Is my car a bad choice?

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klevrah
Hows it guys.

OK. My best drift car is the standard model "SLR McLaren 03". when i started drifting I learnt on the ford cobra 1st, then rx7 spirit r and then I moved to drifting everything that can once i got the hang of tuning. I brought the SLR from online dealership and decided to try it to deal with viper and ferarri drifters online that kept smoking my used to be favourite rx7. It worked but it worked to well.

The car is stock power wise @616bhp and weighs 1348kg. I only do CH tyres and FR rooms. Im always getting guys hassling me about my car preference. Saying that im too fast. In a D1 comp I'm going to bring my best drifter and if you cant keep up with it, you need to upgrade your pace right? Keep in mind Im getting the same angle just alot faster.
 
Its fine to drift a powerful car as long as it not too overpowered (i.e. 900+ hp Viper). Online there are some d**** in Lambo SV's who flash you and beep at you to get out of their way. If you don't do that then your fine.

M3 is better though :lol:
 
jrkiwiboy
Its fine to drift a powerful car as long as it not too overpowered (i.e. 900+ hp Viper). Online there are some d**** in Lambo SV's who flash you and beep at you to get out of their way. If you don't do that then your fine.

M3 is better though :lol:
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:) thanks for reply. Im not ramming & I can drift it at the pace of a 200sx fairly easily. I don't see what the problem is with these guys. keep practicing I think.
 
Hardly a top speed drifting car will replicate the same lines to cars from lower category, just because fast cars need speed for hold their lines. If your SLR is following a 200sx (witch is already a car faster than it looks), probably at some moment you will need to hold your slides and regain grip.

Maybe thats why i use my SLS AMG so few times. I dont bring a bazooka to a knife party. Normaly i try to divide my cars in diferent categories (S, A, B, C). Your car would be the S while the 200sx would be the B.
 
It really depends on the lobby you join. You should select a car that is around the same performance points of your opponents. I understand your point concerning doing whatever it take to win but if you enter a lobby full of AE86's and 180sx's (for example) it would be abit unfair using a SLR don't you think? :lol: To answer your question your car's not a bad choice but you should pick a car that is fast yet competitive compared to your opponents.
 
DKWang25
It really depends on the lobby you join. You should select a car that is around the same performance points of your opponents. I understand your point concerning doing whatever it take to win but if you enter a lobby full of AE86's and 180sx's (for example) it would be abit unfair using a SLR don't you think? :lol: To answer your question your car's not a bad choice but you should pick a car that is fast yet competitive compared to your opponents.
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It wouldn't be unfai. Its no competition, its about skill. If you can get a McMerc around a corner just like your counterpart then you have as much right to drift your car as he has for his car.

Simple
 
jrkiwiboy
It wouldn't be unfai. Its no competition, its about skill. If you can get a McMerc around a corner just like your counterpart then you have as much right to drift your car as he has for his car.

Simple
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And then you get in a 500pp limited lobbie. What you gonna do?
 
Lazy Liquid
And then you get in a 500pp limited lobbie. What you gonna do?
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Get Lulsec to hack the PSN again? What I meant to say was its fine to drift a high powered car without being a prat. If a lounge has a pp limit then that is that. Just drift in another lobby if you want to or just go offline
 
I think your car choice is just fine, don't see anything wrong with it at all.

Variety is the spice of life.
 
thanks to everyone for their input.

I meant that I can tandem from the speed of a 200sx right up to the speed of the SLR:)

there were vipers in this comp, which is why i decided to ask on here if the SLR was an unfair car to use for drifting period. I have come across drifters that are capable of tandem drift at a higher speed than regular slow tandem, but not much. And its always a very hard battle indeed.

I have another SL Mclaren 03 that I will tune and put online for anyone who hasn't got one to have a try for themselves. I may also post the settings in the depot (maybe).
 
Don't let other people make you doubt your choice. Any car can be drifted, that is if you manage to make it drift. Drift a car you love. Enjoy the fun of drifting.
 
AngryBenko
Don't let other people make you doubt your choice. Any car can be drifted, that is if you manage to make it drift. Drift a car you love. Enjoy the fun of drifting.
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Very true. Hate to burst your bubble but you can't drift a FF unless you are Chuck Norris. That gives me an idea...


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Wait untill someone sets the HP limit and you have to cut half of your cars power. Its also a good way to learn new things
 
DogFightKingz
Wait untill someone sets the HP limit and you have to cut half of your cars power. Its also a good way to learn new things
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Exactly... speed is nice and all, but part of the skill of drifting(in my opinion anyways) is restraint....if you're drifting againts vipers and merc and ferraris, indeed, go buckwild...but if you can't drift behind a ae86 or miata w/out having to ram or pass or if you can't lead w/out leaving the competition far behind, then its time to adjust your settings or practice more; one of the saddest things to me in drifting(irl and virtually) is the emphasis on hp to drift effectively, and how anything w/ less than 400 hp is no longer competitive ..I guess to answer the op its not necessarily a bad car choice, but a bit defeatist to say that you have to drift that fast, I'm sure you can go slower
 
Megamarcx84
Exactly... speed is nice and all, but part of the skill of drifting(in my opinion anyways) is restraint....if you're drifting againts vipers and merc and ferraris, indeed, go buckwild...but if you can't drift behind a ae86 or miata w/out having to ram or pass or if you can't lead w/out leaving the competition far behind, then its time to adjust your settings or practice more; one of the saddest things to me in drifting(irl and virtually) is the emphasis on hp to drift effectively, and how anything w/ less than 400 hp is no longer competitive ..I guess to answer the op its not necessarily a bad car choice, but a bit defeatist to say that you have to drift that fast, I'm sure you can go slower
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Yea I see alot of high HP exotics these days online, its not all about power.
 
What kind of Viper? The ACR? ACR is "S".
Otherwise the GT-S is "A".

S to A is viable, S to B is not.

I would not be any impressed if your SLR can chase a 200sx (even emulating his line and holding down the drift sometimes), but i would be impressed if this 200sx will be able to tandem your SLR, witch in most of cases in 99% of the tracks wont happen.
 
ive stated multiple times that I can drift/ tandem at a low powered cars speed, but, I also reckon that its just plain lazy and gutless to "just" drift 250-500 bhp cars isn't it?

I mean when I was only drifting my rx7, I didn't complain to the ferarris about their speed, I just went and taught myself to drift at a higher speed because "I" got pissed that I couldn't catch them. I reckon that most drifters have not progressed far enough skill wise to take my drift seriously.

Anyway I've gone and brought a capture card so I can upload all the replays I have of EXTEME level drifters doing 1:39(tandem with big trix) laps around deep forest just to prove to people who only drift lower level cars that there is a level of drifting above 500bhp.
 
This is the way the community has gone in general to be honest, Vipers, Corvettes, RX7s, M3s.

I preferred it when people used S13s and the likes.
 
jrkiwiboy
Its fine to drift a powerful car as long as it not too overpowered (i.e. 900+ hp Viper). Online there are some d**** in Lambo SV's who flash you and beep at you to get out of their way. If you don't do that then your fine.

M3 is better though :lol:
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i like your choice in car & i completely agree w/ you, except that it doesn't matter how much hp you have in your car, as long as you can control it.
 
klevrah
Anyway I've gone and brought a capture card so I can upload all the replays I have of EXTEME level drifters doing 1:39(tandem with big trix) laps around deep forest just to prove to people who only drift lower level cars that there is a level of drifting above 500bhp.
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I seriously almost teared up a bit when I read this...are people seriously timing their drift runs? I most commonly run a 515hp BTR when I drift, does the fact my laps usually run about 2+ mins disqualify me from the "EXTEME" level of drifters? I don't know where you hail from, but posts like these epitomize the American attitude towards drifting and why soon anything w/ less than 6 cyl will no longer be able to compete in pro drifting comps...on a side note, however, I do anxiously await the uploads of these replays you spoke of..
 
Megamarcx84
I seriously almost teared up a bit when I read this...are people seriously timing their drift runs? I most commonly run a 515hp BTR when I drift, does the fact my laps usually run about 2+ mins disqualify me from the "EXTEME" level of drifters? I don't know where you hail from, but posts like these epitomize the American attitude towards drifting and why soon anything w/ less than 6 cyl will no longer be able to compete in pro drifting comps...on a side note, however, I do anxiously await the uploads of these replays you spoke of..
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Agreed. I think your pretty extreme haha
 

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