limiting how the drivers drive sounds more ridiculous to me than limiting horsepower
one has the power one will use it, and how do you make the call if the front driver pulls away? what's the guideline for that? simply by visual??
this is the reason why hp limitation makes much more sense and easy to regulate.
sure...jdm allstar might be this way i dont know but i dont see how this is a fairer way of judging.
The point is that 99% of the time it doesn't have to be regulated, the drivers do it themselves. No-one wants to win just by having more power, I guarantee it.
It's even easier with GT, because there is data logging and it is so easy to tell if someone is not adhering to the rules, 'is the gap getting bigger?', 'was he at full throttle when it was KNOWN that he had a power advantage?'.
The other simple fact is, in real life, it is a REQUIREMENT that the car NEVER straightens up other than for the run-up, so, since the car should ALWAYS be drifting, straight line speed is not even an issue. The same should go for GT really, the judged sections should REQUIRE that the driver NEVER straightens up, therfore it makes no difference who has what power.
Besides which, power is taken into account while judging, this is another reason why it's easier to judge in GT, we have known power figures. In real life, people sometimes 'sandbag' by saying their engine is stock and only makes 300bhp when actually it makes 390 etc etc, this is not an issue in GT.
As far as I can see, it's people trying to 'level the playing field' when in fact all they are doing is making it boring. You are limiting what cars will enter by saying that you have to find whatever car works best with 400bhp (or whatever power is limited to). Simple fact is, in GT, with a circa 400bhp limit, that car is the FD RX7, so what is the next thing? Ban RX7's because they develope so much more grip than most other cars? Why should I be disadvantaged by wanting to compete in my R32 (or whatever I choose), when it is blatantly obvious that an RX will piss all over a similar power R32.
I've read all the reasons people have given, and it still seems to me like the people restricting power have no idea how power actually affects a the performance of a drift car and they are trying to level a playing field in a way that is, in fact, totally ineffective, and actually just makes the playing field more uneven as it is basically saying 'you have to drive 'x' car to do well'.
building more speed and initiate further away from the entry means a more spectacular drift.
just cause one can built up to 150km/h and do a far entry and the other had no hope to get to 150km/h to do the same. it's not one's problem that one can do a longer drift for the coming corner, it's more of a problem that the other could not.
Rubbish, the fact is, most 450bhp cars will build more speed between corners than, for instance, my Viper, because I keep the wheels spinning whereas they grip and accelerate,building more speed.
i need to get macros if im going to tell that every time.
ill be writing more then ill be driving! lol
i go up to the speed i know that i can take the corner in and just cruise untill i get to the corner and do it.
this is common sense imo.
@ hksd1 well the majority of ppl doing this slams the brakes at the last moment just to create a stopsign for the others behind that came in at the fastest speed they can drift the corner at.
You don't need macros, it's easy. Besides which, in real life, if the slower car backs off the throttle (or the single car if it is during qualifying) is required to be FULL THROTTLE on ALL straights right up to the point of initiation. If he lifts, it is considered a MASSIVE loss of points as he is not going as fast as his car is CAPABLE of going.
Re: Braking, again, touch the breaks in a straight line = MASSIVE fail.
Well mate i prefer restrictions because for reasons like last night. you were running that 800+BHP Viper when i only had 499BHP in my 370Z.. I couldnt catch you! they are 1 of the most used cars. same with Rx7 etc. people would just run cars with insane power without thinking on most occasions and make the contest a bit lop sided
That was down to grip, I'd have done the same thing on stock power. The fact is POWER made no difference. Besides which, only time anyone can really catch me is if they're in an RX
LOL I know this sounds REALLY arrogant, but that's life, I've always been a very fast drifter (in real life) due to my race-car experience, so even in identical cars I suspect you'd struggle to keep up if I was leading and wanted to pull a gap.
I'm curious about your Viper, can I add your PSN?
My Vipers decent, but I wanna see yours in action.
Feel free.
