http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KTteg7gLmw
Feel free to criticize or what not. Its one of my better runs.
Thanks for watching!
Nice vid
Line and speed were good (bar turn 1/2 where you cut the apex) but if you want me to be really pedantic (I'm a pro-drifter, pro instructor and was head judge in JDM AllStars series in 2009) then I'd say:
a) you need to initiate earlier and with more aggression, drifting is about extremes, an we punish people who initiate cautiously, the highest points are given to those who go from dead straight, all the way to the lock stops, in one smooth snap
the entry of the corner is the place you really show your skill.
b) turn four, the second left, you straightened the car half way through the corner, try to keep the angle smooth, being shaky makes it look like you are not in controlof the car.
c) turn 5/6 in between the penultimate right to the final left, you straightened on the transision, it should be one smooth movement from left to right
d) up shift, one thing we can't stand in competition is people who ride a whole track bouncing off the limiter when they could be in a higher gear, especially when in a car like that. The Blitz R34 has huge power and torque, I run that course in 4th or 5th gear
let me just say this....
1. Your driving a car with a mammoth turbo. This means the power and torque come in way lower than the rev limiter (look at the torque vs power graph.) this means basically its better to be in third at say 5k RPM than in 2 bouncing off the limiter. Even in N/A cars the power starts to go near the rev limiter so its always adviseable to change before the limiter strikes by a few hundred RPM.
Mate, please don't talk about things about which you are unsure LOL The Blitz R34 does have a big turbo, but that is one reason why it hits the limiter so easily.
Because the turbo is big, the power keeps building and building all the way to the limiter. With cars with small (standard-ish) turbos, the power falls off towards the top of the rev range as the engine is spinning so fast that the turbo can't keep up, but with big turbos, which don't come in until 4000rpm-ish, they can hold boost all the way to the limiter, meaning power keeps builing an building.
As an example, my friends ex-Blitz R34 has a huge single KKK turbo on an RB27, his power comes in at about 4500rpm and keeps building all the way to around 550bhp at the 8000rpm limiter. My competition R32 has twin Garrett GT28RS turbos, the power comes in at 3000rpm and peaks at 7500rpm with 500bhp, even though it rev to 9500 rpm. The reason, my two small turbos spool faster, but can't keep up full boost at higher RPM, even though my displacement is slightly less.
Your reasoning that he should upshift is sound, but your understanding of the car is not
