Drift · FAQ

Dedicated drift servers, pocket chain HUD, tandem multiplier, SWARM / VDC boxes, DRIFT leaderboard.

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FAQ & guides

• 🚀 Getting Started — New to Assetto Corsa or HammerTime? Content Manager, CSP, joining servers, cars and tracks, common errors, wheel and graphics basics.
• 🖥 UI & HUD — Score HUD, Store, Tuning, Guides, lap ghosts, drive challenges, leaderboard, teleport and car color — with screenshots.
• 🟢 NOW ONLINE — Discord live roster, categories, join / car pickers, and the in-game NOW ONLINE button (JOIN / CARS / SPEC / WATCH).
• 🟣 Party — Crew of up to 6 across the whole HammerTime fleet, JOIN LEADER, party voice — not the same as drive challenges.
• 👥 Teams — Persistent [TAG] crews, Combined PB, Crew Week, HQ threads, auto-invite, team vs team — not the same as Party.
• 🌀 Drift — Dedicated drift servers, pocket chain HUD, tandem multiplier, SWARM / VDC boxes, DRIFT leaderboard.
• 🚔 Most Wanted — Notorious x HammerTime Shutoko chase: wanted stars, heat levels, cops, bust vs escape, crimson HUD.
• 🛣 SRP Routes — Skip Two Lanes vs Two Lanes, Portal ON hops, classic U-turn backup, ghosts per route.
• 🚗 Sierra Smart AI — What Smart AI does on Sierra de Cadiz, traffic difficulty voting, tips.
• 🏁 Progressional Ladder — Nord / Spa / Monza Progressional Ladder — open fleet, ladder points, class multipliers.

🌀 Drift · Servers, HUD & Tandem

Dedicated drift servers, pocket chain HUD, tandem multiplier, SWARM / VDC boxes, DRIFT leaderboard.

🌀 How to Drift on HammerTime

Dedicated drift servers — no traffic packing, a pocket chain HUD, and a DRIFT leaderboard that is separate from run PTS. HammerTime already scores slides, overtakes, and near-misses on every traffic map. Drift servers are a different product: the road is empty, the HUD is built around a continuous chain, and another human nearby multiplies that chain (tandem). Where to open it • Content Manager → HammerTime → Drift category • In-game NOW ONLINE / HT SERVERS → Drift • Discord Servers assistant → Drift • This FAQ thread + hammertime.gg FAQ → Drift Not the same as • Traffic score-attack (SRP, Sierra, LAC public, …) — those keep the gold PTS cluster and Heat/Wanted • Most Wanted — chase/heat product. Drift HUD is off there • Drive Challenges (honk 3×) and Party (honk 2×) still work on Drift *Full leave + rejoin after a big HUD update. Menu reconnect is not enough.*

Part 1 — Live Drift servers

Twelve live servers in the Drift hub category. Search the live name in Content Manager. Every box is empty road (no traffic) and locked to midday 12:00 so it does not run into night. VDC Public Car Pack 5.0 (27 public cars) 1. HammerTime Drift Akina Downhill x VDC — 194.156.90.234:8005 2. HammerTime Drift Akina Uphill x VDC — 194.156.90.234:5083 — same mountain, spawn at the bottom 3. HammerTime Drift LA Canyons x VDC — 194.156.90.234:8006 4. HammerTime Drift x VDC — 194.156.90.234:8008 — original Drift arena (18 pits) 5. HammerTime Drift Klutch Kickers x VDC — 194.156.90.234:3082 — ADC Klutch Kickers — Drifters Paradise (30 pits) 6. HammerTime Drift Brooklyn Park x VDC — 194.156.90.234:7084 — CToretto Brooklyn Park (32 pits) 7. HammerTime Drift Nordschleife x VDC — 194.156.90.234:7085 — tourist layout, start/finish + Ring checkpoints stay as Drift MODE nodes Team SWARM Car Pack V3.2 (30 cars — WDTS cars were removed) 8. HammerTime Drift x SWARM — 194.156.90.234:8007 — same Drift arena as :8008 9. HammerTime Drift Brooklyn Park x SWARM — 194.156.90.234:1084 10. HammerTime Drift La Canyons x SWARM — 194.156.90.234:7086 11. HammerTime Drift Klutch Kickers x SWARM — 194.156.90.234:7082 12. HammerTime Drift Ebisu North x SWARM — 194.156.90.234:5082 — Perma Ebisu North Course (45 pits) Content Manager Install missing content serves SWARM / VDC cars plus Brooklyn Park, Klutch, Ebisu, the Drift arena zip, and Akina from this VPS. LA Canyons + Nordschleife maps are cars-only in CM — grab those tracks from Discord track-downloads. A zip from those two boxes would overwrite a full pack.

Part 2 — Join, cars, and first load

Join 1. Open Content Manager with CSP 2. Find the server (name above, or NOW ONLINE JOIN) 3. If CM asks to Install missing content, let it — SWARM / VDC / Brooklyn / Klutch / Ebisu / arena / Akina are hosted here. LA Canyons + Nord tracks come from Discord track-downloads 4. Pick a driveable seat and join In-game hop: NOW ONLINE / Servers tab JOIN shows SWITCHING SERVERS. Keep Content Manager open. Do not close that CM window. Reconnect from the pause menu does not pass track/layout ids, so CSP can false-flag a missing layout on maps that have none. First load after an update Leave to the menu and rejoin. That loads ScoreUI + the pocket Drift HUD. A menu reconnect is not enough. What you should see • Gold PTS / BOOST / combo cluster (same as the rest of the fleet) • Bottom-left Markings · Ghost · Portal · Chief • A compact DRIFT chain plate immediately right of that stack • SOCIAL and NOW ONLINE bottom-right, same window size as every other box If SOCIAL opens off-screen, it was an old layout — current Drift boxes use the same default window positions as the fleet. Move from the title-bar dots; scale from a corner; KEEP saves it on this PC.

Part 3 — Drift HUD (pocket chain plate)

The chain HUD sits in the empty pocket right of the bottom-left Markings stack, bottom-aligned with that cluster, left of the compass. Both score UIs stay on screen. The chain plate does not replace PTS. (An earlier version hid the gold cluster — that is retired.) Plates are straight rectangles (not slanted). Footer shows your drift-leaderboard rank and chain PB, for example #12 PB 7,545,629, plus BANK when a chain just paid. What the live plate shows while you slide • Chain points (the big number) • Combo (builds the longer you hold) • Tandem multiplier when another human is close • Praise flashes: DRIFT MODE · NICE DRIFT · DEEP ANGLE · ON FIRE · UNTOUCHABLE · TANDEM · DOOR TO DOOR · SWITCH · CHAIN BANKED · NEW DRIFT PB Party / team invites pop above this pocket so they do not cover the chain HUD or the Markings stack. LOCAL clock + Time Vote sit on the Guides/Leaderboard row (same as the rest of the fleet). Leaderboard cycle on Drift / Akina: HIGHSCORES → LAPS → TOKENS (when on) → TEAMS → DRIFT → back. The DRIFT tab is chain PBs — not run PTS.

Part 4 — How a chain scores

Start a chain Hold a real slide for about 0.4 s. The plate flashes DRIFT MODE and the chain starts at 0. What counts as a slide (any one of these) • 10 km/h+ with enough yaw (donuts / tight rotation count) • 18 km/h+ with ~12°+ slip angle • 14 km/h+ with ~16°+ slip and yaw A crash animation kills the slide immediately. Points while the chain is live Each tick: base × angle × speed × combo × long-hold bonus × tandem. • Angle pays mid-slide; very deep (>120°) drops off — keep it hooked, not spinning out • Speed scales up through ~72 km/h (cap ~2.35×) • Combo climbs toward 8× the longer you hold • After 3 s of chain time, a long-hold bonus starts stacking SWITCH — change drift direction after ~0.45 s in the chain for a burst (420 × combo × tandem) and a combo bump. The plate flashes SWITCH. Bank / end Stop sliding and you get 6 seconds of grace. If you do not hook it again, the chain banks. Only chains of 250+ bank into your session total and can become a chain PB. Smaller wiggles are ignored so a tap does not pollute the board. Chain score is not the gold PTS run. Both can climb at once.

Part 5 — Tandem (human proximity)

Another human driver near you multiplies the chain (not run PTS). On Ghost Tandem / Tandem Battle, the visible ghost also counts. Multiplier • 4× at about 1 m center-to-center (DOOR TO DOOR) • Linear down to 1× at the window edge • Pad maps + Nordschleife + Akina + Ebisu: window is 10 m • Both LA Canyons Drift boxes: window is 50 m (canyon scale) • Beyond that: no tandem The other car has to be moving (~10 km/h+). AI / traffic does not count. Most Wanted cops do not count. The scan only runs while you are sliding so the extra HUD does not hitch CSP. How to use it 1. Line up with a mate on the same Drift server 2. Match speed and stay inside the window (closer = more) 3. Hold the slide — the plate shows TANDEM / DOOR TO DOOR 4. SWITCH together for stacked bursts Party of up to 6 and Teams [TAG] both work here. Voice is still party proximity (mates only). Teleport-to-mate is same-server, behind their car. Ghost Tandem is live on every Drift box, including both LA Canyons. MODE → GHOST TANDEM replays the map’s chain-PB lead as a LEAD marker so the tandem multiplier still works on an empty server.

Part 5b — Drift MODE

Live on every Drift server, including Nordschleife and Akina Uphill. On join, HOW DRIFT MODES WORK shows before MODE — about 95% of the screen, two columns, Main font, one card per mode. CONTINUE opens the picker. Gold MODE then sits above the pocket chain plate (Klutch’s title still reads KLUTCH MODES). This is not Glencoe MODE / Roadbook / Canyon Attack. Leave + rejoin once after the update so the join guide and picker load. A menu reconnect is not enough. Modes (all score on the existing chain plate) • FREEROAM — open pad, chain HUD as today • CLIP ATTACK — chain only inside judged clip zones (Klutch course clips; LAC canyon gates; Nord planted Ring checkpoints; other maps use planted lap checkpoints) • TANDEM BATTLE — 5 minutes; chain points count only while you are in the tandem window (human or visible ghost; 10 m on pad/Nord/Akina, 50 m on LA Canyons Drift) • GHOST TANDEM — match the chain-PB lead when the server is empty. No lead yet? The chain still scores so one can be seeded • KING OF THE PAD — biggest live 250+ chain nearby holds the crown (this server only, not Discord) • SURVIVAL CHAIN — 3 chain lives (PTS hearts stay separate); a crash wipes the slide • SWITCH GAUNTLET — only SWITCH bursts score • PARTY SNAKE — tandem only with party mates • CREW WALL — tandem only with tagged teammates • LEAD / CHASE — lead holds the chain; chase scores for staying in the window • RUN ATTACK — one drop, start gate to finish gate. Crash = RUN WIPE. Akina: whichever idle gate you cross first starts the lap Honk 3× drive challenges still score run PTS, not chain. Use MODE → Tandem Battle for the chain duel.

Part 6 — Boards, PBs, and `/resetpb`

Chain PB (this product) When a 250+ chain banks and beats your best, it posts to HTbot (/drift-chain). That is the number on: • In-game DRIFT tab • Pocket HUD footer (#n PB …) • Discord HT Drift Chain Rankings (/postdriftboard) — same GIF banner language as overtake, silent edit in place, ranked by chain PB (not run PTS) Link Steam so the board can credit you. Run PTS / lifetime score is separate. The gold cluster, Highscores tab, ranks, and tokens still use lifetime score-attack points (slides + overtakes + near-misses + combo on any server). /resetpb (Discord, Steam-linked) clears your stored score-attack PB and score-based Discord roles. Tokens and lifetime points stay. It does not wipe the drift-chain board. Chain PBs only move when you bank a bigger chain. Reset Ghost PB (in-game, next to Reset Lap) is on every Drift server except both LA Canyons. First tap: Tap Confirm to reset Ghost PB. Second tap within 5 s clears your lap ghost + time PB for this map only. Nordschleife Drift writes only to the isolated Nord Drift store — public / Certified / Event Nord ghosts are untouched. Akina Uphill and Downhill have separate ghost stores. Weekend Party 2XP (Friday noon → Sunday midnight Pacific, 2+ in party, ~90 m) still boosts run PTS, not the chain formula.

Part 7 — What Drift boxes do not run

Off on Drift / Akina • Traffic / Smart AI / AI-per-player scaler (empty road) • Heat / Wanted meter and Most Wanted chase • Glencoe MODE / Roadbook / Glen Garage / Cinema chrome — converted servers had leftover Shutoko / PCH / Ring Attack timing stripped • Center-swap HUD that hid PTS (retired 2026-08-29) • Crew Chief ghost-gap / pace / lap / stage / life-loss speech (score-PB, party, and social radio stay). Bottom-left CHIEF ON/OFF still works • Clock running into night — every Drift server is locked midday 12:00 Still on • Gold PTS cluster, Store, Tuning, Guides, SOCIAL (Teams / Party / Chat / Friends / HELP) • NOW ONLINE, Time Vote (sun poll still exists; Drift time-of-day stays noon until staff change it), teleport extras, car color (player slots only) • Rank badges / [TAG] / [#n] nametags • Party voice, teleport-to-mate, team vs team HUD under the hearts • Ghost-arrow names stay on compact Drift pads (no distance cull flicker) Most Wanted is the opposite: one Shutoko collab server, Noto crimson HUD, no Drift chain plate.

Part 8 — Tips & common questions

I don't see the chain HUD • Confirm the server name contains Drift or Akina • Full leave + rejoin (not menu reconnect) • Look right of Markings / Ghost / Portal / Chief, not on top of PTS Install missing content fails / slow • Use Install missing content from the CM server card (this VPS hosts SWARM, VDC, Brooklyn Park, Klutch, Ebisu, arena, Akina). WDTS cars are no longer on SWARM. LA Canyons + Nord maps: Discord track-downloads • A truncated zip looks like *_2.zip / zip directory missing — wait for the host file to finish, then retry SOCIAL / STORE opened off-screen Fixed to fleet defaults. Drag the title-bar dots; KEEP to save. ASSISTANT (owner / Noto 8) does not hide SOCIAL. Why did my chain vanish? Under 250 points does not bank. Crashes cancel the slide. 6 s grace after you straighten — hook it again to keep going. Can I tandem with traffic / cops? No. Humans (or the visible ghost in Ghost Tandem / Tandem Battle), moving. 10 m on pad / Nord / Akina / Ebisu. 50 m on both LA Canyons Drift servers. Klutch / Ebisu / Nord showed MODE / Roadbook Leftover Shutoko / Ring Attack timing on converted servers — stripped. Rejoin if you still see Glen chrome. LA Canyons Drift Canyon stages + start/finish stay as Drift MODE nodes — not Canyon Attack / GPS / Roadbook. Drive through START: heading toward RedBox Launch vs Lawyer Climb locks CW or CCW. Ghosts are a new isolated era (overtake LAC ghosts on public servers are unchanged). Ghost arrows follow the drift yaw the car recorded. No Reset Ghost PB on these two. Akina Downhill pits sit on the asphalt (you should not fall through the floor). Uphill (layout_uphill) plants at the bottom. First idle gate still swaps direction. Downhill and Uphill do not share ghost PBs. Nordschleife Drift Same tourist layout. Planted Hatzenbach →

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