rear wheels for drive. Otherwise it would just eat the tires. In drift mode you are sliding anyway so the 4wd can send power more often to the rear wheels and actually to both rear wheels instead of only 1. this means more grip on the gravel.

  • @mobilebmxer69
    @mobilebmxer697 жыл бұрын

    Gets in Focus RS with rally driver. Leaves shit stains on passenger seat.

  • @GatorsFan2138

    @GatorsFan2138

    3 жыл бұрын

    They did lol Wyatt is a rally driver lol

  • @ValentinNadolu
    @ValentinNadolu7 жыл бұрын

    Actually the car looks way better in drift mode on loose surfaces. All the videos I've seen with it on asphalt look half-assed but here it looks like a real rally car!

  • @Jisker91

    @Jisker91

    7 жыл бұрын

    A lot of times people forget to turn traction control off, drift mode doesn't seem anything special with traction control on, lol.

  • @trevorsteele341
    @trevorsteele3417 жыл бұрын

    Mike looks genuinely terrified.

  • @patb686
    @patb6865 жыл бұрын

    Credibility level is very high with your nice helmets guys. So sick! :)

  • @FosterJohnsonMedia
    @FosterJohnsonMedia7 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant idea for a test!

  • @r129r16pfl
    @r129r16pfl7 жыл бұрын

    Much better wheels then stock

  • @boy638
    @boy6387 жыл бұрын

    the video editor Mr. Auslander literally means outsider/foreigner in German

  • @chasin4seth21
    @chasin4seth217 жыл бұрын

    I saw you guys! I was in the one of the rally schools when you guys arrived. They wouldn't let us take out the RS. lol

  • @Jim__Bean
    @Jim__Bean6 жыл бұрын

    did u try Race Mode/Track Mode with the TCS and ESC all the way off? I find the RS is way more predictable in this mode then drift. It would be nice to see if these guys can confirm or deny this setup.

  • @BreonNagy
    @BreonNagy7 жыл бұрын

    SO jealous. I've wanted to go to Tim's school for a long time.

  • @TexasADV
    @TexasADV6 жыл бұрын

    best day at work ever!

  • @trymonster6670
    @trymonster66704 жыл бұрын

    omg looks like so much fun.. i'd love to buy this car for winter beater.. but beater cars shouldn't cost more than my " nice car" lol

  • @AbendscheinLGN
    @AbendscheinLGN7 жыл бұрын

    You need to disable ESC to get the most out of the drive modes.

  • @computer5272

    @computer5272

    6 жыл бұрын

    Which is why track mode was so much slower. Drift mode disables ESC if it wasn't obvious enough... If they disabled ESC in track mode it may have been even faster than drift mode.

  • @LoveLikeaHurricane

    @LoveLikeaHurricane

    5 жыл бұрын

    Drift mode puts esc in sport mode

  • @billyjoe3309
    @billyjoe33097 жыл бұрын

    Street legal WRC car. Love it!

  • @robertloverchio1932
    @robertloverchio19326 жыл бұрын

    Those skate helmets though.....lmfao

  • @estefanyiglesias9622
    @estefanyiglesias96226 жыл бұрын

    Did you have to remove the brembos up front to fit those wheels?

  • @badmojo420
    @badmojo4207 жыл бұрын

    No mention of the ESC setting? It makes a big difference.

  • @herpderp1662
    @herpderp16626 жыл бұрын

    Did you remember to turn off traction control? With it on its CONSTANTLY cutting power when on crazy slippery surfaces.

  • @bigwhiteal3203
    @bigwhiteal32037 жыл бұрын

    i kinda want to put an RS drivetrain into a GC8 Impreza... Sounds so cool.

  • @vladkuz1298
    @vladkuz12985 жыл бұрын

    Will it drift like that on drive mode ?

  • @patrickwoodmency
    @patrickwoodmency6 жыл бұрын

    Did you turn off the esc?

  • @adammiziz5337
    @adammiziz53377 жыл бұрын

    Holly fuck this was fun. but my focus rs is park in the garage over the winter

  • @Drpoppler

    @Drpoppler

    7 жыл бұрын

    "I buy a rally car so it can sit inside and do nothing but collect dust"

  • @adammiziz5337

    @adammiziz5337

    7 жыл бұрын

    Drpoppler i have a ford rs2000 4x4 for winter fun.

  • @lucasb7176
    @lucasb71767 жыл бұрын

    Love the Zoolander reference.

  • @DaPlume
    @DaPlume7 жыл бұрын

    5 seconds faster because you had 5 seconds of wheel spin with track mode.

  • @anthonyd5189

    @anthonyd5189

    7 жыл бұрын

    On a loose surface like that sliding around is typically going to be faster.

  • @TonyisToking

    @TonyisToking

    7 жыл бұрын

    anthonyd5189 correct, sliding only slows you down because the friction wastes energy, on a loose surface you can maintain your inertia much easier while sliding than on pavement.

  • @zepter00

    @zepter00

    4 жыл бұрын

    anthonyd5189 sliding around never will make you faster. Modern WRC drivers less as paoible even on gravel, snow, ice.

  • @tdolan500
    @tdolan5007 жыл бұрын

    That guy can kinda drive!

  • @arxx9580

    @arxx9580

    7 жыл бұрын

    Terry Dolan the other dude was clenching his butthole the whole time lol

  • @brysontheghostgaming9218
    @brysontheghostgaming92187 жыл бұрын

    big man looked like he was dreaming of a toilet seat

  • @DanielPerryRally
    @DanielPerryRally7 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to see it compete and judge it's performance within its class. Or just drive it myself.

  • @606pony
    @606pony7 жыл бұрын

    I was going to buy one but they said i had to wait 4 months for it to arrive . bought a sti instead

  • @Jisker91

    @Jisker91

    7 жыл бұрын

    I waited almost a year, but it was completely worth it. STI was my second choice for sure though.

  • @DoubleCGamesStudios

    @DoubleCGamesStudios

    7 жыл бұрын

    Best choice anyway

  • @eugenesmith2099
    @eugenesmith20997 жыл бұрын

    Build a project car!

  • @basdergen2565
    @basdergen25657 жыл бұрын

    I thought you had to hold a button down for 5 seconds AFTER going into drift mode to fully unleash it.

  • @STRUGGNUGGS

    @STRUGGNUGGS

    7 жыл бұрын

    i think the screen images were simulated

  • @calebpotter3055
    @calebpotter30557 жыл бұрын

    7 miles on the odo and you're driving it like this? Makes sense

  • @Justgreen89925

    @Justgreen89925

    3 жыл бұрын

    The dashboard clip is from an ofiicial video

  • @luckyrYtArd
    @luckyrYtArd5 жыл бұрын

    holy shit man.....

  • @dragoncweres6672
    @dragoncweres6672 Жыл бұрын

    They probably could have called "Drift mode" "Dirt Rally Mode". On a made road though, I guess track mode would be quicker?

  • @MyILoveMinecraft
    @MyILoveMinecraft7 жыл бұрын

    Drift mode. When you can't kick the back out in a normal car..

  • @PsyArkron

    @PsyArkron

    7 жыл бұрын

    If you think AWD cars can't go sideways on dry tarmac, you're doing it wrong.

  • @MyILoveMinecraft

    @MyILoveMinecraft

    7 жыл бұрын

    JohnNeal619 ever heard of a Scandinavian flick? Or this strange thing called a handbrake

  • @PsyArkron

    @PsyArkron

    7 жыл бұрын

    Handbrake is for two things: slow speed drifts (typically for show) ... and amateurs who can't do it otherwise. At high speeds, you just need a good hard brake and you can easily get your car sideways. It's called weight transfer. You can do that at the entry of a turn and then drift all around it. Or you don't even use any form of brake at all. Just the right turns at the steering wheel is enough to drift. But of course this requires you to get a good feeling for the balance of your car first.

  • @MyILoveMinecraft

    @MyILoveMinecraft

    7 жыл бұрын

    PsyArkron Scandinavian. Flick. I even got a fucking work van with that sideways (more or less)

  • @PsyArkron

    @PsyArkron

    7 жыл бұрын

    "Scandinavian flick" is just a fancy name for one type of weight transfer drift used by Scandinavian rally drivers. ~__~ Basically somebody said "what is liquid?" and you replied by saying "oil". Yes oil is a liquid but that's no answer to the question....

  • @txcavi
    @txcavi6 ай бұрын

    I wonder if i can brink my RS here.

  • @Finguz39
    @Finguz397 жыл бұрын

    Select drift, then disable ESC ;)

  • @boberrtu5715
    @boberrtu57157 жыл бұрын

    Nice helmet

  • @keithbrettell2058

    @keithbrettell2058

    7 жыл бұрын

    I know eh...skateboarding helmets are really gonna save ya when you flip the car after you hit a run and overcook the corner ending upside down.

  • @nazul9502

    @nazul9502

    7 жыл бұрын

    yes they will bud ;) those helmets are made for upsidedown, headforward things anyway.

  • @keithbrettell2058

    @keithbrettell2058

    7 жыл бұрын

    Ya but crashing off your skateboard is a lot different then crashing a car. The force of the impact will be significantly higher, that's why they have helmets for different things.

  • @nazul9502

    @nazul9502

    7 жыл бұрын

    depends bc you can get pretty fast. ever heard of longboarding?

  • @nazul9502

    @nazul9502

    7 жыл бұрын

    if not search "longboard downhill" and watch the first vid

  • @herpderp1662
    @herpderp16627 жыл бұрын

    not surprised, but happy. Mines on order, so if people would stop hyping the crap out of it inticing ford to act like apple or nintendo making false exclusivity to sell more units.... I might actually see it sometime before 2047.

  • @Grempf159
    @Grempf1597 жыл бұрын

    who else is looking forward to doing this in forza horizon 3 on 12.13.2016 ?

  • @nickconol1428

    @nickconol1428

    7 жыл бұрын

    SidewaysGrempf is that an arcade game?

  • @Grempf159

    @Grempf159

    7 жыл бұрын

    it^s an xbox one game

  • @computer5272

    @computer5272

    6 жыл бұрын

    SidewaysGrempf Not quite correct. It's a Microsoft platform game, any Windows 10 PC can play it was well.

  • @chris-graham
    @chris-graham7 жыл бұрын

    000007 miles

  • @jkl6648

    @jkl6648

    7 жыл бұрын

    That was stock footage from Ford. Part of their marketing material.

  • @solidsnakec20
    @solidsnakec207 жыл бұрын

    initial d was right!!

  • @computer5272

    @computer5272

    6 жыл бұрын

    Havel The Wall No. Initial D was on pavement, and on pavement a grip run is always faster.

  • @a.benaway_racing
    @a.benaway_racing7 жыл бұрын

    so....... the same thing the STI had 15+ yrs ago DCCD ---> rear

  • @ZenzDeluxe

    @ZenzDeluxe

    7 жыл бұрын

    Except that this thing is performing faster laptimes across the board... It's getting pretty ridiculous that on every RS video there has to be a handfull of STI / Evo tards that have to affirm their blinding brand awareness with how their cars are the absolute AWD performance halo product and have been for years and nothing can even compare. Just watch the fucking footage and tell the world again how this car's AWD system is a pure gimmick because it's an on-demand system. Keep it real man, you people crack me up. I've owned an STi in the 2000s (GC8), it was a great car, had a blast. Today i have this car, that is great, and is a blast, end of fucking story. Learn to look to other brands, you'll live a fuller life as a car enthousiast. If not hey, Subaru will have a new STI soon enough, keep telling yourselves fallacious bullshit in the meantime for all i care.

  • @a.benaway_racing

    @a.benaway_racing

    7 жыл бұрын

    ZenzDeluxe so tell how superior the rs is when track test show it less than a second faster than a 16 sti WITH 60hp more and not to mention a very straight heavy circuit. I was just pointing out the over hyped perfect of the car. Im a fan of the RS but its putting up numbers of car 13 yrs elder with less hp. But since you have to resort to showing your classiness with grade school tactics.... wheres you driving vids? How can anyone take your opinion seriously if you suck at driving.

  • @elielmendez
    @elielmendez7 жыл бұрын

    1:16 wtf only 7 miles and its already getting beat lol. Not that I wouldnt do the same.

  • @SabaothChristou

    @SabaothChristou

    7 жыл бұрын

    elielmendez Nah, that was a fake animation. The square doesn't move back and forth like that... you have to cycle through normal and sport to get back to track mode from drift, and the outer box moves first, then the inner fill-box follows it when you select a mode.

  • @WOT122
    @WOT1227 жыл бұрын

    scientific and fun! lol

  • @iFugaz
    @iFugaz7 жыл бұрын

    7 Miles OMG... If I buy a Focus, I hope do that when he has at least 5000 miles... You will broke it...

  • @ProtonFilms_Mark
    @ProtonFilms_Mark7 жыл бұрын

    I want to marry this car and have its babies. Think my wife will object?

  • @kevinstewart717
    @kevinstewart7177 жыл бұрын

    Bullshit he never dove the the course

  • @agenericaccount3935
    @agenericaccount39357 жыл бұрын

    Sponsored by Ford

  • @Metallica4Life1995
    @Metallica4Life19957 жыл бұрын

    It broke down 30 minutes later afterwards.

  • @garlicbreadjenkins5780

    @garlicbreadjenkins5780

    5 жыл бұрын

    *one* it has those rims on it so *nothing else matters* when it comes to Fun, Off Road, Devices, just *turn the page* in the book of ford, or forever be *the unforgiven* commenter on youtube

  • @kd1s
    @kd1s7 жыл бұрын

    This is what I don't get about Ford. I've driven two Ford vehicles - one a Fiesta all tricked out and one their little 4x4. The 4x4 sucked. I hated it.

  • @mikemercado6949
    @mikemercado69497 жыл бұрын

    ford focus RS, perfect for drifting, but not supercars & hypercars like Bugatti Chiron, Marussia B2, Lamborghini veneno, & Pagani Zonda not perfect for drifting! sorry my friends try supercars & hypercars drift if you can sorry;-(

  • @mikemercado6949
    @mikemercado69497 жыл бұрын

    ford focus RS, perfect for drifting, but not supercars & hypercars like Bugatti Chiron, Marussia B2, Lamborghini veneno, & Pagani Zonda not perfect for drifting! sorry my friends try supercars & hypercars drift if you can sorry;-(