Sport Tire Backlash!

[SKOT_FREE]

I know it's not GT planet members, but what is up with the Negative comments about using Sport Tires when drifting online? Most of the complaints seem to stem from those on Comfort Tires who feel Sport tire users are too fast. My thing is Most comfort tire users are way too slow and take the worse line possible. Not only that but using Comfort Tires does not mean you are better than someone using Sport tires, and in Fact it's much easier to break traction on Comfort tires than Sports. Overall I'm just saying stop with the name calling and finger pointing and just use what works for you. Have Fun!

 

[Duman079]

If you want to see the difference, search HKSD1 drift heaven. He putted two videos to show the difference. If you want to be faster, make better settings or use comford medium.

 

[SPANK]

I'm a comfort hard comfort medium kinda guy. With sports you can't get the angle you want cause of too much grip. And with under horsepower cars, good luck.

 

[Duman079]

But if you are very new to drifting, I think it is better to start with Sports hard. I never use it though. Al ways comford hard. Like Spank said, there is too much grip.

 

[monsterGAUZ]

The sports tires in GT5 are similar to semi slicks in real life. You can also see this when you take photos of the tire tread. Comforts are normal street tires like they are used on every driftcar.
The sport or semi slick tires are made for racing and comforts for street driving, racing and drifting.
Because of the highly recognizable change of speed when you swap from c hards to c mediums in GT5 the tires are limited to c hards in every drift event or proper lobby. It's a case of equality, we want to have a base of a driftcar (RWD, no driving aids except for ABS, c hards) but the rest is totally up to the driver.
btw. In real life softer tire compounds don't affect the drifting speed that much.

 

[SKOT_FREE]

The sports tires in GT5 are similar to semi slicks in real life. You can also see this when you take photos of the tire tread. Comforts are normal street tires like they are used on every driftcar.
The sport or semi slick tires are made for racing and comforts for street driving, racing and drifting.
Because of the highly recognizable change of speed when you swap from c hards to c mediums in GT5 the tires are limited to c hards in every drift event or proper lobby. It's a case of equality, we want to have a base of a driftcar (RWD, no driving aids except for ABS, c hards) but the rest is totally up to the driver.
btw. In real life softer tire compounds don't affect the drifting speed that much.

Well Drifting Comps are Different. I can't complain when someone has regulated Tires for their room. Yes I agree with the Drifting speed but I have a very aggressive and fast Turn in on my Drifts. Most Comfort users go in Slow and power around the outside, me I start outside, go in for The Apex and Drift Out on Exit. I like that people have different ideas and theories on set ups, the only place to test them is on the Track. Most real Drifters run Sport tires btw, Comfort tires at least to me are like stock street tires good to learn on but once you are trying to be competitive it's sport.....Of course this depends on your HP and set-up.

 

[ps3dan101]

Mate are you having a laugh or are you really that stupid ? If the majority of the community use comfort hards then it obviously the correct tire !

 

[monsterGAUZ]

Well Drifting Comps are Different. I can't complain when someone has regulated Tires for their room. Yes I agree with the Drifting speed but I have a very aggressive and fast Turn in on my Drifts. Most Comfort users go in Slow and power around the outside, me I start outside, go in for The Apex and Drift Out on Exit. I like that people have different ideas and theories on set ups, the only place to test them is on the Track. Most real Drifters run Sport tires btw, Comfort tires at least to me are like stock street tires good to learn on but once you are trying to be competitive it's sport.....Of course this depends on your HP and set-up.

Err..... I don't know who you are drifting with but almost everybody here on gtp knows how to drift a turn with the right line! The people who drift like you discribe it don't know or aren't skilled enough yet to drift good.

Being competetive doesn't depend on the tires! It depends on yourself because ALL events here are limited to c hards and it's fair for everybody!
If the limit would be set to c softs I would bet everything that everbody will use c softs. Not because they can drift better with it, it's because of the speed. The other drivers will pull away if you use harder tires.

 

[SPANK]

Well Drifting Comps are Different. I can't complain when someone has regulated Tires for their room. Yes I agree with the Drifting speed but I have a very aggressive and fast Turn in on my Drifts. Most Comfort users go in Slow and power around the outside, me I start outside, go in for The Apex and Drift Out on Exit. I like that people have different ideas and theories on set ups, the only place to test them is on the Track. Most real Drifters run Sport tires btw, Comfort tires at least to me are like stock street tires good to learn on but once you are trying to be competitive it's sport.....Of course this depends on your HP and set-up.

I do the same line...but i wanna see a video of yours? I want to see the angle you get.

 

[Warren4649]

Show us how you drift with you sports hard, I bet it looks boring and that you can't link half of the corners of any track.

 

[SKOT_FREE]

I do the same line...but i wanna see a video of yours? I want to see the angle you get.

Are you playing now? I'm about to get on in a minute to practice. BTW I used to use Sport Soft but went down to Sport Medium because of Angle issues as well as being able to maintain longer drifts. My Screen Name is SKOT_FREE add me and we can run anytime. That's for Anyone BTW.

 

[SKOT_FREE]

I'm in the Drifter's Paradise Room.

 

[SPANK]

Im at work right now and wont be on tonight probably. I have to go to a graduation tonight. But record a video of you drifting.

 

[PanzuDrift]

I'll just leave this here... Entry at 152km/h. Sports hards.

You silly elitists, why restrict your funhaving with only one set of tyres?

Extra extra! Some fella once told me drifting is all about angle and smoke, here's to him.

Now can we stop this silly sheiʒʒestorm and just try different things for once, go and have fun! The physics engine is your oyster!

 

[Warren4649]

I actually laughed at your posted made out of pictures!
Now show how it really looked with a video.

 

[SPANK]

this is going to turn bad fast. Now redo do that and make it a video. In that video i want to see a levin fully tuned with sport mediums. I want to see decent speed. great angle, and the right line...okay go!

 

[PanzuDrift]

I actually laughed at your posted made out of pictures!
Now show how it really looked with a video.

Buy me a capturecard, I made a gif of it, but it's 700mb so screw that.

Mate are you having a laugh or are you really that stupid ? If the majority of the community use comfort hards then it obviously the correct tire !

Now redo do that and make it a video.

Actually, it was not easy. But hey, more challenge into it

 

[SPANK]

you dont need a capture card record it with a damn camera, we arent going to judge you on video quality

 

[monsterGAUZ]

There is no reason to call people silly!

As said alot times before:
The big GT5 drifting community with the best GT5 drifters in the world included use comfort hard tires! They are the most usual and beloved tires and give the best drift handling.
It is like it is. Nobody prohibits to drift with sport tires but you have to adapt yourself if you want to join the bigger GT5 drift scene. I've heard from alot of drifters that they can't imagine how they drifted with sport tires before because comfort hards feel so much better and are more fun

 

[SFX_Adavicro]

Sport tires are simply too grippy for a tandem lobby, but they are driftable, it all depends on power, setup, tire size etc.

Hell, I can drift racing softs but it doesn't mean I should. In my opinion comfort hards or mediums are optimal for tandem drifting. The way I see it is, comfort hards are like a budget, low quality tire. They're great for beginners as they practically slide themselves, but even seasoned drifters still use them. Here's why.

Edit, accidentally posted before I was finished. The reason why most people see CH as the "proper" tire is that there's a stigma associated with all the other compounds. If you don't use CH, you aren't "pro", or "can't tandem", really though I see comfort mediums as the tire that most closely resembles the majority of real life drift tires. Just from looking at the way cars react to weight shifting on Youtube will quickly prove that their cars react nothing like a GT5 drift car on CH.

I see CS as more of a professional level tire, close to what a D1 or Formula D driver would use, and the difference in speed between them and CH is too great for consistent tandems.

I don't know, I'm pretty much ranting, but from my experiences comfort medium tires are the most realistic tire in terms of how most real life drift cars perform.

If people want to drift sports, go for it, but don't expect to tandem consistently with a CH or CM user, the difference in speed and grip is too great. For solo drifting I guess its fine.

 

[PanzuDrift]

There is no reason to call people silly

There is no reason to call people with names and laugh at them if they use different tyres from CH's

Recording that corner with cameraphone, prepare yourself to worst video quality in the world

 

[monsterGAUZ]

There is no reason to call people with names and laugh at them if they use different tyres from CH's

I didn't call you with any name or laughed about you!

 

[SPANK]

Monster i just noticed you have no team...am i changing the registration list. sorry for the thread jack

 

[PanzuDrift]

I didn't call you with any name or laughed about you!

Well I didn't specificate I was talking about you there, did I?

 

[Warren4649]

There is no reason to call people with names and laugh at them if they use different tyres from CH's

Recording that corner with cameraphone, prepare yourself to worst video quality in the world

There is no reason for you to think that because you're one of the rare people that use sports, you're cooler than the others.
By the way most people that use sport tires on a lobby are unable to drift properly and can't link corners (even with maxxed out cars).
It usually look like real late drift initiation and real early drift end.
With CH and CM you're able to drift as long as you want take a lot of angle and speed is related to how much skills you have.

 

[SPANK]

This makes me think, maybe GTP isnt for you? Im not going to make an statements but im probably guess moda may not like this.

 

[Magneto]

Drift whatever you like. But don't go bitching if a lobby is set to a specific tire you don't like, just move along to the next one.

That's my rule. I drift mostly on comfort tires from hard to soft, but for a competition I like that comfort hard tires level the playing field and removes an unfair advantage or disadvantage. There is no right or wrong tires, only rooms that suit you or not.

/end thread

 

[nizmo_bro]

^^What he said^^

 

[SPANK]

/end thread

This.

 

[PanzuDrift]

BUMP!!!
Seriously, some (not to mention names, just check the #7 post) are so childish that they start calling people names, purely depending on what tyres they drift.

Mate are you having a laugh or are you really that stupid ?

And now that we get somewhat sensible arguements about the "issue" people just want to close the thread.

P.S. Here is the video that was requested
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RDmvRVAIR4 cba2embed