How much power is too much?

[JR86]

On GT5 I've been trying to get the best performance from my engine and try to pack in a couple more rpm's to the tachometer. To do so I buy all 3 stages for engine tuning and a racing chip. By doing this I am starting to get up to 700 hp from some cars. This brings the question forward: should you stop at a certain hp before you just become hp crazy. I try drifting high and low output cars as it has been said a person who drifts high power cars become unable to drift low powered cars.

 

[Phoenix]

I try to keep it at a maximum of 600 BHP on my drift cars.
I like using the BMW M3 Coupe '07 as drift car, with 590 BHP and sports softs/racing hards.

I guess its all down to personal preference on how much power and what kind of tyres you like to use.

 

[ProdigyCK]

I found that depend of your tune. My sl600 with 1035hp is not to much for my tune. Some of the car, if you got to much hp, your wheel spin so much that you loose your grip. Like some car turbo 3 or supercharge get hard to control trotle.
That my opinion.

 

[Roush_fan_99]

If you just want to see how many points you can get in sector mode, the sky is the limit, I've used the audi R8 race car before

But realistically 600 is about max, personally I like the 3-4 hundred range

 

[ProdigyCK]

Forget to tell: my msg was for drifting, and confort hard all the way!

 

[LR-SWD-007]

The amount of HP/TQ I use depends on the weight of the car being tuned. Any drift car under 1200 kg I use about 400 hp or less. Anything over 1200 kg I bump it up to 500 or 600 hp to move that weight around. Comfort hards always of course. Total balance is key, you can have too much power for a given car. You just have to tweak the power limiter to find that perfect balance.

 

[Jesus]

1 billion horsepower

 

[monsterGAUZ]

Too much?
The world is not enough...

 

[M-POWER_FTW]

1 billion horsepower

Couldn't help but crack up at this.

I'm with Dr. Evil.

 

[mrCHRIS]

Too much?
The world is not enough...

+1 👍

 

[ShortAznGuy]

Anything above 1 horsepower is too much.

 

[4040]

^^ lol 👍

 

[Doug the Slug]

1 billion horsepower

lol'd so hard

 

[klevrah]

yep no limit on horsepower, the only limit would be the drivers ability to control it.

 

[Silver-Sylph]

500 or 600 hp is what i limit myself too. Then again most of my drift cars are 400 and less.

 

[Stavingo]

Don't really have a limit so to speak, makes it more fun and more of a challenge when you work with more HP.

 

[jasonsnake]

I use lp-670 to drift with 580HP and comfortable soft tires. really smooth and controlable

 

[JR86]

I use lp-670 to drift with 580HP and comfortable soft tires. really smooth and controlable

Welcome to GTP. If I were you I'd look to switch to a RWD car and comfort hards. More than 90% on the forum do. Happy drifting!

 

[SFX_Pwner]

Don't really have a limit so to speak, makes it more fun and more of a challenge when you work with more HP.

The same can be said with lower horsepower cars [2-300hp] in my opinion.

I usually don't use much more than 450hp in my "every day" cars.

 

[joetruckv8]

500-600hp racing is about hitting your marks, but I like the 300-400hp range because this induces side by side dog-fighting!

 

[Stavingo]

The same can be said with lower horsepower cars [2-300hp] in my opinion.

I usually don't use much more than 450hp in my "every day" cars.

Can't disagree with that either, HP can work fun both ways.

 

[JR86]

I think now that if you drift an already powerful car its fine to give it even mire. With lower output cars its still fine to max out the power. For example, my 180SX has 500+ hp but its at that high output the car can perform at its best. On the other hand my FT-86 G has less than 400 hp yet its at that output I can run that car at its best and get lots of angle

 

[djinline]

I feel comfortable around 400hp and I rarely use 500hp+ cars.

 

[Chocobos]

I'm all over the place. I have as much fun in a car with 220hp or a car with 900ish hp. Really depends on the car, track or mood I guess.

 

[Tunerguy21]

but I like the 300-400hp range because this induces side by side dog-fighting!

Wouldn't it be slide-by-slide!

Kidding aside, I don't really have any limits hp limits now, but I think the most powerful drifter I have is around 650hp, and its a tiny bit of a handful. I haven't really explored my limits yet. I mainly tune just to the point where I know I can control the car.

 

[adz-94]

i use a '06 viper coupe with 993bhp and find it pretty easy, the only time i really need to use all that power is for long corners or to get crazy angle, most of the time i keep the revs in about 4k-6k so really im only using about 600bhp but id rather have the 993bhp there and not use it than need it and not have it. Torque is more important than power for drifting because it is torque that makes the wheels lose traction,power just keeps them spinning. That's the main reason i use the viper, i can still drift pretty easily at 2.5k revs in 6th gear because of the amount of torque it has.

 

[monsterGAUZ]

i use a '06 viper coupe with 993bhp and find it pretty easy, the only time i really need to use all that power is for long corners or to get crazy angle, most of the time i keep the revs in about 4k-6k so really im only using about 600bhp but id rather have the 993bhp there and not use it than need it and not have it. Torque is more important than power for drifting because it is torque that makes the wheels lose traction,power just keeps them spinning. That's the main reason i use the viper, i can still drift pretty easily at 2.5k revs in 6th gear because of the amount of torque it has.

That's why it's called a noob drift car 👍

 

[adz-94]

That's why it's called a noob drift car 👍

cant say ive ever heard anyone call it a "noob" drift car, and if it was a "noob" drift car why arent drift lobbies over-run by 12 year olds in vipers saying the are the best?

 

[Chocobos]

I'm willing to argue that a car with a lot of power can be just as difficult to drift as a car with not so much power. Depends on what car it is, mostly. I have a 1000hp Viper that is a handful not because of the power, but because the car naturally wants to grip regardless of output. It's just a different skill set. Different strokes for different folks.

 

[monsterGAUZ]

cant say ive ever heard anyone call it a "noob" drift car, and if it was a "noob" drift car why arent drift lobbies over-run by 12 year olds in vipers saying the are the best?

I guess you haven't played GT5 enough or you haven't been in enough random lobbies to recognize that.
Vipers are noob cars because it doesn't require any skill to drift them or keep up in a tandem. The power and the wide tires do the work for you. That's why this car is banned from many professional competitions, tournaments etc