Why Tsukuba

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DRIFTN
How sad is it to think that guys in real life can drift better than us guys on a game :scared:
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well... that's their job. they got money for it. if someone was to give me a few hundred grand a year, trust me i would sit in front of my tv, and would probably be pulling 90 degree angles all day....
 
skr
Try going to http://www.jdmoption.com to purchase the videos. In the video you just saw, that is indeed the Blitz ER34 D1GP car that we see today in GT4.

Ken Nomura(ER34 driver, otherwise known as "Nomuken") is known for having the highest recorded drift angles in D1GP. In the option videos, he is such a clown and a total pervert.

Kazuhiro Tanaka still drives that S15 which looks a lot different because of sponsor acqusitions. He's also a top D1 driver of Team Orange, which consists of other famous drivers such as Nobushige Kumakubo(winner of the 2004 Japan vs USA D1GP event) who drives the only S15 with a sequential transmission, as opposed to the stock 5/6 speed transmissions.

For the record, the voices you heard were from Manabu Suzuki(D1GP Commentator, loudest voice in the video), Keiichi Tsuchiya(Famously known as the Drift King, the not so loud voice), and Manabu Orido(Professional JGTC driver and aspiring D1 driver driving for RS*R, deepest voice in the video).

All of the 2004 D1GP season is on Option Videos and the 1st race of the 2005 series, at Irwindale Motor Speedway in Southern California, is due to come out very soon. I was at the California event, as well as December's Japan vs USA event. If you like watching videos, they do not do justice to watching D1 drifters in real life.

Sorry for rambling on with this information. I'm a huge D1 fan and I was bored enough to present this information in my first post.
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I think you're......maybe.....a BIG fan.........somehow......:eek::lol:
 
I know that course is a tricky gripping race =P It's fun trying to find the "PERFECT" line since its not so impossible, yet it looks simple but simply not that easy
 
good on ya apexd1fd3s, Tsukuba is a really good track to drift. To the people who cant drift on this track are just pretty much crap at it. its all aboutz suspension work and Skillz on this track.
 
HKS_T51KAI
good on ya apexd1fd3s, Tsukuba is a really good track to drift. To the people who cant drift on this track are just pretty much crap at it. its all aboutz suspension work and Skillz on this track.
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Then it's just my expercience with that course: none:indiff:. I don't agree on HKS_T51KAI's post saying Tsukuba is a basic course you must be able to drift, I can drift almost any course except for the HIGH speed ones (test track for example) and Tsukuba, it's just too small for me, like drifting on the small tracks of the Nuerenburgring:tdown:
 
G-T-4-Fan
Then it's just my expercience with that course: none:indiff:. I don't agree on HKS_T51KAI's post saying Tsukuba is a basic course you must be able to drift, I can drift almost any course except for the HIGH speed ones (test track for example) and Tsukuba, it's just too small for me, like drifting on the small tracks of the Nuerenburgring:tdown:
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I'm sure if you drift on tsukuba alot more, you'll start liking it. It's just the way you approach the corners, you have to be pretty precise. And because it's such a small track, there's only a few corners to tackle, but you prove alot when you get them down. That's why I say it's perfect.
 
apexd1fd3s
I'm sure if you drift on tsukuba alot more, you'll start liking it. It's just the way you approach the corners, you have to be pretty precise. And because it's such a small track, there's only a few corners to tackle, but you prove alot when you get them down. That's why I say it's perfect.
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I'm not saying you're wrong Apex. Just that it's a total matter of opinion. Personally, when I test out a new car for drifting, I go to trial mountain or Midfield. Why? Because I know them extremely well. Now, some people like Tsukuba for exactly the same reasons and that's fine. But it's just not my thing.

Everyone likes different things for their "home" course. Tsukuba has what some people like, others like El Capitain or Trial Mountain. Meh, who cares as long as the drifting is good! :sly:
 
I just cant get the drifts to hold the course is too small.... i like using my speed and sudden weight transfer during high speed drifts.....but i do like the technicality of Tuskuba..i dunno maybe i just need to find better setting or maybe i just plain out suck at Tsukuba


sorry for the poor grammar....i suck at typing
 
Drift-Kid
I just cant get the drifts to hold the course is too small.... i like using my speed and suddny wieght transfer of high speed drifting.....but tehc drifting at the same time.or maybe i just suck at Tuskuba......
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I can only understand the first sentence. Please clean up the spelling and grammar a bit. Thanks.
 
See, I don't know if some of you are talking about Tsukuba as an enjoyable/unenjoyable track to drift on, or a driftable/undriftable track. If we're talking about enjoyment, the opinion is your's to decide on. If we're talking about difficulty, well that depends on the drifter. If we're saying Tsukuba is a bad drift track, or an undriftable track, that's absolutely wrong. It's got good corners that varies in size and shape. Any track with a good amount of corners is a good drift track.
 
apexd1fd3s
See, I don't know if some of you are talking about Tsukuba as an enjoyable/unenjoyable track to drift on, or a driftable/undriftable track. If we're talking about enjoyment, the opinion is your's to decide on. If we're talking about difficulty, well that depends on the drifter. If we're saying Tsukuba is a bad drift track, or an undriftable track, that's absolutely wrong. It's got good corners that varies in size and shape. Any track with a good amount of corners is a good drift track.
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I'm with you on that, very good points. I drift on almost every course, except of course for Monaco. :crazy:
 
skr
December's Japan vs USA event. If you like watching videos, they do not do justice to watching D1 drifters in real life.
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I was there, I think I might be somewhere in the background on the video too. Nomura was in the garage commenting on all the D1 Cars talkin' smack. Then he didn't qualify for the Top 16...
 
Yeah Swift, agreed, you all have your "home" test track:tup: Also I correct myself for a sec: I DID practice on Tsukuba a lot, but I still don't know the track very well:crazy: Alsso it looks bigger in real life(vids.)
 
...its a nice tight circuit but quite bland - though i keep on having great drives on it no matter what car - maybe it depends on how you set the car up? I've been using bog standard cars on the economy tyre set to practice with drifting at tsukaba and its fun - you should try it in the wet dude;-). Bought a used jensen interceptor, its v8 but 3 gears!? shocking torque tho:-) tsukuba is also great for tuning the gearbox - as is sarthe I (& II). Oh yeah, one complaint not regarding tracks but the topic of convertables- why cant you race with the top down with the tvr v8?? damn.

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DRIFTN
How sad is it to think that guys in real life can drift better than us guys on a game :scared:
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We have only had about a month of practice though, the people in real life have had years. I think it also looks better in real life because the tyre smoke is Whiter, denser and it lasts longer.
 
Is it really neccissary to compare our VIRTUAL drifting in a game that we do on our liesure time to real life professional drifting? It's completely different.
 
apexd1fd3s
Is it really neccissary to compare our VIRTUAL drifting in a game that we do on our liesure time to real life professional drifting? It's completely different.
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So different that it's difficult to mention them in the same sentence. Unless you're talking about technique.
 
Hoorray i can drift the long corner at the end of the track thnx to the tutorial.....
BUT the hairpins are really difficult. Sometimes i cant initiate a drift cuz of understeering and sometimes i do but gains too much traction and i end up at the middle of the corner.... sometimes i initiate but end up in the sand cuz the wheels slip off the track..

ARGH this is Fustrating.
 
Ugh, Its soo fustrating, still cant get the corners (im getting there tho) the only prob now is it gains too much traction at the exits and slows down too much and stops... (feels kinda like the Traction control is on)

Any1 know a Tsukuba drift video i can analyse? It would help alot (like the drift tutorial)
 

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