A lot of people are giving their opinions on drifting, nothing I've seen is fact... Here's the fact. This post will be a long one, and I hope that you're talking about GT3 drifting instead of real life drifting.
good for show bad for racing
Yes and No. Drifting is great for shows, it drives people crazy. Bad for racing? That's the only way my dad and I race.
But since you asked, I'll say that I think drifting is for people who can't race.
God no... it might be different in the U.S., but here in Japan, drifting is everything. The world's best JGTC racers in their free time will go out to Tsukuba, Sugo, Fuji and just give it all they got drifting with their cars.
Not in my opinion. Racing already requires all of the skills used in drifting, plus a lot more. Drift is just demonstration of car control; nothing more, nothing less. But good car control is just the price of admission for a race driver. There's way more beyond that.
I don't know if anyone here actually uses drift, but the real place that drift gets the full effect is on the touge. I'm not sure if anyone races on the passes in the U.S., but if you do, try drifting. Drift is used mainly for show, but some people will use it to race.
Drift : Nothing more then excessive tire wear and slower ET's.
Excessive tire wear... yes indeed... Slower ETs? No... enough said about that.
thats totally true. if you can't handle a car the way it was meant to be driven, you have no right trying to learn drift..(the way cars WEREN'T meant to be driven )
True, when I got my AE86, I didn't go STRAIGHT to drifting. I had a lot of track time just learning to basic's of entry speed, apexes, stuff like that. After I got the "normal" driving down, I started on letting the tyres slip and it's been great ever since.
I look at Drifting as nothing more then dumb fun. Dumb fun being stuff like Burnouts, Donoughts, J-Turns, Et cetera.
If that's a U.S. prespective... I feel bad for you guys...
Good way of putting it...
I disagree. Drifting is a specialization (sp?) of a certain skill of grip. It takes more skill to go faster. I think anyways. But drifting is tough. Not a whole lot of people are very very good at it. And few have mastered it.
True, many people here are pretty good at it due to proper training. My dad has been drifting for a long time (wayyy before it was popular). He taught me the basics and I taught myself the rest. I'm 23 now, I've had my AE86 since 1995, but I've been around my dad's AE86 since they first came out in the U.S. (I used to live there). I would say my dad has mastered it, but he says that I still have a lot to learn...
Is it faster? No.
Is it more reliable? No.
Does it take alot of talent? No.
Does it make you a better driver? No.
Is there any practical purpose? No.
Is it fun? To them, most definitely.
It is faster if you're good at it. It's not as reliable if you're not good at it. It takes a lot of talent if you're fast while using it. It does make you a better driver if you master both grip and drift. There's practical purpose if you use it efficiently. And it's damn fun.
Is it over-rated? Yes.
I just feel sorry for the guys whole drule all over the concept. If you wanna do some real drifting, move to location with either a lot of snow or a lot of desert.
Dont get me wrong, I'm not trying to slam the drifters,... some of you just need to know when to quit with all the "it's-so-hard-and-takes-so-much-skill" BS
Another U.S. prespective, you guys have no idea how big drifting is here in Japan.
I don't mean to offend anybody, but I think I can offer the most factual opinion on drifting.
-Tom
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