i was wondrin...

[Pfffssshhh!]

...you take 2 persons, each of them having equal driving skill (public road, daily driving), never drifted or raced before, and then take the first person (Person A) and let him play racing games (GT3, Touge, TXRZ) and the other one just does nothing (Person B). I wonder who would come out a better drifter? I know there's alot of variables/factors but i was just curious about what you guys think. I asked about this because the other day my Uncle was complimenting me on my very good (his words! hehe) driving. And then my cousin said something about me playing racing games all the time when i was a kid and thats why i drove good. Actually, when i think about it, I learned to drive faster than my brother and had fewer accidents than him. He didnt like racing games, or ANY games at all. I dunno...any ways, i know its a dumb question...just curious about all your thoughts...

o and by the way this is my first post so please be gentle i'm a virgin! hahaha

 

[pddrifter]

I really think that you have to be able to drit in real life or at least have the basic understanding of drift before you can drift in a game , not the other way round. but the gamer would pick up the basic knowlage of how to perfoem a drift, how he/she handles that drif once they are in to it depends on how well they can drive in real life. but playing a gmae makes up in no way to a real life experience

 

[drifterzzz]

its really diffrent if u play games & real drive . i drive in games & real . in real i become the highway racers at my country & i battle again lots of most powerfull cars , but when i play games its totally diffrent than real life driving ... in games like gt3 when u play its doesnt fell like u drive in real in other words i drive or play games just for fun but in real life i want to be a winner ...thats all so diffrent person diffrent feel ...ok

soli too long ...

 

[Pfffssshhh!]

yea i agree with you both on the difference between games & real life...i play games and i drive in real life too...the difference is i havent drifted in real life (yet). i can feel it though. the urge i mean. theres just something about drifting (game/real life) that gives me goosebumps....hooooyeah...oops sorry bout that.

 

[drifterzzz]

no prob . i combines when race i also drift at corners..hehehe
so thats why i can defeted most of the powerful cars like r-33 & r34

 

[Thio]

Well then, I go against your theory because I don't drift in real life and I drift really well in GT3 =) It doesn't matter which one comes first or not. All this drifting comes from experience, no matter how you get it. The reason why I don't drift in real life is first of all, the parts to replace once they break is expensive for me, second, I don't have my license, and third, my parents won't let me drive until I graduate out of college. And anyways, experience is what counts in a professional

edit: I was replying to pddrifter's first post in this thread.

 

[drifterzzz]

very good boys dont become like me the highwayoutlawzzz...

 

[Ethix101]

Originally posted by Thio
my parents won't let me drive until I graduate out of college. .

That sucks man.

 

[drifterzzz]

his parents loved him very much not like me ...hehehehe

 

[XzifT]

I suppose it might be possible..But its doubtable. Its hard to tell unless you tried it..As far as driving games helping real life, I agree, my friend drives nice, drifting and such, and he played GT3 TXR0, Burnout 2( Not realistic though, stil helps with traffic. ) So I kinda think it has something to do with it. Not skill, but helps with what to do in certain situations...

 

[Bill-182]

Well this is how I think of it...

You take two drivers who have NO experience with racing or drifting. The guy who plays Gran Turismo and all those other games will have a better advantage on racing an drifting.

The guy who plays the video games will learn about racing lines and limits of cars. Sure he learns it on a virtual level, but if he knows that it is a model (approximation of physical reality) of the real thing, then he could get into a race car and with with same amount of practice as the non-gameplayer be a better racer/drifter.

 

[pergatory]

I absolutely think that you can learn a lot from GT3 that will apply to real life. I am walking proof! I started drifting in real life just prior to drifting in GT3. As soon as I started doing it in GT3 I noticed an IMMEDIATE improvement in my real-life drifting. I mean a serious obvious improvement. Now I can hold drifts easily, transfer, feint, etc., even though I haven't drifted too much in real life. GT3 taught me a lot of stuff about drifting that I then didn't need to learn in real life. Now when I drift in real life it's second nature. I don't have to think "oh I have to countersteer now" I just do it, and think about more important stuff like if I need to change my angle or whatever.

Anyway, I also agree with pddrifter that in order to truly understand drifting in GT3 you have to at least try drifting in real life. Otherwise you won't understand things like weight transfer because there are no g-forces in GT3, the only road feel you have is from the steering wheel. I think this is the reason you see people tuning cars to just slide like crazy at low speeds and not take the proper line through the corner. Drifting in real life has taught me to strive for the best line possible. All other factors like how aggressive my angle is or how much smoke I'm making are all secondary to the line. If you watch real drifters, you'll see that they are all the same. They will sacrifice whatever it takes to get back on the correct line if they screw up.

 

[ewok]

lol drifting in real life is alot differnt then the game i think that you guys need to realize that if you crash in the game you just getlaughed at and if you try to drift on the street and crash you not only get laughed at you get stuck wiith a 2 thousand dollar bill to fix yoru car. its taking me about a year and a half of good pratice to drift well and i still need pratice

 

[pergatory]

How does the cost make the physics of driving different? That doesn't change anything, except making you nervous if you aren't very good at controlling the car. That's why you learn on AWD or FF, learn to push the car's limits and feel when you're approaching the tire's limits. I learned on FF in real life and it gave me the very important skill of knowing exactly when I'm about to break traction before it happens, that way it doesn't surprise me or scare me. That combined with the countersteering and throttle control reflexes that GT3 taught me made for an easy passage into real-life drifting.