Filmed at the Motorsports Japan Festival 2011:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH9vCbs-tPs[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jH9vCbs-tPs[/youtube]
+1drees said:I don't know how many of the drivers are experienced drifters, but it's pretty clear that the NISMO RC needs at least 2x more power or at least tires a lot less sticky for some decent drifting. It didn't look like the car was set up well for drifting - pushed too much. The drivers seemed to have a very hard time breaking it loose - a typical drift car will either drop the clutch to break the rear tires loose or the hand brake on a small course like this.
Still fun! Wish the production LEAF looked more like this and was closer to it in weight.
cwerdna said:I don't normally watch or follow Gymkhana and prior to watching the above, the only Gymkhana video I'd seen was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
I wouldn't really call Ken Block's video's Gymkhana (Gymkhana inspired, definitely), but it does give you an idea of the kind of power it takes to really slide a car around. The rest of his "Gymkhana" videos are a lot of fun to watch if you're in to it.cwerdna said:I don't normally watch or follow Gymkhana and prior to watching the above, the only Gymkhana video I'd seen was http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs-jAImScms" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;.
Yup. At least one of the drift icons, the Toyota GT-S AE86, would have to break a sweat to beat a stock LEAF by a couple of bhp's.drees said:This video shows you what even pretty low powered cars can do with the right setup for sliding around - for sure most of tires a lot less grippy than the NISMO RC's. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ACHQUNiqtI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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