Nitroboy24
I wouldn't go to great lengths with that first statement. Unless you are in a humongous parking lot I guarentee that you'd be scared sh_tless to try and throw you car sideways at 80mph like you can in GT3 or GT4. Trust me on that one, I had drifting in GT3 mastered my freshman year of highschool (I'm a senior now) and you really cant apply too much that you learned in a video game to real life.
Just the adrenaline/fear alone clouds your thoughts so you can't be like 'well if I was in GT3 right now I would do this ______' you just dont have enough time to think it through. You just have to keep on trying so you get comfortable with everything thats going on and you know what to expect and what to do, etc.
I think the oversteer physics in GT4 are horrible and I never got used to it. Not to mention my PS2 decided to corrupt my data 4 times and I quit playing it all together.
I definitely think you can transfer over things that you learn in the actual racing portions of the game to real life though. Just knowing the racing line is huge and can definitely be incorporated into real life, on-track experiences. Ok I'm done rambling now..oh and I drive a '91 bmw 318is incase anyone was wondering though I'm pretty sure I've got that listed in my sig...
I Agree Fully^^^^^^
Also having just gone out touge racing a few hours ago I can tell you that being comfotable and having real life experience is the only thing that matters when your out there. It all has to be second nature or you'll get nervous or be uncomfortable and untrusting of the car.
I am a absolute pro at drifting in any game. It's just so easy when you can get away with mistakes and all you have to do is learn the physics engine well enough to adapt and apply your techniques to it. Once you got that down all you got to do is learn the car and the track and badabing you dorifto like a Formula D champion of the world. Honestly I do things in video games you'd have to have a death wish or indestructable tires or have physics that don't exist on earth to do in real life. Sometimes I can't help but laugh thinking about how crazy it'd be in real life.
All of it transfers directly from real life to video game........but only a few things like racing line and throttle control apply from game to real....And this is only if you have a good wheel.
TRUST ME, It's a whole different world when your on a BARELY 2 lane mountain road at 4am with blind tuns and EXTREMELY limited visibility even with the brights on due to sharp turns or hills or cliffs limiting your vision, with a cliff on both sides, one up shooting and one down falling, and no guard rails to be found......and your going 40-90mph cutting across lanes, occasionally squeeling a tire.......If you don't know that road and your car like the back of your hand you will die......or atleast your car will.......something bad always happens when a car slides off a road with a cliff on either side and no runnoff area whatsoever. It's nerve wracking and exhausting work enough just trying to keep the car balanced grip driving like that.......I don't even want to imagine drifting this road...even in the rain that would be insane.
I timed myself for 5 runs uphill (not balsy enough to attemp that downhill yet) and my first run was 9minutes + (untimed, just driving the road normally to get it back into memory), by the last run I was in the 5 minute range. I could get down to mid 4's if I could get more comfortable, but that damn seat just won't hold me for nothing and my legs keep hitting the steering wheel.....plus, I just feel all cramped up in the car anymore for some reason...I need to find a better seating arrangement I guess......I never had this problem with the Z...
Now don't get me wrong.....game experience never hurts......I mean the fundamentals are there......if you get sideways, you correct......correct to much and you'll spin the other direction or go straight off, don't correct enough and you'll spin, entry speed matters most. Don't get TOO much wheelspin.......yada yada yada, but what it all comes down to is you don't have time to think.....you just respond and real life experience is all that matters.
BTW, I go drifting around like mad when it rains. Speed is what makes it dangerous and scary, you need speed in the dry to drift with an open diff (DAMN YOU PEG LEGGING!!!
), but you don't need much speed in the rain. And if you have an open diff you'll have to learn special techniques to get it sideways and not have a peg leg festival.
Wow, sorry for the rant.....but it's all true and if you're seriously wondering about the quesion this thread brings about, YOU SHOULD READ IT!!!!!
