Not bad as a RWD car

[Mean Green]

NASCAR has 43 cars side by side doing 200 mph. Thats more interesting and I can't even get into NASCAR anymore.

Drifting is nothing more than cars burning up tires for no good reason other than they think they look cool. Its not cool in my opinion.

Then you go try it. I am willing to bet I can drift my FWD Eclipse better than you can drift an SR20 power 240.

NASCAR is fun to watch when they are not on a oval course, but a course that actually has many turns because why...THEY WRECK...ALOT.

F1 < NASCAR

[colt45 gto]

i have a friend that brian reminds me of.....when we were 13 ish mally used to sound like an old fuddy duddy, when he reached 20 he was even worse. now he is almost 40 he grown out of trying to be perfect and realised its better to enjoy life and try new things than shun them all the time.

[TwIzTeD_3kGt]

Dude...he just called you a fuddy duddy...you gonna take that shit?

[stealthee]

Then you go try it. I am willing to bet I can drift my FWD Eclipse better than you can drift an SR20 power 240.

NASCAR is fun to watch when they are not on a oval course, but a course that actually has many turns because why...THEY WRECK...ALOT.

F1 < NASCAR

Never said I could do it. I just said its not interesting to watch and that its not a sport as people claim it is.

[green-lantern]

Dude...he just called you a fuddy duddy...you gonna take that shit?

It's definitely fun to power slide a car around but I'm with Brian, it's figure skating for cars.

[stealthee]

It's definitely fun to power slide a car around but I'm with Brian, it's figure skating for cars.

Thank you. I don't understand whats so hard to comprehend about that train of thought.

[Blue91SL]

Real drifting doesn't focus on judging, or points. It's about having control of your car up until the very brink of its abilities, and then pushing yourself AND the car farther.

[green-lantern]

Real drifting doesn't focus on judging, or points. It's about having control of your car up until the very brink of its abilities, and then pushing yourself AND the car farther.

I will give you the part about it will teach you to control the car but learning keep traction and not abuse the car and tires is how you truly make a car fast and preform.

[stealthee]

Exactly. Traction loss slows you down. If you want to have true control of your car, you'd never lose said traction.

[Blue91SL]

I won't go into the epic "Drift Vs. Grip" argument here, because it takes too damn long. I agree with the statement that drifting is normally not the fastest way to take a corner, but in certain situations it is more than useful. Dirt track cars drift around corners to get better lap times due to a lack of traction thanks to the surface they race on. If they were to try to take a turn in the grip style NASCAR uses, they'd either hit a wall, or end up slowing down so much that they get passed.
True, drifting by D1GP's or Formula Drift's standards is nothing but automotive ballet, but in its true form, it is honestly an epic thing to behold. Ask the 50-something year old Japanese men who started drifting on the mountains in Japan. It's more than just seeing how much smoke you can kick up.
That being said, as a child of the drag-racing school, I'm always a fan of a nice, big burnout.