A physics-accurate drift simulation using the 3-state bicycle model with brush tire forces and friction circle coupling.
Physics derived from Hindiyeh (2013), Stanford PhD thesis — Chapter 2 (tire model) and Chapter 3 (equilibrium analysis).
High yaw inertia and rear-weighted geometry resist snap-oversteer. Heavy passive yaw damping keeps the car self-correcting. A forgiving starting point.
↑ throttle saturates the rear tire. ← → countersteer to hold the drift. ↓ brakes to exit. Orange skid marks show a sliding contact patch.