Y Sim Tyres?

LanEvo · May 7, 2003

Most street drifters purposely put well worn tires on their vehicles in order to make a "showy" drift battle. The competitors in D1 however use grippier tires, they also have higher outputs(most rigt at or around 400ps). If you have higher horsepower...of course you upgrade your tires. Sim tires are all the same, so why would you put the same tires on an 86 as youwould a 700hp Supra? thats like shopping at wal-mart for Z-rated rubber. i agree that different compound are required..but only depending on the horsepower. for anything under 400 i prefer the sim tires...they seem realistic enough and make for very good drifting. and i dont use a car with over 400hp for drift, simply because it isn't that realistic. when would you risk a 700hp beast taking it sideways around a turn that could possibly end your life as well as the cars? the realism is what makes it fun for me and most of the true drifters here...taking a car you could own and driving it to any limit you wish has a certain appeal :irked:

and yes i have experience drift in real life...in FF drivetrain as well as FR. Sadly not with an AWD drivetrain..(my friend owns a 3000GT VR-4, apparently the thing weighs so much all it does is understeer when you try to take a corner with some speed.) but i really dont see why people should argue and challenge...just play the game, you bought it..enjoy it.

akina_86 · May 7, 2003

enough arguing im tired of we'll prove how our methoeds work our own way peace out

Option2 · May 7, 2003

Originally posted by LanEvo
when would you risk a 700hp beast taking it sideways around a turn that could possibly end your life as well as the cars?

The 700hp cars I've drifted and raced were race cars. Full cage, stripped interior (expect for the ability to bolt in a second race seat), aluminum flywheel, 5-6 puk clutch, race wings, ect..... The more power they had, the faster they went and the more downforce they produced and the easier they were to control both straight as well as sideways. If you're not ready to drive a 500-700hp car, you have no business doing so, much less swinging the tail out and lighting up the tires.

TruenoAE86 · May 7, 2003

Originally posted by Option2
The 700hp cars I've drifted and raced were race cars. Full cage, stripped interior (expect for the ability to bolt in a second race seat), aluminum flywheel, 5-6 puk clutch, race wings, ect..... The more power they had, the faster they went and the more downforce they produced and the easier they were to control both straight as well as sideways. If you're not ready to drive a 500-700hp car, you have no business doing so, much less swinging the tail out and lighting up the tires.

But the down force won't work when the cars is going sideways, right? Or does it still work enough if the angle isnt too high? And how about low speed corners? At what speed does the down force become negligible? Im wondering how careful do you have to be with the throttle; on, lets say, a corner like turn #1 on Laguna seca in real life? How much power can you put down with out losing traction, in one of those 700 hp race cars on a corner like that?

huZba · May 7, 2003

Originally posted by TruenoAE86
But the down force won't work when the cars is going sideways, right? Or does it still work enough if the angle isnt too high? And how about low speed corners? At what speed does the down force become negligible? Im wondering how careful do you have to be with the throttle; on, lets say, a corner like turn #1 on Laguna seca in real life? How much power can you put down with out losing traction, in one of those 700 hp race cars on a corner like that?

I think that in race cars you really can't lose too much grip without spinning. I'm no pro but i'm not blind either, on eurosport in the car races whenever a car fishtails even slightly, it ends up in a spin if you can't get back the traction right away.

Then again, i've seen some videos with highpowered silvias,skylines etc drifting around corners.

akina_86 · May 7, 2003

the d force does kick in while your drifting and if u do have down force, the faster u go the better. even drifting.

sorry bout the vocab but its easy and faster to write this aint a english essay or something

well peace out aight

Option2 · May 7, 2003

Originally posted by TruenoAE86
But the down force won't work when the cars is going sideways, right? Or does it still work enough if the angle isnt too high? And how about low speed corners? At what speed does the down force become negligible? Im wondering how careful do you have to be with the throttle; on, lets say, a corner like turn #1 on Laguna seca in real life? How much power can you put down with out losing traction, in one of those 700 hp race cars on a corner like that?

In the game, turn 1 is a bit sharper than it is in real life. I've never drifted at Laguna, only raced.

Throttle position is the same whether you've got 200hp or if you've got 1000hp, you still have to be carefull and drive "by the seat of your pants". I preffer higher hp cars b/c they're easier to "studder-cut" to break traction and bring the end out earlier, then keeping the throttle realitivily(sp) stable throughout the corner, rather than feathering the throttle. Keeping the power down through the drift keeps the tires screaming and billowing bright white smoke. That's why I don't really like drifting on cheap Wal-Mart/K-Mart tires, since the compound is really ****ty, you don't get hardly any smoke or tire-wail.

akina_86 · May 7, 2003