Am I missing some key aspect of being good at this?

[DitztheViking]

I'm trying to clean up on some old trophy lists to improve my Completion Percentage and I'm currentLy working on Motorstorm RC, I was doing pretty okay and so far my times have been pretty close to what Is needed for the 40 minutes but I'm really struggling on getting those last few seconds and the last 4 races in each event and ALL the drifts.

 

I'm currently banging my head against Plank Rattler and I just can't beat the Gold, I've looked at the one video that exists of a run(here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ln_DVlJB-ac) and I just can't understand how he corners like that.

 

As for Drift races, which is something I always have with Racing Games, I justy can't hack it, I'll get into a good drift but I have no idea how I'm actually doing it. The only game I've ever been able to 'Master' drifting is Modnation racers as that's because there is literally a Drift Button. I can get one drift going but can't seem to transition to another direction.