Originally posted by 280Z_surge
I am firmly convinced that there is at least one scenario (possibly more than one) in which drifting can result in clearing a corner faster than grip racing. BUT... i don't know in what situations this would be true. Can anybody tell me when/where drift racing will be faster than grip?
Originally posted by diablo-wp
Even in rallying, if a rally driver KNEW the track well, he wouldnt drift as much.DRIFT AAAASSS MUCH.
Ask any rally driver, the reason they go sideways, is not so much to go fast, but to keep control of the vehicle under unpredictable circumstances. Lets assume its a special stage in monte carlo, on a dry monaco. lets assume CM doesnt know the track and his taking notes form his navigator.
Note how he slides around all the corners.
Now lets give the same car to Colin after his mastered the track.
Note how he still slides around, using all available grip, but not sliding AS much. THAT is grip driving, and THAT is faster.
I think the term GRIP is use incorrectly sometimes as its not an absolute term, like I mentioned earlier, driving on the limit, entails using ALL available grip, and then some. hence SOME drifting involved.... Im begining to confuse myself now!![]()
Originally posted by bengee
LOL... Technically that is 4 wheeld drift... "grip with slip"... And no matter what, that is the fastest way around most corners... Countersteering is not always necessary (when actually in the turn)... Just thought i would point that out... On a dirt course there is no way that a driver would not drift ( it is not practical to slow down as perg said). The friction levels are much less of dirt so four wheel drift has greater drift angles and the balance between 4wheel and exhibition is less clear ( just becuase exhibition is easier to slip into). Maintaining grip while driving fast is grip driving... and to me this entails absolutely no slip angle... The only reason there is this confusion over hte term 4 wheeld drift is becuqase everyone now thinks of drift as a showy thing only... And in the beginning that is not how it was at all...
Originally posted by Thio
The answers you're looking for are somewhere in these jungle of posts![]()