"Hey, so what's the difference between drifting in the States and drifting in Japan?"

"Well, you see, here in the states people drift with horsepower. In Japan, they do it with balls."

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Updated: 29 Nov 2024

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And that’s why i wanna learn drifting from a Japanese drifter

Watch Tokyo drift! Haha

shots fired. while we’re at it: tg:usa sucks :|

At least Top Gear USA still exists. :/ It’s kind of coming into it’s own at this point.

this haha

And that’s why AE86s make the best drifters XD

Poor Nomuken has just been castrated for having a 700+ bhp R34 Sky at one point.

ofcourse the american is a big and flashy version of the “original” drifting -_-

We have some pretty good grassroots drifting here in the U.S.
https://vimeo.com/71715478

I know. This was more directed at the pro-level stuff in the states like Formula D. Can’t get into the flashy, high-power, wide-angle stuff man. It just doesn’t look as cool as the old underground stuff.

I mean in the sense that they learn on two lane mountain roads and that we try to learn in safer environments, sure

Ok real answer though:
here in the states its more about smoke and entry speed, while touge in japan is more about control and poise. There no flashy plumes of huge tire smoke when they drift the touge in japan, its flashy but efficient. Its just a whole ‘nnother sport out there.