Why do they drift instead of taking a normal line around the corners in Initial D? Grip cornering is faster. Am I missing a significant piece of cultural context?
a) They're young men doing something to spend their time.
b) You can block overtaking with drifting easier since your car will take more than one lane.
Drifting is stylish.
>>139687910
>a) They're young men doing something to spend their time.
But they're also very competitive, and if you corner faster, you win.
>b) You can block overtaking with drifting easier since your car will take more than one lane.
Why does the trailing car drift?
>>139688026
What about winning? The show takes place in a very competitive scene.
>>139688053
If you do go through the turn faster without drifting as you said, you'd hit he car drifting and get shit on forever for doing so
>>139687864
BecauseRUNNING IN THE '90s
>>139688166
ITS THE WAY I WANNA BE
>>139688145
What if the trailing car has is has gained more lead?
https://youtu.be/61nJl9npJVg?t=15m47s
>>139688201NIGHT OF FIRE
>>139688166
Deja vu
I've just been in this place before
Higher on the street
And I know it's my time to go
Calling you and the search is mistery
Standing on my feetIt's so hard when I try to pee
WOOOOOAH!
>>139688274
**Leading
>>139688145
>what are brakes
>what is throttle control
>wanting to go against the GOLDEN AGE
>>139687864
He fought an R32 way back in First Stage. Said the same thing. Loses.
It's to keep their momentum so they can exit the corners faster.
>>139689550
Slow in fast out has been proven to be faster. If anything, it's to keep the RPMs up but even then it's still slower to drift than grip a corner.
>>139689990
how could slow in fast out be faster than fast in fast out. keep in mind that they are racing downhill
>not always drifting
>not drifting when leaving your house
>not drifting to park your car
>not drifting to change road side
>not drifting to stop in the traffic lights
>not drifting when walking
Are you even living in the 90s?
Because it looks cool. And if you don't win while looking cool you don't win at all.
>>139690211
Drifting is fast in, slow out. You lose speed when you exit the corner from a drift. You have to lift off the throttle gently to return grip to the rear tires and straighten out.
>>139690623
I guess they just do it to look cool then.
>>139690325
>>139689550
Should have posted this on /o/ where people know fuck all about cars, you pseudo-scientific armchair experts disappoint me.
>>139687864
It's a Japanese delusion of grandeur.
>>139690211
When drifting, the tires are spinning freely without them gripping on the ground which basicly means that your tires aren't pushing your car forward. Drifting also wears your tires down a lot faster than normal cornering. Worn tires won't handle well and you'll have trouble handling the car later during the race. No one in serious tarmac racing drifts because they want their tires to last as long as possible. Real racing is all about tires and suspension. WRC and other gravel racing is a different story though.
Fast in, fast out would mean that you're doing the corner at a constant speed which really wont maximize your speed. Slow in, fast out means that you are accelerating during corner. This will shift weight to the rear tires which increase the grip. If you're doing it right, you should be at the edge of your power band when your exiting the corner so that you can floor the throttle for the fastest possible acceleration.
I'm no expert, but maybe this link will help you understand.
http://phors.locost7.info/contents.htm
Try out simracers like Assetto Corsa and Project Cars.
>>139690816
Yes. It's like dancing contests where judges give points to the racers depending on certain factors.
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>>139687864
There are characters who don't drift.
>>139691107
/o/ will recite Eurobeat instead. /o/ doesn't care so much about how unrealistic it is, instead they like the feeling it gives, some kids shooting shit and taking out their shitbox for fully sikk skids.
>>139692017
Shingo either. Also best love story ever told between Shingo and him.
>>139687864
But takumi beats a guy grip cornering in one of the first volumes, it can't be better.
>girl literally offers him her virginity
>still fucks it up
Who is worst driver and why is it Iketani?
>>139692388
>I didn't watch Wangan Midnight
Bitches be crazy. They make you end the hobby and sell your shit because you're adult now and need to stop that childish foolishness.
Which initial D season had the best Euro Beat and why is it4th stage?
>>139692605
>Not abandoning them and your child for the Wangan
>>139692939
FOREEEEEEEVER!
A narrow mountain road is more like a rally course than a wide track where you have more of a play in which line to choose, drifting one corner can also be a setup to get your car in an optimal angle to attack the next corner. Road condition and surface can vary (gravel and leaves slippery -> wider turning radius) and drifting can block your opponent from passing you or force him to take a less than optimal line in order to overtake you.
That's at least all i can think of in defence of drifting vs grip, but the real question is how did the ae86 suspension not shatter itself during the first gutter-run?
>>139693111
Even at the start, most of the car was not standard, but probably not high end.
>>139692217
What the fuck are you talking about? It's not like they're friends or anything, because that would be weird.
I just started watching the first stage, on the 7th episode right now. How good does it get?
Not everyone drifts.
Some men don't need to.
>>139687864
Because there's not much room to corner, and because it's cool.
>>139693281
Shingo pls
Godhand was the only one who corners like a professional race driver
>>139687864
>Grip cornering is faster.
Except it isn't, not in all cases, especially not on a paved downhill.
>>139687864
Two theories based on one fact, they're young not so rich people.
1. They're drifting because they push each other to brake very late.
2. Only tires they can afford are so bad that you have to drift.
>>139692017
grippu doraibingu
>>139693395
If it doesn't hook you from the first race you should prob hang yourself
>>139695312
You know you can use brakes right?
>>139687864
all of the characters who drove 4wd cars drove grip
>grip cornering is faster
back then it was viable since engines were less powerful and tires were more primitive
>>139695387
And they do. They don't drift through every single corner. Just the ones where drifting allows a more optimal line given the types of cars they're driving. Driving is a pretty complex process and there are a lot of factors that determine the best way through a corner, but then you probably don't know the difference between an engine's power curve and a power slide.
It's a Japanese thing, they used to drift down the hills in the night.
>>139695557
>Incoherent response + ad hominem
Are you trying to say that they're drifting to keep the rpm up? That doesn't make sense for a downhill race. I think they're doing it to make it look better.
>>139695850
Do your own homework if you know so little about driving.
>>139695850
>waaah m-muh ad hominems ;_;
if you can't handle argument on /a/ maybe you should fuck off back to your safespace tumblr
>>139695850
>ad hominem
There is no such thing in his reply.
>>139695921
>Saga continues
You prefer to insult me rather than having a discussion. Cool bro.
From little I know, drifting is almost never faster especially if you have stupid angles like they have in the show. If you get aligned with the next corner then it might make sense but that never happens in the show.
>>139695991
>>139696046
>Look look I'm on 4chan I'm politically incorrect, not having discussion is my deal.
>>139696139
Who are you quoting?
Because Wangan Midnight is better
>>139696139
Don't be gay
DEJA VU
I JUST BEEN IN THIS PLACE BEFORE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE0dR-zclng
>>139688145
Man, now I wanna get a racing car only to pretend to race against douches and then smash their car with mine.
>>139693075
TOGETHEEEEEEEEEEEER !
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdqT4LaLA8s
Fuck man, this track was hype as fuck, and the race was awesome.
>>139695387
