Originally posted by MerF
Maybe I should re-word it. I can watch a video for about 5 minutes, and then I realize that when he turns this time he's gonna try to be sideways. Then when he turns this time, he's gonna try to go sideways. Then the next time....you get it.
Road racing for sure takes lots of talent and skill. Drag is lesser, but still a helluva lot more than hitting the e-brake a little and gassing it when the rear is out from under you. Sure, a FWD drift sound like it would be difficult, but once again, it can only be SO interesting, there's NO competition, nothing to beat, nobody to be better than like the other forms of racing.
no offense but you don't sound like you really know what drifting is about.
do you watch any type of racing? isn't it all pretty much the same? let's take drag racing. wouldn't you realize that when the light turns green, they'll both launch their cars to get to the end as quick as possible? it's always the same thing... now let's look at f1 racing. when they approach a corner, wouldn't you realize that they're going to turn and just keep doing that for 50 something lap? just the same thing over and over? you could always just simplify everything to a state of "boringness." basketball could just be trying to put a stupid ball in a hoop. you know what i mean?
if you think drifting is about pulling the ebrake and powering out of the corner, then you don't fully understand. like i mentioned, just about all the skills you'd learn in road racing can be applied to drifting. it's not about just sliding through a corner. and there ARE competitions out there (d1 gp comes to mind), so you can't say there's no competition. granted, it's not based on how fast you are, or who you pass, etc, like your typical racing. it's more based on style, line through a corner, ability to take the same line multiple times... if you look for option vdo's where they show d1gp, you'll understand. it's pretty much a head to head battle. there IS someone to beat. it takes more skill than you think. granted it might not be as entertaining to some ppl, but like dan said, to each his own
