Drifters?

[darkelvis]

Drifting is just the gay ricer ripoff of a part of rally racing. It is only cool for a while, but pretty soon it just gets retarded.

/end rant

[out there]

:sigh: depending on the car, track, conditions, etc drifting IS the best way around some corners. maintaining inertia around a corner and transferring the energy from sliding directly into going forward takes talent

[ichibankilla]

darkelvis wrote:
Drifting is just the gay ricer ripoff of a part of rally racing. It is only cool for a while, but pretty soon it just gets retarded.

/end rant

UM, tell that to the guys in japan who've been doing it since the early 80's if not earlier.

[ichibankilla]

LankorDie wrote:
You act like drifting is a quiet sport.

Sarcasm.......just one of the many services I have to offer.

[darkelvis]

ichibankilla wrote:
UM, tell that to the guys in japan who've been doing it since the early 80's if not earlier.
Sorry to tell you, but rally racing is MUCH MUCH MUCH older than drifting. I admit when I first saw it i thought it was kinda cool, but after a while it just dawned on me that the only reason I thought it was cool was because it was a rip off of rally races, then it just got old and annoying.

[Guest]

darkelvis wrote:
Sorry to tell you, but rally racing is MUCH MUCH MUCH older than drifting. I admit when I first saw it i thought it was kinda cool, but after a while it just dawned on me that the only reason I thought it was cool was because it was a rip off of rally races, then it just got old and annoying.

I really don't see how the two are related really? Rally racing involves racing multiple different types of terrain (Tarmac, Snow, Gravel, Ice, Rain, Hills, Ditches(not on purpose of course) etc....) whereas drifting is all about driving skill and car control. Drifting is much less of a race in the traditional sense. You don't have to pass the other guy to win, its much more of an art, like water ballet or synchronized swimming (that sounds really gay doesn't it???).

[out there]

tjamz wrote:
whereas drifting is all about driving skill and car control. Drifting is much less of a race in the traditional sense. You don't have to pass the other guy to win, its much more of an art, like water ballet or synchronized swimming (that sounds really gay doesn't it???).

i don't know that i would say drifting is an art.... but something more like construction or programming. it's difficult, but any idiot can learn with the proper direction

[thezachattack240]

Not any idiot can learn how to drift WELL. Sliding around one corner isn't considered drifting. That's just a powerslide which any idiot can do. And some people just suck at driving anyway. Tjamz knows what drifting is all about from what he said in one of his last posts. I wish I could drift well and would like to get into it but I like not crashing my car and not having to spend alot of money on tires. And has anyone really ever looked for a good spot to practice? I havn't. But I just ordered a set of adjustable rear upper arms for my 240 and coilovers are next, so that's the beginning of my suspension build up. So maybe I'll give it a shot when I have some better equipment to work with.

[uwatchn]

i Drift even if i don't try some time the 2 is so tail heavy that i can break it loose any time the control is the problem

[thezachattack240]

Seems like an mr2 would be hard to control in a drift. Don't mr cars suffer from snap oversteer or something? I dunno. But I heard that a fast and the furious 3 is coming out and its gonna be based on drifting. I don't know if its gonna be good or bad for the sport. Should have been left out of the mainstream.

[uwatchn]

yeah, they do have a problem with oversteer it takes alot of practice to get the 2 to correctly go in the direction i want it to but still fun to mess around with very fun on the ice but once to loose traction no way to get it back