I think a practicle look at this situation is required. Don't start shooting yet!
Yes,the holding procedures require tracks and 180 degree turns etc. but if you are descending into a holding pattern, initially, depending on the level of equipment,( let's say a sole ADF preparing for an NDB approach -poor bas####s) then the forecast is the only indicator available as to set up for the outbound leg. So you could carefully calculate the drift with your wizz wheel, apply an outbound heading, and you still would'nt know how your outbound track ended up until turning inbound.
So to make life a bit easier, it was suggested when I did my I/R (>20 yrs ago - no GPS) that you would initially apply 2 times drift for a 2 min pattern, or 3 times drift for a 1 min pattern, and use the information gleaned by the inbound turn and tracking to adjust the next patterns outbound leg. The theory being that after that first pattern, you should have the track pretty well summed up.
The FMCs used on the jets use the FMC derived wind to fly the required entry and holding procedures. So the outbound track will be exactly that, a track