Drifting & Manual Transmission go hand in hand 8)
for Most Wanted, do some car set-up, make the car Slide more by changing "Steering" settings & decrease the "Aerodynamics" (higher ride height = lesser grip).
but in MW its difficult to drift, anyways the best car to drift in wud be "Dodge Viper", also try it in Lancer EVO VIII 8).
To initiate Drift, give
minute Handbrake input ( tap the handbake key ONCE) & then on hold the car in lower gear (2nd) & drift your way thru the turns
Drifting in CMR-
same as above, but here you need to put some hardwork in holding the car "in line" & in "drift".
just when you are about to enter a corner,
lift off from throttle->
brake hard (to entry speed), -> pull (press

) the handbrake & turn the car simultaneously (flicking the back-end of car - weight shift), now when the car is "sideways" leave the handbrake ->
Full THROTTLE in 2nd gear-> counter steer. (you have to do all this under 2 seconds).
Manual in CMR will need aa steering wheel, so better select the
Semi-Auto gearbox== -automatic gear shift but you can over-ride gears any-time, downshift or upshift.
so you can keep the car in 2nd gear in a "3rd gear corner/turn", just for fun in Drifting
NOTE: brake
hard (to entry speed) [coz higher momentum= easy flickin of rear end]
read more here -
Racing Games Discussion - some useful Tips for CMR05