History Main / MultiTrackDrifting

* The Landmaster from the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series [[DoABarrelRoll does the barrel roll]] too, Peppy.

* Sailing ships stuck without enough room to turn and facing the wind can [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor#Club_hauling club haul.]] An anchor is attached to the lee quarter (rear of the ship facing the shore) but dropped from the lee bow (front facing the shore). The vessel gathers sternway (it moves backwards) and is turned around by the now trailing anchor. The anchor cable is cut, and the ship proceeds on its way facing the opposite direction in a very narrow (for a sailing ship) turning radius.... minus one anchor. Not exactly ''The Fast And The Furious'', but pretty nimble for a 72-gun man-of-war.

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' has a multi track drifting scene featuring the precursor of the Metal Gear--the Shagohod, which can go at high speeds by using two gigantic augers and a rocket booster. It arguably makes less sense than any of the Metal Gears that follow it, but that's okay because it's ''[[RuleOfCool freaking awesome]]''.

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* The Tachikoma in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' are very fast spider tanks, so you know they are fast and agile. But some of the stuff they pull off puts Franchise/SpiderMan to shame.

** Note that in theory, with some rather specific modifications and particularly thrust-vector engines (which are currently available technology seen on the F-35 and the F-22, for example), this is entirely possible.

** A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slip_(aerodynamics) slip]] is an aircraft maneuver in which you turn your plane diagonally into the wind without changing your direction of travel. It ends up looking like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVvt7hP5a-0 a mid-air drift.]]

* Here, we see the Aircraft Carrier ''USS Abraham Lincoln'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Q8P049-2Q drifting.]] It's useful to keep in mind, that thanks to it's twin [[ILoveNuclearPower Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors]], a ''Nimitz'' class can reach speeds in excess of 65 kilometeres per hour, with it's actual max speed remaining a military secret.

* The recent flight-combat game ''VideoGame/{{HAWX}}'' gives the player the ability to drift ''fighter jets'' in mid-air. However, the ability differs from jet to jet. Slowpokes like the [=MiG=]-21 Fishbed can barely hold a drift, while the SU-37 Terminator can ''flip in mid-air.''

** And lastly, in the finals, (as homage to her previous trick as stated in the first example) where she drifted around [[GermanicEfficiency Kuromorimine]]'s Tiger I flag tank so hard that she broke the Panzer IV's tracks in the process. ([[spoiler:This time, the Panzer IV was armed with a gun powerful enough to punch through its target's heavy armor.]])

** ''Film/GoldenEye'': The particularly memorable "tank chase" is one of the stronger examples, with Bond chasing after the DamselInDistress in a "Model T" (a Russian T-series heavy tank, that is). [[spoiler:Extra style points for lifting a memorial statue, sticking it in an overhang, and crushing some cars on his tail.]] That the guy he's chasing is in a small Soviet-bloc car just makes it even more [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX7_z4ixFQ awesome]].

* ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 4'' features the Hummer H1 Alpha, a diesel AWD truck that weighs ''eight thousand pounds''. With some tuning and upgrades, it's possible to drift the Hummer. Courtesy of the game's sometimes [[TeleportSpam finicky netcode]], it's possible for cars to do things that they should ''definitely'' not be able do, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmElhK0LLo&t=5s suddenly going flying up into the air while doing a sweet corkscrew before landing on all four wheels]], or breaking the sound barrier through a hairpin turn.

* Accomplished in ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86PUB4u2s2A Train Simulator 2013]]''.

*** Not only that, but that particular series of light tanks is also well known for mounting [[GlassCannon incredibly powerful guns]] [[FragileSpeedster despite their size, weight, and speed.]] The ELC AMX doesn't have a turret that turns around 360 degrees, so what some players do is perform ''drifting shots'' on enemy tanks into their vulnerable side or rear armor. The results are both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6o9QBVtATQ destructive and hilarious]].

* Averted in the case of hopped up [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn_Nelson Shawn Nelson]], who after rampaging through suburban San Diego, got his stolen M60 Patton [[{{Anticlimax}} stuck on a freeway median]] when he tried to cross over into oncoming traffic.

** This is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=et9n2g9HHtU hardly]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6iQvVpeuQE specific]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQrZBqj0vPY to Europe]].

** You can cross a 3,5m wide trench by driving into it and just digging through the other side to get out again, but it's a lot easier to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNmLFTSq-TE just jump over it]].

* Unsurprisingly popular with [[http://www.pown.it/1523 golf carts]].
* In order to land in heavy crosswinds, most professional pilots, especially airline pilots, are trained to fly their planes in at insane angles. See [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfB4xyM7tMw here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PdUdaXDHm4 here]].

** The B52 was designed with this in mind with its gear able to adjust to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94AcSHpcZbI landings with ridiculous amounts of yaw]]. A feature that was considered top secret for many years.

* Here, we see the Aircraft Carrier ''USS Abraham Lincoln'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-Q8P049-2Q drifting]]. It's useful to keep in mind, that thanks to it's twin [[ILoveNuclearPower Westinghouse A4W nuclear reactors]], a ''Nimitz'' class can reach speeds in excess of 65 kilometeres per hour, with it's actual max speed remaining a military secret.
* Sailing ships stuck without enough room to turn and facing the wind can [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor#Club_hauling club haul]]. An anchor is attached to the lee quarter (rear of the ship facing the shore) but dropped from the lee bow (front facing the shore). The vessel gathers sternway (it moves backwards) and is turned around by the now trailing anchor. The anchor cable is cut, and the ship proceeds on its way facing the opposite direction in a very narrow (for a sailing ship) turning radius.... minus one anchor. Not exactly ''The Fast And The Furious'', but pretty nimble for a 72-gun man-of-war.

* A [=FedEx=] driver handled his truck [[http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/12/us/big-rig-slides-down-street-chp-trnd-irpt/index.html "like a boss"]], taking it down a steep, icy road -- without working brakes on the rear trailer.

* In the "car that you wouldn't expect to drift, but it can" category, there's a new thing in Japan called "PVC drifting". Small, front wheel drive ''kei'' cars (econoboxes with tiny engines) are fitted with PVC rings made from large aquarium pipes. The result is some [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yswpG4GuDXI pretty impressive drifts from cars that have no business doing so]].

** First, when she drifted the Panzer IV around [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships St. Gloriana]]'s Churchill, before letting her teammate open fire at point-blank range. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, the shot [[NoSell did not do squat]] against the Churchill's armor due to having an underpowered gun at the time]];

** Lastly, in the finals, (as homage to her previous trick as stated in the first example) where she drifted around [[GermanicEfficiency Kuromorimine]]'s Tiger I flag tank so hard that she broke the Panzer IV's tracks in the process. ([[spoiler:This time, the Panzer IV was armed with a gun powerful enough to punch through its target's heavy armor.]])

* The TropeNamer is ''Densha de D'', a {{Crossover}} AffectionateParody of ''Manga/InitialD'' and ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo'', which [[RecycledINSPACE uses trains instead of cars]]. Towards the end of one race, Takumi shifts his train to roll down both sets of tracks on a corner at high speed, intentionally spreading his train across two sets of tracks to minimise the risk of flipping over sideways from the forces involved. A shocked Keisuke blurts out the infamous line.

* ''Densha de D'' ended up getting an entire series of fan games based on it, all developed by JinushiIppa, which naturally include the infamous trope naming maneuver as a gameplay mechanic.

* There's this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OU-ACHzCxM fan-made video game]] of the TropeNamer ''Manga/{{Densha de D}}''.

* The Chevalier wheeled scout tank in ''[[VideoGame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'' is capable of going through absurdly tight turns at high speed, faster than a modern car could do. It's even possible to do ''drifting'' in the Chevalier, despite it being a 35-ton tank. Strangely, the [[FanNickname Chevy]] handles better the faster its moving, allowing a Chevy moving at max speed to turn extremely quickly. It's also possible to ''do donuts'' the [[SpacePlane aerospace fighters]], owing to their huge thrust and screwy aerodynamic stall mechanics -- cut the throttle as you mash the yaw axis, wait a moment, then kick on the afterburners at max power and bam, you're doing donuts in the sky.

*** Not only that, but that particular series of light tanks is also well known for mounting [[GlassCannon incredibly powerful guns]] [[FragileSpeedster despite their size, weight, and speed.]] The ELC AMX doesn't have a turret that turns around 360 degrees, so what some players do is perform ''drifting shots'' on enemy tanks into their vulnerable side or rear armor. The results are both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng8Sl-fM0SU#t=116s destructive and hilarious]].

* The TropeNamer is ''DenshaDeD'', a {{Crossover}} AffectionateParody of ''Manga/InitialD'' and ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo'', which [[RecycledINSPACE uses trains instead of cars]]. Towards the end of one race, Takumi shifts his train to roll down both sets of tracks on a corner at high speed, intentionally spreading his train across two sets of tracks to minimise the risk of flipping over sideways from the forces involved. A shocked Keisuke blurts out the infamous line.

* ''Manga/DenshaDeD'':
** The TropeNamer, which is a {{Crossover}} AffectionateParody of ''Manga/InitialD'' and ''VideoGame/DenshaDeGo'' [[RecycledINSPACE using trains instead of cars]]. Towards the end of one race, Takumi shifts his train to roll down both sets of tracks on a corner at high speed, intentionally spreading his train across two sets of tracks to minimise the risk of flipping over sideways from the forces involved. A shocked Keisuke blurts out the infamous line.
** A [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/136352-multi-track-drifting parody of this parody]] was done by an {{ImageBoard|s}} artist, with [[VideoGame/MarioKart Yoshi]] using the outside of a turn to fire off multiple powerslide turboes. The phrase in this example is ''"Multi-turbo drifting!"''
** The line has pretty much [[MemeticMutation become a somewhat minor meme]] used as a way to describe a "drift" in a thread between one topic and another, especially if they go back and forth.
** Also humorously used as the quintessential sociopath’s answer to [[TheNeedsOfTheMany The Trolley Problem]].

* VideoGame/TotalWarWarhammerIII: Skull Cannons of Khorn are mobile artillery pieces that attack in melee via impressive SpinAttack maneuvers.

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* No need to use military planes: civilian aerobatic models can [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3q8MDFltxI do it perfectly well]]!

* ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid3'' has a multi track drifting scene featuring the precursor of the Metal Gear--the Shagohod, which can go at high speeds by using two gigantic augers and a rocket booster. It arguably makes less sense than any of the Metal Gears that follow it.

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* ''Film/TheDayTheEarthStoodStill1951'' shows tanks (or ''a'' tank in recycled footage, if you prefer) drifting as they take a hard right coming out of Fort Meade to engage Klaatu's ship.
* ''Film/TheCommuter'' gave us an honest to god Multi-Track Drifting when its train got derailed.

* Crossing over with PostModernMagik, this is the Speed Demon CharacterClass entire shtick in ''TabletopGame/D20Modern Urban Arcana''.

* The titular ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' is your familiar anime-inspired snub tank, capable of jumping over lesser military machinery (the bomber pilots certainly didn't expect to be attacked '''from above'''), and [[DodgeTheBullet ducking under]] rounds from other tanks.
* The Landmaster from the ''VideoGame/StarFox'' series [[DoABarrelRoll does the barrel roll]] too, Peppy.

* The 1986 strategy game ''VideoGame/Roadwar2000'' allows the player to modify his street gang's vehicles to turn on a dime, even buses and tractor trailers.
* The little-known tank racing game ''VideoGame/TreadMarks'' is about off-road-racing, heavily-armed, powersliding... tanks.

* ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto'' games: especially in San Andreas, where you can use a dump truck, an Abrams, a truck with trailer, and even ''a train if you derail it in the right place''.
* Despite being a game that makes strenuous efforts toward realism to the point where its engine has been used for actual military training simulations, ''VideoGame/OperationFlashpoint'' lets you pull this off in any tank, assuming you can reach a sufficiently high speed, due to tank treads apparently having significantly less grip than they do in RealLife.
* ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' lets you drift... while [[HorseOfADifferentColor riding a boar.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1mFfFxiVw Yes, the hoofed animal.]] Yes, it is awesome. A programmer spent one of his lunch breaks trying to make the boar drift, and the producers thought it was too funny to not add. This returns in the [[VideoGame/NierAutomata sequel]] as well and is just as ridiculous as before.

* The Chevalier wheeled scout tank in ''[[VideoGame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'' is capable of going through absurdly tight turns at high speed, faster than a modern car could do. It's even possible to do ''drifting'' in the Chevalier, despite it being a 35-ton tank. Strangely, the [[FanNickname Chevy]] handles better the faster its moving, allowing a Chevy moving at max speed to turn extremely quickly. It's also possible to ''do donuts'' the [[SpacePlane aerospace fighters]], owing to their huge thrust and screwy aerodynamic stall mechanics -- cut the throttle as you mash the yaw axis, wait a moment, then kick on the afterburners at max power and bam, you're doing donuts in the sky.
* Accomplished in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86PUB4u2s2A Train Simulator 2013]].
* ''VideoGame/WorldOfTanks'' makes it possible with particularly fast vehicles; French light/medium tanks from the ELC AMX on and the US M18 Hellcat are notorious for being able to powerslide. The British Light-and-Medium line from the Tier IV Covenanter to the Tier VII Comet recently joined them.
** The French ELC AMX to the AMX 13 90 sequence of light tanks is notorious for being able to get air off nearly any size of hill, because of their incredibly light weight compared to most vehicles in the game.
*** Not only that, but that particular series of light tanks is also well known for mounting [[GlassCannon incredibly powerful guns]] [[FragileSpeedster despite their size, weight, and speed.]] The ELC AMX doesn't have a turret that turns around 360 degrees, so what some players do is perform ''drifting shots'' on enemy tanks into their vulnerable side or rear armor. The results are both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng8Sl-fM0SU#t=116s destructive and hilarious]].
** Currently the fastest tank in the game is Pz 1 ausf.C, which is also coincidentally one of the most lightweight at under 8 tons. The tank is so prone to drifting and getting air off bumps in the road it routinely damages itself and can even break its own tracks on particularly hard landings.
** It is possible to pick up a surprising amount of speed going downhill, even in a heavy tank. A 71-ton IS-7 can pick up almost 60kph going down a slope, such as the hill on Himmelsdorf, and pull the handbrake to go screeching around corners nose-first, no doubt providing unpleasant surprises to anyone who thought they would get a free shot into its side as it rounded the turn.
** The Blizzard variant of the Erlenburg map lets you do this with practically anything: just go racing down one of the hills onto the frozen river, once you're on the ice it's pretty easy even if you're in a huge monster like a KV-4 or Type 4 Heavy.
* There's this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OU-ACHzCxM fan-made video game]] of the TropeNamer.

* In the PC version of ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed'', [[VideoGame/CompanyOfHeroes General Winter's]] land vehicle is a Soviet tank. Like all land vehicles, you can drift it, and it is awesome.
* ''VideoGame/ForzaMotorsport 4'' features the Hummer H1 Alpha, a diesel AWD truck that weighs ''eight thousand pounds''. With some tuning and upgrades, it's possible to drift the Hummer. Courtesy of the game's sometimes [[TeleportSpam finicky netcode]], it's possible for cars to do things that they should ''definitely'' not be able do, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmElhK0LLo&t=5s suddenly going flying up into the air while doing a sweet corkscrew before landing on all four wheels]], or breaking the sound barrier through a hairpin turn.

* In ''VideoGame/EliteDangerous'' the Federal series of ___ships are infamous for their slip-and-slide handling courtesy of their [[EnormousEngine massively oversized engines]] and a hull that weighs more than the sun. The Federal Dropship is the most prominent, as it is extremely rare to see one ''not'' sliding sideways through space at max speed.
* ''VideoGame/ForzaHorizon 4'''s first Showcase, "Behemoth", is a downhill race pitting an off-road truck against a hovercraft, which expectedly pulls off a few drift maneuvers.
* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', while in the Pride Lands, Sora can drift while sprinting in his lion form. Goofy can do the same as a tortoise.

* ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' lets you drift... while [[HorseOfADifferentColor riding a boar.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1mFfFxiVw Yes, the hoofed animal.]] Yes, [[CrazyAwesome it is awesome.]] A programmer spent one of his lunch breaks trying to make the boar drift, and the producers thought it was too funny to not add. This returns in the [[VideoGame/NierAutomata sequel]] as well and is just as ridiculous as before.

[[caption-width-right:350:That's one smooth operator...]]

** A [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/136352-multi-track-drifting parody of this parody]] was done by an ImageBoard artist, with [[VideoGame/MarioKart Yoshi]] using the outside of a turn to fire off multiple powerslide turboes. The phrase in this example is ''"Multi-turbo drifting!"''

** Second, in the 6th episode, where the same driver again drifts the tank to dodge an incoming shell from [[Main/{{Eagleland}} Saunders High]]'s Sherman Firefly; and

* Indian film ''Alluda Mazaaka...!'' has a rather famous one where the lead character, portrayed by [[MemeticMutation India's Chuck Norris]], Chiranjeevi slides his horse under a truck. Yes, you read that right, he [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfoaogJN_pw slides a horse]]!

* Due to high crosswinds, the pilots seen in ''Flying Wild Alaska'' do this on pretty much every other landing.
* ''Series/TopGear'':

* Unless you're dealing with a 316-ton super-heavy battle tank, ''TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}'' doesn't have very strict rules governing vehicle movement, so as long as you don't exceed the speed limit your [[AwesomePersonnelCarrier Land Raider]] can zig-zag around those barricades and pull a sicknasty 180 at the end of its move.

* ''Videogame/GoldenEye1997'' has a version of the tank chase; noteable for 007 being able to roll over dozens of guards without affecting the performance of the tank at all. Squish squish.
* The 1986 strategy game ''Roadwar 2000'' allows the player to modify his street gang's vehicles to turn on a dime, even buses and tractor trailers.
* The little-known tank racing game ''Videogame/TreadMarks'' is about off-road-racing, heavily-armed, powersliding... tanks.
* The recent flight-combat game ''Videogame/{{HAWX}}'' gives the player the ability to drift ''fighter jets'' in mid-air. However, the ability differs from jet to jet. Slowpokes like the [=MiG=]-21 Fishbed can barely hold a drift, while the SU-37 Terminator can ''flip in mid-air.''

* ''VideoGame/{{NieR}}'' lets you drift... while [[HorseOfADifferentColor riding a boar.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d1mFfFxiVw Yes, the hoofed animal.]] Yes, [[CrazyAwesome it is awesome.]] A programmer spent one of his lunch breaks trying to make the boar drift, and the producers thought it was too funny to not add. This returns in the [[Videogame/NierAutomata sequel]] as well and is just as ridiculous as before.

* The Chevalier wheeled scout tank in ''[[Videogame/MechWarrior MechWarrior Living Legends]]'' is capable of going through absurdly tight turns at high speed, faster than a modern car could do. It's even possible to do ''drifting'' in the Chevalier, despite it being a 35-ton tank. Strangely, the [[FanNickname Chevy]] handles better the faster its moving, allowing a Chevy moving at max speed to turn extremely quickly. It's also possible to ''do donuts'' the [[SpacePlane aerospace fighters]], owing to their huge thrust and screwy aerodynamic stall mechanics -- cut the throttle as you mash the yaw axis, wait a moment, then kick on the afterburners at max power and bam, you're doing donuts in the sky.

* ''Videogame/ForzaMotorsport 4'' features the Hummer H1 Alpha, a diesel AWD truck that weighs ''eight thousand pounds''. With some tuning and upgrades, it's possible to drift the Hummer. Courtesy of the game's sometimes [[TeleportSpam finicky netcode]], it's possible for cars to do things that they should ''definitely'' not be able do, such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JmElhK0LLo&t=5s suddenly going flying up into the air while doing a sweet corkscrew before landing on all four wheels]], or breaking the sound barrier through a hairpin turn.

* In ''Videogame/EliteDangerous'' the Federal series of ___ships are infamous for their slip-and-slide handling courtesy of their [[EnormousEngine massively oversized engines]] and a hull that weighs more than the sun. The Federal Dropship is the most prominent, as it is extremely rare to see one ''not'' sliding sideways through space at max speed.

* In ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts II'', while in the Pride Lands, Sora can drift while sprinting in his lion form. Goofy can do the same as a tortoise.