The truth behind racing and drift...

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BACK FROM THE DEAD!!! HAHAHAAAA!!!

This is one of those rare occasions where I was going to ask the question, but decided to do a Search, and lookie what I found! :)

I think I know what the difference is:

Racing Mode: "Normal" tires, whatever tires the car comes with when you win/buy it in Sim Mode. (which is either Normal or Racing Medium, depending on the car).

Drift Mode: "Simulation" tires for the "stock" cars, and probably super-slicks for the racing cars, or cars that normally come equipped with Racing Medium tires.

I was driving around yesterday (always with ASM and TCS off), and noticed the difference between the two.. that the "Drift" mode just seemed to slide around more, just like when using Sim tires. After all, on stock everyday cars, they can't really adjust the suspension, since it's still factory. But they CAN change the tires.

Thoughts, opinions? Am I right, or am I cracked? :)
 
risingson77
Ermm....I've noticed a pretty distinct difference between drift and racing...I'm not sure why anyone else hasn't... :confused:
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Agreed. There's definitely a difference between drift and racing in arcade mode. When you apply the drift setting the car feels much looser and it is much easier to lose the back-end when accelerating out of a corner. I've only played drift setting about once or twice and I instantly noticed a difference.
 
Actually, I believe that "Racing" tires on Arcade cars are T5.5s while "Drift" tires on Arcade cars is something less, like a T4.5 or 3.5...

"Racing" and "Drift" are only available for Arcade cars. One can save an Arcade Race or a Free Run with an Arcade car, download the save with an XPort, open the save in mk's GaragEdit program, and verify that the tires are something other than "stock" tires, and not Sim tires...

Also, there are no differences in suspension settings for Arcade cars in "Racing" or "Drift" mode.
 
I'm positive there is a difference. Drift feels much different and is in general slowly. I also heard drift gets better tirewear since its T4s to T5s of Race mode,(for race cars obviously). The .5 extra on a tire is only for wet tires I believe.

Never tried it on non-race cars, not sure what compound it would use but I bet it still feels different.
 
Actually, and I'm not sure if this affects your car's handling, when doing a 2 player battle, if you pick a Home Garage car and press Triangle after you pick your transmission type, you can select Race or Drift. Didn't seem to affect my car, but I definitely notice a difference when using arcade cars.
 
Hop in a Gillet Virtago, select Pro mode "10 laps" and select racing for one race and then drift for the other. ;) how long can you drive in race mode before pitting compared to drift mode.
 
I just did the test I described above, using the 787b and the RGT.

Ran 2 laps at SuperSpeedway with each car, one with "Racing" and one with "Drift" tires.

Saved all 4 replays, d/l'd to my computer with the Xport and opened each file with mk's GaragEdit program.

The results:

Racing tires are listed as Rain? free10

Drift tires are listed as Rain? free11

There were no differences in any other settings on each car.

As a test, I opened a file I knew to contain a Sim Garage Viper with T8 tires, and the tires were, in fact, listed T8 Super Soft

So there you have it. "Drift" and "Racing" selects special Arcade car tires.
 
Well, lay down your pens, put down your hands - I think we can all agree that NQ knows his stuff, so there's no point debating it anymore. 👍
 
I never thought of asking this question until I saw the thread. Interesting find NQ. Interesting indeed.

Stinky Chicken
Which would also support the idea that Gran Turismo 3 wasn't actually released at the date of this first post - Dec 01 2001.
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That, too, is an interesting comment.
 
NoQuarter
Actually, I believe that "Racing" tires on Arcade cars are T5.5s while "Drift" tires on Arcade cars is something less, like a T4.5 or 3.5...

"Racing" and "Drift" are only available for Arcade cars. One can save an Arcade Race or a Free Run with an Arcade car, download the save with an XPort, open the save in mk's GaragEdit program, and verify that the tires are something other than "stock" tires, and not Sim tires...

Also, there are no differences in suspension settings for Arcade cars in "Racing" or "Drift" mode.
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You are absolutely correct...



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