A different view on drifting

[Opposite_Lock]

Now I know most of you at NICO believe that drifting should be left at the door when road racing, but I think this will provide a different perspective on drifting in relation to road racing.

Visit the link and tell what you think

http://idforums.net/index.php?act=ST&f=2&t=1234&

[Holisticbeatz]

Wow, Intial D has it's own forum.

[Opposite_Lock]

In a way, it does I geuss. The guys in that forum are as smart as they get, to tell you the truth... I'm sometimes left in awww after reading some of their posts.

[Doraemon]

No offense, but initial D is a cartoon and is loosely based on reality. Most of the people there are kids who have developed their opinions through watching, so they don't really know wtf they're talking about, but they think watching that cartoon makes them "drifters". Gaah, damnit I hate when people call themselves "drifters" like its some sort of profession, like being a doctor or something. I hate initial D.

[Holisticbeatz]

Gaah, damnit I hate when people call themselves "drifters" like its some sort of profession, like being a doctor or something. I hate initial D.

:rolleyes :ylsuper

I hate Intial D too.

[raging panda]

I love Initial D, although it is really really fake a lot of the time. Its all in good fun guys. And drifting really isn't the fastest was around the track. Contrary to those professionals beliefs. And the Enzo Ferrari thing, thats when tires sucked and they had almost zero suspension. I've read that quote before, I believe it was about one of his racers back in the 40s or 50s. I'm sure he never said that about any of his racers in the 90s. BTW, I love ferraris.

[Cyberkreig]

Initial D is a cartoon.Drift is slower than grip in almost* all cases.

*Excludes Rally.

[gunclap]

if you want really good cartoon...better than initial D then watch NARUTO!!! woohoo!

[KSee777]

about Naruto... I could only find episodes 1-39. I know there's more... is this anime that new that it still airs in Japan???

[hadokenny]

intial D rocks! haha even though none of those stuff done in the cartoon is possible but is fun to watch. You actually do learn something about cars after watching it

[gunclap]

about Naruto... I could only find episodes 1-39. I know there's more... is this anime that new that it still airs in Japan???

i was talking to a friend and he said that they are new in japan. so it takes a while for the episodes to get here via those people that put subtitles and stuff on it.

[AznRide]

LSEE. nice fawking s13 dawg...for real. Beautiful machine.

[KSee777]

... KSEE.... but yea, thanks dude.

[KSee777]

sorry to bring this back from the grave... but does anyone have the series Sadamitsu? I'm missing the last episode. Could you send it to me? via AIM or eyeball chat or know a link... Thanks

[WongFeiHung]

You might be suprised at some of the accuracy in Initial D...

[AJ-SPEC]

true that, but it's still fairly loosely based. a lot of that stuff you simply can't do, but not all of it is bs. I have them all, I like Initial D because it's entertaining, keeping in mind reality, just like any other movie. as far as drift being faster, their really aren't any drivers that can prove this, exept for Tsuchiya. but now that I think of it, the race drift is different, and I have a few racing vids of them drifting. albeit it's not the same and not nearly as noticeable, you can see the car sliding. so I think drifting does have it's place, anyone who's really pushed it at the track has lost traction on the exits, and established that a certain amount is ok, depending on the lap and situation. It's just not the same drift as we know and love