Vinsion's Scoring
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Contestant #8 - White Toyota Celica GT-Four (ST205) '98
The first thing I liked about this video is that the drifter seemed to hold on the drifts for a good amount of time, no cutting it short seen in this video. When I think about how much power this car is capable of, and how much it needs for drifting, I realize that this car won't even put out too much smoke, so for the amount of smoke I can see in the video, it's pretty considerable. The only real qualm I have is that the car never really gets any big angles, it seems as if the driver chose a speedier line over a showier drift in this case. Other than that...this video was good-great, I really liked how the driver succesfully combined speed and prolonged drifts, something you don't see too much of in recent times.
Points:
Style - 8/10
Angle - 6/10
Smoke - 5/5
Control - 9/10
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Contestant #24 - Slate Grey Subaru WRX Impreza
I liked this driver right from the beggining of the video, big angles, high speed, fairly good control--this driver has put some serious effort into this car. From looking at the hard feints this driver made, I can tell that this driver has some pretty unique settings on his car, not too much oversteer, not so much understeer that the drift gets hurt. The one thing that is somewhat subpar is the minimal smoke, this drifter didn't produce that much simply stated. I don't know exactly what else to say about this video, simply, it's just a very good video of some very good drifts. I also loved the music (although it didn't affect my judging, I muted the video when judging it, then watched the video later and found the sick music on it.)
Points:
Style - 9/10
Angle - 9/10
Smoke - 3/5
Control - 9/10
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Contestant #35/30 - Light Blue Misubishi Lancer Evolution VII (I believe)
Very similar to contestant #8 in style, this video wasn't too hard too judge. Style was pretty good, I can tell this person is still learning the basics. I liked the amount of angle combined with the close-to-none counsteer on a few of the turns. Smoke was ok-good at best, could've been better, but I do understand that AWD cars tend to put less smoke out than most FR cars in my experience, so no harsh penalties there (that goes for all the videos). Control was also a bit sketchy, in my opinion, it seemed as if this driver was following the hope this kind of entry makes my drift look good philosophy.
Points:
Style - 8/10
Angle - 7/10
Smoke - 3/5
Control - 7/10
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That about sums it up for this one, I'd like as a judge to thank everyone who nominated me for judging, I really enjoyed this, I'd also like to give props to G-T-4 Fan for putting in the effort to get this video out after his incompatibilty issues (by a PC, soon).
Your counsteer is like your actions, it may not follow the grain, but it may work just as well,
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