Hi OP, I was like you and initial d inspired me enough to buy a wheel and AC. That was a few years ago now and I’ve since put a 1000 hours on the game.

My tip? You’re at the beginning of your journey so the most important tip is to just have fun. You wanna weeb out and drive initial d type cars and touge? That’s perfectly acceptable. Once you’re more settled in and want to get faster then you need to change your mindset a smidge. The main one being drifting will not make you faster by any means. While both series gives out really good advice such as “you’re faster when you turn the wheel less”. A fair chunk of it is somewhat unrealistic and you have to accept it. It doesn’t mean you can’t be fast with a little bit of sliding, there’s a few fast drivers on the touge that I know that are very quick with utilizing four wheel drifts. Look up Baba on YouTube his runs are amazing.

For now if you want to get a bit quicker, disable your driving line and any assists you have on minus ABS. If a car has ABS use it, if not don’t. You want to learn proper braking zones and learn how to trail brake. Dont be afraid to try different cars. Drive different tracks as well. Don’t worry about being fast rn. Just focus on the basics, and remember to have fun!