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Drifting Away achievement in Forza Motorsport 5

Drifting Away

Get 7,000 points in a single drift.

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How to unlock the Drifting Away achievement

  • PryaPrya
    28 Nov 2013 27 Nov 2013 01 Dec 2013
    120 22 30
    I did this with the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta that was given as the Tier 5 reward from Forza Rewards. I made a setup that you can download if you want by searching for '7000 Drift Achievement' in the tuning setup section.

    Get in your Ferrari and then head over to 'Tune/Upgrade' press X to tune the car and then goto setup manager with select. You can then press select again and then search for description '7000 Drift Achievement'. Load the setup, it's free.

    Once the setups loaded go back to the main menu and choose Free Play. Select Indianapolis Motor Speedway (the forth one), I left the laps at 5. Before starting go to Assists to turn off assists. This will help the car get sideways for longer.

    I put braking line on for the clips so you can see where I started the drifts from.
    Braking ABS OFF
    Steering Normal
    Traction & Stability Control OFF
    Shifting MANUAL
    Damage, Fuel & Tyre Wear OFF

    Track is the oval, Brickyard Speedway.

    Pause the game once it starts and go to HUD and turn Drift HUD to ON.

    I was doing about 170 coming into the first left after the long straights. Stay to the right on the straight and give it a bit of handbrake to start the drift as you turn left, then steer right into the drift to keep the back end from sliding out too far and keep the throttle full while you're sliding.

    You don't have to do this all in one drift as you can see from the video I made, there were two smaller drifts after the big first one.

    EDIT: Some people have said it notifies you of the Drifting away achievement multiple times before the achievement will be on your profile.

    I did the rest of my perfect drifts on the test track accessed from the tuning menu by pressing Y as there are no cars to get in your way then. You can carry on round there as long as you need to get the Sidewinder achievement by doing 20 perfect drifts, anything above 5000.

    The sidewinder achievement popped for me after I paused and finished the race/testing.

    Forza Motorsport 5SidewinderThe Sidewinder achievement in Forza Motorsport 5 worth 119 pointsEarn 20 perfect Drift scores.

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    iDuLI had to do it twice. First time only recorded a clip, second time around achievement unlocked.
    Posted by iDuL on 09 May 20 at 10:07
    Hissonworking today did it with the mercedes benz useds for 200mph cheevo all the best
    Posted by Hisson on 15 Mar 22 at 12:51
    thedjpjTunes not available since the servers has shut down
    Posted by thedjpj on 10 Aug 22 at 10:02
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  • misterrniceguymisterrniceguy
    21 Jul 2014 26 Jul 2014 28 Jul 2014
    20 8 2
    My friend made a great guide here. It gives full detail and walk-through on how to perfectly drift. This can also get you the sidewinder achievement.

    -Buy an Ariel Atom and download the tuning from misterrniceguy.
    -Go to the oval on Indianapolis Motor Speedway in free play. Give yourself plenty of laps. Turn off all assists except collision. You can be manual or manual + clutch.
    -Approach each turn in 5th gear.
    -Drift away.

    Hope this helps y'all!
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    Kill4K4yThank you.
    Posted by Kill4K4y on 18 Mar 19 at 11:42
    the life of pomThanks mate. I combined your advice with progress towards the 1000 miles multiplayer lead chievo which made it even more productive.
    Posted by the life of pom on 04 Jan 20 at 22:23
  • Ridge ReapersRidge Reapers
    10 Feb 2018 10 Feb 2018
    Just a quick tip. If you follow Prya's solution you can earn the Sidewinder achievement in the Test Drive mode easily but if you are having trouble unlocking this Drifting Away achievement, choose Free Play mode rather than test driving. Using the same car (Ferrari F12 Berlinetta) and same track (Indy Oval) this achievement should unlock once you hit your 7,000 points and you will also see a game clip pop up.
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