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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
JamieH 3:50AM (8/02/2006)
The man is clearly a god, however can you imagine the size of his thumbs?
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naggs 5:24AM (8/02/2006)
yeah but can he do nurburgring in under 8:50 in a corvette?
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RacetrackOwner 5:45AM (8/02/2006)
I don't know which is dumber: Autoblog posting video game clips, or the continued straight-faced treatment of drifting as a legitimate form of motorsports.
Probably the former.
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doglet 6:34AM (8/02/2006)
drifting:racing::figureskating:icehocky
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Yohan Holden 7:21AM (8/02/2006)
Is it just me or is the quality of news posted on this site just going down the toilet. How can this be a post?
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Mark 7:25AM (8/02/2006)
The man is a friggin legend, the cars the drifting and the music all goes together, racetrackowner what you going on about this is an autoblog the video is about cars what is life when ya aint gone fun in it, have fun my friend. wickeddddddddddddddddddddd and awesome clip.
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apex 8:10AM (8/02/2006)
I cannot disagree with you more Racetrackowner. Autoblog is the great site that it is simply due to the wide range of ALL things automotive being posted. Personally, I am not into drifting or the drifting culture. However, autoblog has used its presence in the online automotive world to celebrate someone who demonstrates a real understanding of the workings of many different cars. True, it is a virtual understanding, but anyone who has played GT4 knows that you cannot pick up the controller and churn out laps like in Mario Kart (no offense to that great game). It takes practice, and a true understanding of handleing characteristics AND tuning to be able to produce what this man has. No, I dont wake up at 8am on saturday and sunday mornings (like I do for F1) to watch drifting competitions, nor will I ever. But that does not mean that drifting is not legitimate. It is a sport where car enthusiasts have applied their knowledge to get something completely different out of the machines we know and love. Just as every car lover should love the site of Schumacher taking the perfect line through a quick chicane, we should be able to at LEAST embrace the skill required to slide the rear tires along the outside of a turn while tapdancing the front on the apex. Thanks for the variety autoblog!
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Ken 9:12AM (8/02/2006)
I don't know is drifting is a sport, but it sure is beautiful to watch in that video.
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Joe 9:28AM (8/02/2006)
I don't know what the big deal is. Harley's been doing it and winning for the past 30+ years. Flat-tracking on 1 mile dirt tracks, handlebar to bar at speeds of 100+mph in the turns. Do it like a man....on two wheels.
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Stumpy 10:01AM (8/02/2006)
As a GT4 owner, this video is truely impressive. Wow.
Now that I have the game beat. I have tried to learn to drift within the game. It is extremely hard to do long perfect ones like in the video.
I am happy if I do something 1/4 as well. Guess I know what I am doing tonight. Practice, Practice, Practice.
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glitched 10:22AM (8/02/2006)
impressive but not THAT impressive. There were some good ones in there, but there wasnt any drift linking. The "RUF" on high speed ring was impressive for its length, but I have seen (and personally done better). why didnt he show any whole series of linked corners?
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New Yorker 10:54AM (8/02/2006)
It’s funny Autoblog should post this clip of GT4 up because I rediscovered the game it’s the first thing I do when I get home after 8 hours in the office. Looking back the graphics are quite good. As for the drifting, it’s ok. I’m trying to beat all the rally stages right now. Not easy!
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David 11:42AM (8/02/2006)
I'd forgotten how beautiful the graphics in that game are, heh
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tcc3 11:46AM (8/02/2006)
Whoa, He found the handbrake!
Doesnt he realize that following the proper line and not sliding all over the damn place makes you go faster?
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Corey 12:22PM (8/02/2006)
Despite the game being a few years old, the graphics are still amazing on the aged console. Aside from the usual updates, new cars & updated graphics, GT4 will be hard to beat.
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getting sideways is the easy part 12:34PM (8/02/2006)
If you're looking for a serious GT4 challenge, try drifting a (rear-engined) RUF CTR around the entire Nurburgring like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bAnMFhFMWAY&search=Car%20Ruf%20Nurburgring%20Porsche%20Stefan%20Roser%20Yellowbird%20CTR%20Drift
That is some incredible real life car control.
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P729 1:30PM (8/02/2006)
I'm not a big drifting fan--everybody knows it's not the fastest way around a racetrack that you _know_ (but it IS the fastest way to get around blind corners--just ask a rally driver), but that's not the point--there's no denying it's fun!
I think if anything, the clips are a testimony to just how great of a simulation engine GT has. You can actually see the driver preload the suspension (just a juke of opposite lock) before tossing it into the turns and getting sideways--no parking brake needed! Bravo!
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Peavy 1:38PM (8/02/2006)
What is song and band name from this?
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gregger 1:57PM (8/02/2006)
Yowsa... check out this comparison video between GT4 and real life!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72yyvNAU8Bg&NR
TTFN
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Jay 2:23PM (8/02/2006)
I'm not much into the drifting myself, but for those who liked that, there was an equally impressive video made by a drifting team in the Forza Motorsport game...pretty neat stuff... http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1246914107853418630&q=project+blackjack
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