Is it just me that doesn't see the point in the drift setups?

I never use them I can't see the point? I find it much more satisfying learning to powerslide the stock e92M3 and pretending I'm Chris Harris, in my opinion it takes much more skill and using the drift setups is just unrealistic and well...cheating?

Am I alone on this?

 

Im sure there are both out there. I do see the point with a car setup for drifting yes. Thats what you do in real life when doing serious drifting.

But sure i drift with stock setups too.

 

Drift setups are there for people who just want to drift.
There are guys who don`t care about racing, they want to drift and they take it verry seriously.In real life if you go to a drift show you will see only modified cars specialy for drifting.
Still there is nothing wrong sliding around the cars with stock setups like Chris Harris does but that is called having fun not seriously drifting.

 

Race cars have race setups.
Street cars have street setups.
Drift cars have drift setups.
The setup depends on the application.
~Bailey

 

When I try to pull long drifts and showing off with extreme angles, etc, I choose the E30 drift.
When I try to slide around a track in a fun car, I go with the Huayra on semislicks and quite some toe reduced, to give it that oversteering character.

Surprisingly easy and forgiving, and stable! Throttle management!


It's also very rewerding putting on Street tires or even Semi Slicks on the E30 drift and taking it around the track, getting fast times.

 

I fail to see the point of this thread.

 

Dat e46 m3 engine..i know.I wish they made a track setup with that engine on the e30 not only a drift version.

 

there we go with the "skill". what about rewarding knowledge on how the mechanics of the car work and taking advantage of it? you would agree that it takes more "skill" to play with just one hand and you dont play like that, do you?

 

The drift setup for the M3 E30 makes a lot of sense in my opinion. I find that the stock engine isn't powerful enough for drifting. And I don't get why drift setups are unrealistic/cheating.

 

Powerslide alone doesnt make drifting all that exiting. When learning all the techiniques that are involved in drifting, that makes it really rewarding when you can drift all kinds of corners with all kinds of vehicles.
You can start applying those techiques to softer stock cars, and dont need to powerslide anymore to drift, but there is a reason to have a drift setup/vehicle for the sport.
Like Keiichi Tsuchiya said "Learn the techniques and you can drift with any car out there."

Personally I like to practise with all kinds of cars that its even remotely possible. FWD, RWD, 4WD, low power, high power... they all need different techniques to get it to drift.

 

You've been Hornbuckled!

 

There is certainly a pretty big difference between doing a power slide and drifting a car around a circuit ... imho, you will not be able to drift the BMW E30 race car around the track in the same manner that you can with the Drift upgrade car. There is a pretty big difference and I completely disagree with with the end part of your statement ... if you want to go fast you tweak the car to go fast, if you want to drift then you tweak the car to drift, its a setup ... how is that cheating? LOL

I would be very impressed if you were able to drift either of the stock BMW's the same as this for example

 

The E30 D is my main drift car. It's just a lot easier to keep sideways due to the increased steering lock. The drift-set cars, as mentioned, are angled towards the serious drifters, as opposed to those who just like a bit of a powerslide every now and then.

And also, pop on the semislicks and it becomes a fantastic RWD rally car



^Pretty much 1:1 with this. Too much fun

 

Wait till we get proper drift car, 343hp is nothing

 

i can drift well only with the e30 drift upgrade. yes it's low on power, but it's also light. with the z4 drift and the e92 drift i usually put them sideways and crash in the wall in front of me, they weight just too much.

can we have a 4\500 hp ~1000 kg drift car please? pleeeaseeee?