Post by
madbouncy »
https://forums.nicoclub.com/madbouncy-u15966.html
Thu May 27, 2004 1:55 pm
I think a lot of it is because they're trying to draw so many people from drag racing, because that was the last big thing so they want all those people that were buying stuff for dragging, to buy stuff for drifting. The problem is, in drag racing, you actually need a lot of the stuff, because skill willl help you get faster, but you're only as fast as your car, and it won't take all that long before you max out your cars top speed. Where as, in drifting, the majority of it is skill, if you notice a lot of the top suspension parts for drifting are incredibly personalized, you can change like everything. It's meant so that you can get the car EXACTLY how you want it, rather than trying to fight against it. Also, if you look at the dyno numbers for a lot of drift events, most of the cars stay around the same top numbers, most of the cars I see go for like 400 hp, obviously there are exceptions. They could easily get their cars to have a lot more horsepower, but it just shows that the cars don't need to compete against each other, it all comes down to the drivers.
I personaly think it's harder to get into drifting because it's harder in general, so a lot of ricers will brag, then get ****ing wrecked and go back to drag racing. Too many of them wouldn't be able to stand going from being the top of the town to the bottom.