Engine cuts of while trying to drift or do donuts

[Dontgetstung45]

I recently found a huge empty parking lot and decided to try some sliding and a donut or two.
I guess the little kid in me took over

Well, it didn't go as planned. As soon as I started to spin, the engine CUT OFF. All the lights came on. Also, the brakes engaged. I was stationary. I was real scared for a second that something was wrong. However, I put it in park and started back up, and it's like nothing ever happened.

I had it in sport mode....TCS off and ESC off.
Any insight??

 

[nhcowboy28]

Need to enable drift mode.

go the the nav screen.

search by address

in the street name field

enter the following
“up up down down left right left right b a start”.

 

[Dontgetstung45]

Thanks for that valuable info

 

[jthrelf]

AWD or RWD? I don't know too much but my guess is the AWD torque vectoring took over even with the other controls disabled.

 

[Dontgetstung45]

AWD or RWD? I don't know too much but my guess is the AWD torque vectoring took over even with the other controls disabled.

I am RWD

 

[MU521]

I recently found a huge empty parking lot and decided to try some sliding and a donut or two.
I guess the little kid in me took over

Well, it didn't go as planned. As soon as I started to spin, the engine CUT OFF. All the lights came on. Also, the brakes engaged. I was stationary. I was real scared for a second that something was wrong. However, I put it in park and started back up, and it's like nothing ever happened.

I had it in sport mode....TCS off and ESC off.
Any insight??

its sounds like you are experiencing what the guy was experiencing in this video. Need to make sure the car is in correct gear and not in auto when doing so. Maybe try in 2nd gear

 

[turboAWD]

I did a "drift circle" once at an auto-cross with AWD (no rear LSD in the '19 GT1). Tore up 3/4 of my tires (tore patches off them). Will never do that again.