The use of nitrous in drifting

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You guys make it seem so taboo to use NOS. Although it is true that it's just cheap horsepower in a push of a button, to use nos in GT4 Drifting (in real life too) still requires timing, and knowing exactly what your torque band is at any given corner in a drift. We're not talking about just pushing some buttons to get a faster acceleration rate. It's one thing to push a button while going down a straightaway, but squeezing mid drift? It's hard.

Kazama Yasuyuki uses NOS on his Kei Office S15 in D1GP so he can minimize the torque drops mid drift..

I still agree that drifting can still be done effectively without NOS, but I don't see a point in despising it unless it's used in straight-line driving.
 
Now maybe because we drift longer, we have much more of a rewarding feel if you do something WITHOUT nitrous, or the opposite, you don't use it unless you can't initiate a drift very well. It's just a bad practice especially now we only have had the game 3 months or so (PAL), it still ruines the practice and training of becoming a good drifter, and the fun part of gaining some respect in this forums is quite fun too:D It's just rewarding, thats it, and if you DO wanna use it, your choice, but it's not that difficult, thats all.
 
skr
Kazama Yasuyuki uses NOS on his Kei Office S15 in D1GP so he can minimize the torque drops mid drift..
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His nitrous setup is linked to his throttle. At WOT there's no spray. He has little to no control over the use of it. It's pretty much only there to eliminate lag on straight stretches so he can pull away from the competition. It really doesn't help his drift, it helps him build the gap during tandem runs. Exiting, where your most susceptible to lag from a drop in revs to regain traction...
We are relating the use of nitrous in GT4 to break traction, and initiate/extend drifts. If you don't need it to do either, why use it...?
 
Droptop_Chick
His nitrous setup is linked to his throttle. At WOT there's no spray. He has little to no control over the use of it. It's pretty much only there to eliminate lag on straight stretches so he can pull away from the competition. It really doesn't help his drift, it helps him build the gap during tandem runs. Exiting, where your most susceptible to lag from a drop in revs to regain traction...
We are relating the use of nitrous in GT4 to break traction, and initiate/extend drifts. If you don't need it to do either, why use it...?
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Thanks for that clarification DTC! 👍
 
i have not and i will not!
to me its another form of driver aid. as you can get an extra 50-150 hp boost from it anytime you want. this means that if your line is wrong or your about to regain traction, all you have to do is push the button. it is cheap in my eyes. ive used it once since gt4 came out, and that was to see what it was like.
and this SHOULD def. be banned in GTPC/DC IMO.
as when your in a comp. usually there are hp limits. if your right on the line without nitrous, then when you use it, you will be over the set hp limits. and theres no way to tell if someone has it untill they use it.
 
Suzuki
and theres no way to tell if someone has it untill they use it.
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The nitrous bar is up on the on-screen display. And since you have to have the display up for GTPDC, you can tell...
 
ive used it on apricot hill, and motegi, when i was racing an underpowered car. those straights are too long. i don remember what the situation was, but i could come out of the final turn at apricot a second ahead and by the head of the straight be a second down. and motegi was worse, so i used it. i think it was for the tuner championship.
 
Imamura, the driver of the Apex'i RX-7, has his car equipped with NX.

If you love the sport just to get something sideways and keep it sideways, Nitrous helps you keep it sideways then. Hell, if I saw a FWD car sideways, I don't care what you think of the definition of drifting is, all I know is that FWD car got sideways 👍
 
Droptop_Chick
The nitrous bar is up on the on-screen display. And since you have to have the display up for GTPDC, you can tell...
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oh ya, stupid me! :banghead: shows how much i use it! lol
 
Droptop_Chick
His nitrous setup is linked to his throttle. At WOT there's no spray. He has little to no control over the use of it. It's pretty much only there to eliminate lag on straight stretches so he can pull away from the competition. It really doesn't help his drift, it helps him build the gap during tandem runs. Exiting, where your most susceptible to lag from a drop in revs to regain traction...
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hehe.. Owned.. Well I learn something new everyday. Thanks for clarifying it for me. =)

IMO, I don't see anything right or wrong about it, however.. To me personally, it's just another element to ones driving style, both in GT4 and IRL.

just an opinion.
 
Suzuki
as when your in a comp. usually there are hp limits. if your right on the line without nitrous, then when you use it, you will be over the set hp limits. and theres no way to tell if someone has it untill they use it.
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I've never heard of any horsepower restrictions in any real life drift competition, and I don't recall seeing them in the GTPDC rules.
 
skr
hehe.. Owned.. Well I learn something new everyday. Thanks for clarifying it for me. =)

IMO, I don't see anything right or wrong about it, however.. To me personally, it's just another element to ones driving style, both in GT4 and IRL.

just an opinion.
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Thats exactly what I'm sayin, if u like drifting with nitrous and can get your drifts more angle or faster speeds and that it looks good then why not. Like skr is saying its all about YOUR style, how YOU like driving, and I dont think that it takes less talent to drive with nitrous.


Final note, do what YOU want to do when you drive. Have fun and good drifting. 👍


my 2¢
 

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