Mario Kart Tour - Manual Drifting Tips

As a Level 15 player, I can drive _and steer_ very well with Manual _without_ the tilt/gyro controls.
While this control scheme _cannot_ steer naturally, it _can_ however be done with the following technique:

- Start a drift by swiping a finger from middle to the left or right, wherever you want to go.
- For the sake of clear explanation, keep an eye on _when_ your kart begins drifting (i.e. you see smoke, your kart twists into a drift stance, etc.)
- Then, just let go of the drift soon after.   I define "soon" to be within 0.3 (or 3/10ths) of a second, or less, since your drift started.  This timing affects how efficient the steering will be.  It is by no means strict, so keep practising and adjusting your timing(s) until you feel comfortable.

- If you need to continue turning, repeat all the steps above - rinse and repeat!  If you steered too far in, you can of course do it in the opposite direction.
Note: for sharp turns you still want to drift normally.  Don't push into the walls too hard or your drift may stop.  Lastly, to charge a Mini-Turbo on a straight line (on the ground) while drifting, the game generously allows you to drift in a (nearly) straight line if you hold your drift as far out as possible for a long time.

If you're good with Manual drift (or getting there), I actually wouldn't recommend learning the tilt/gyro controls - they're confusing to learn at first (drifting requires your fingers and cannot be controlled by tilting) and I'm more comfortable without them (my phone screen is too tall).