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tkvtec · May 13th, 2004, 02:42 PM

This is a highly debateable topic.
If you've ever seen Initial D (granted it is animated) you may change your mind.
The idea is for a less powerful more lightweight vehicle to be able to maintain speed through a corner whereas a larger car with more power would slow down more and then just out accelerate such a car if they tried to take the corner in the same way.
In most cases (amateurs), the driver is not good enough to make a clean drift that would be faster than a regular grip turn. With certain cars and good drivers on certain courses you can have someone drift a track faster than someone making the corners normally.
Most drift events are for style points, but I can see a car using a drift to maintain speed through a corner. As a matter of fact I saw an Evo 3 use a drift through the last corner at an autocross event a week and a half ago (which was really sick by the way), and kept more speed through the corner than anyone had done all day.
A drift event is not a race, but drifting can be used in racing under certain circumstances to get a quicker time.

May 13th, 2004, 02:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
tkvtec Speed Addict Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Central CT Posts: 416	This is a highly debateable topic. If you've ever seen Initial D (granted it is animated) you may change your mind. The idea is for a less powerful more lightweight vehicle to be able to maintain speed through a corner whereas a larger car with more power would slow down more and then just out accelerate such a car if they tried to take the corner in the same way. In most cases (amateurs), the driver is not good enough to make a clean drift that would be faster than a regular grip turn. With certain cars and good drivers on certain courses you can have someone drift a track faster than someone making the corners normally. Most drift events are for style points, but I can see a car using a drift to maintain speed through a corner. As a matter of fact I saw an Evo 3 use a drift through the last corner at an autocross event a week and a half ago (which was really sick by the way), and kept more speed through the corner than anyone had done all day. A drift event is not a race, but drifting can be used in racing under certain circumstances to get a quicker time. __________________ JWT ECU \| Hotshot CAI \| UR Pulley \| Motivational Struts \| Kosei K1 16's \| Yokohama Parada Spec II 205/45 \| JWT Flywheel \| ACT Street \| HS Header \| Pacesetter STS \| AD22VF \| 2" Cat-Back My Car...Click Here Last edited by tkvtec : May 13th, 2004 at 04:08 PM.