History Main / MultitrackDrifting

* {{World of Tanks}} 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.

* ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' Ground Forces is notorious for having all tanks slide around at the slightest bit of turning at speed. Ironic, as it's in most ways more realistic than it's rival, VideoGame/WorldOfTanks.

* In ''WesternAnimation/ThePolarExpress'', the eponymous train gets derailed and begins to slide out of control when the track dips below the frozen-over surface of a lake. The engineer uses the brake and throttle to pull a J-turn, pointing it back on course, and slowly corrects the direction to line up with the rails on the other side of the lake.

* In WW2, Britain's Churchill tank certainly wasn't built for speed. But its engine power and gearing meant it could climb steeper slopes than practically every other tank out. One hilltop defensive position in Tunisia, thought impassible for tanks by its German defenders and therefore lightly guarded by mines or anti-tank guns, was over-run by Churchills climbing a slope the Germans only thought to lightly defend. Churchill tank commander John Foley, in his autobiography ''Literature/MailedFist'', records that his Churchills crossed wide anti-tank ditches in the Siegfried Line simply by driving into them. and then climbing out of them as if it were a minor inconvenience. Much to the consternation of the German defenders. Foley also records a case where a Churchill skidded off a road in the Ardennes in winter ice and smow, plunging into a ravine. It landed right side up and was able to climb out again, ascending the precipitous slope with little damage to tank or crew.

* It is also used in scruples questions to take both options to run over something undesirable with a train.

** 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
** 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 suspension in the process.

** They also did a similar thing with a Lotus Exige versus an Apache helicopter gunship - racing around the confines of the track, trying to get missile lock. They weren't allowed to use the [[GatlingGood chin cannon]] or pop up from miles away and use the [[MacrossMissileMassacre hellfire rockets]], that would have been unfair...

* 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.

* {{World of Tanks}} 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 Coventanter to the Tier VII Comet recently joined them.

* During WWII, LT. Richard Candelaria was dogfighting in his P-51 Mustang with a skilled German pilot in am Me109. With the German flying circles around him and latched on his tail, Candelaria tries a risky maneuver, kicking his Mustang's tail around so the German would overshoot him. His plane does the equivalent of a short spin in the air and shoots down the German plane. Although he's not spinning in the air per-se, it still qualifies as an unconventional tactic. Eat your heart out, thrust vectoring.

** In the Dogfights documentary series, one WWII pilot had the trick of simultaneously pitching down and yawing, turning his whole plane into one huge, unstable, airbrake. In the same series, one US pilot in Vietnam had perfected an exploitation of the Phantom jet's flat spin failure mode, putting his plane into a flat spin for a few seconds at a time to WTF his enemies and forcing overshoots by losing airspeed, then quickly recovering to normal flight on their tails.

* The Nimitz class Supercarrier can do [[http://media-cache-lt0.pinterest.com/upload/28217935135885018_ZiPMs7gZ_c.jpg this]]. That's a boat big enough to have two runways drifting.
* 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.
** Do the same setup, but with two anchors, reversing the setup on the other side of the ship. The ship can't go anywhere, but by reeling in and reeling out the anchor cables, the ship can be turned any which way. You now have a 72 gun turret, unlike your enemies, who likely are at the mercy of the wind and currents to maneuver against you. Obviously only works when you are on the defense.

** An [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKfpPrRVIo episode]] involved Jeremy Clarkson in a Land Rover Sport attempting to outmanoeuvre a ''[[CoolTank Challenger 2]]''. He failed. The episode showcased the tank's smokelaunchers, manoeuvrability, speed and ability to handle rough terrain. And it was [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]]. However, Clarkson managed to survive for a full five minutes, by weaving around forests where the tank could not get a good shot on him.

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* In ''Film/FastAndFurious 6'', the heroes are driving their usual muscle cars when they suddenly discover that their opponent is driving a tank.

* An [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wKfpPrRVIo episode]] of ''Series/TopGear'' involved Jeremy Clarkson in a Land Rover Sport attempting to outmanoeuvre a ''[[CoolTank Challenger 2]]''. He failed. The episode showcased the tank's smokelaunchers, manoeuvrability, speed and ability to handle rough terrain. And it was [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome awesome]]. However, Clarkson managed to survive for a full five minutes, by weaving around forests where the tank could not get a good shot on him.

** ''TopGear'' has also done such wonders as racing piled up cars with the top steering and the bottom accelerating and braking, [=MPVs=] (people carriers), camper vans ([=RVs=]) and ''buses''. And they were all awesome.

** A [[http://knowyourmeme.com/photos/136352-multi-track-drifting parody of this parody]] was done by an Website/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!"''

** 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!"''

* ''VideoGame/WarThunder'' Ground Forces is notorious for having all tanks slide around at the slightest bit of turning at speed. Ironic, as it's in most ways more realistic than it's rival, WorldOfTanks.

* In the PC version of ''Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed'', [[CompanyOfHeroes General Winter's]] land vehicle is a Soviet tank. Like all land vehicles, you can drift it, and it is awesome.

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

* In real life, unfortunately, no train driver can pull off the above moves using conventional trams and tracks... ''[[http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SJAKUjz1VNI/AAAAAAAAX0U/-ZctmhM-iio/s640/100_pics.jpg ...Or can they?]]''

* 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=86PUB4u2s2A slides a horse]]!

* The TropeNamer is ''Densha de D'', an AffectionateParody of ''Manga/InitialD'' [[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.

Just your average HotPursuit or DeathRace. Nothing to see here, folks, move on--

* One of [[Literature/CiaphasCain Jurgen's]] many talents is driving a forty-ton Salamander scout tank ''[[DrivesLikeCrazy like a sportscar]]''. Pray you aren't in the way if he realizes he's running late, because the Commissar is ''never'' allowed to be late.

* The TropeNamer is ''Densha de D'', an AffectionateParody of ''InitialD'' [[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.

* In ''MobileSuitGundamMSIGLOO'' and ''Igloo 2'', the Hidolfr and RTX-440 Guntanks are machines that are in scale with the mobile suits they fight against. Given that, [[LightningBruiser they're much faster and more agile then they appear.]] An example being the Hidolfr pivoting on its axis ''while moving forward.''

* The particularly memorable "tank chase" from ''Film/GoldenEye'' is one of the stronger examples, with Film/JamesBond 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 [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMX7_z4ixFQ awesome]].
** [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] earlier with a Mercedes-Benz [[PopTheTires sans its tires, which have been shot to pieces]], in ''Film/{{Octopussy}}'', where Bond has to catch up with a circus train. [[ThisIsGonnaSuck Cue train approaching from the opposite direction]]. He, naturally, makes the jump before the inevitable collision. [[CaptainObvious Mercedes-Benzes are not frequently made in track gauges]], so the special effects crew had to improvise one.
* ''[[Film/TheItalianJob2003 The Italian Job]]'' (2003 remake) features some particularly shiny Mini Coopers navigating through buildings like some parkour maniac. The cars used were heavily modified to withstand the highly atypical driving conditions.
** [[Film/TheItalianJob1969 The original version]], with Michael Caine, has ''even better'' Mini car-fu of this nature, including a scene where the cars can be seen driving over the roof of the local Fiat factory.

* ''Film/{{Battleship}}'' manages to do it with... well, a ''battleship'', thanks to creative application of the anchor.
** This maneuver is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchor#Club_hauling club hauling]] and was used in the age of sail to turn in a small radius. Using it on a battleship at flank speed would probably just drag the anchor.

* The titular ''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.

* ''PlanetSide 2'' features the Lightning, a [[FragileSpeedster one-man light tank]]. With the "Racer" chassis upgrade, it's capable of doing powerslides. The alternate chassis upgrade, "Rival" improves its turning radius, allowing it to drift once sufficiently upgraded. It should be noted that all vehicles in Planetside 2, no matter the weight or drivetrain have utterly appalling traction, so slides in heavy tanks and 6-wheel-drive armoured busses are no challenge to pull.

* WarThunder Ground Forces is notorious for having all tanks slide around at the slightest bit of turning at speed. Ironic, as it's in most ways more realistic than it's rival, WorldOfTanks.

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** 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 suspension in the process.

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* ''Series/TopGearUS'' has an episode where the resident BadassDriver, Tanner Foust, is challenged to put a variety of vehicles into a drift. He manages to drift a stretch Lincoln limousine (with [[ButtMonkey Rutledge]] in the back), and a full-sized ''city bus''. A later episode has the three hosts racing tractors (which they described in terms of cars); Tanner begins to do donuts in his 6 ton tractor after the race.
* Due to high crosswinds, the pilots seen in ''Flying Wild Alaska'' do this on pretty much every other landing.

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