My pointless overposting thread of the day is: what do you think of drifting? I'm rather mixed on it, because sliding around corners is fun, but on the other hand I dislike organized drifting. Watching it is often agonizing... the cars used for it tend to be eye-meltingly ugly IMO (not all of them... S13, S14, NA, and FC drivers tend to be the worst offenders here), and in many cases it just plain looks slow (again, not in all cases, but it actually is slow). Furthermore, I really don't like how it's become an extension of what I like to call "urban rebel culture". Look at some of the more visible ideas of drift culture: garish colors, absurd wheel & tire fitment, stickerbombing, body damage as a trophy, etc. It just... feels wrong somehow.
I agree with your reasons,one of the things that i hate is stance aswell,a little camber is fine but why put so much on that it will render your car useless,aswell as you end up going through tires every week aswell. i am not a huge fan of organized drifting,mainly due to it seems slow,like you have said;i am more of a fan of rallying and 4wd drifting,which is quite fun. its hilarious seeing peoples reaction when i get my lancer evo 6 90 degrees sideways around a corner in a lobby on forza motorsport 6 xD
Different strokes for different folks; if you haven't participated first hand, you're not in a position to be critical. Respect should be afforded to all aspects of car culture. They love what they do, and most importantly, they love their cars.
Drifting is just a thing people do with cars for entertainment, like drag racing, burnouts, rally, etc. A true car guy respects all automotive cultures equally, and appreciates them all in their own ways.
While, yes, this is ugly, someone had spent money and time on it and loves it, i cant complain about that. And on topic about Chuck's comment about Urban Rebel Culture, its more like battle scars, like they care more about having fun and the sport than their cars, sort of like how rugby players are praised for having injuries but continuing, like they care more about the sport than their bodies. Like that looks pretty cool IMO, making use of what you have. Its the same with putting plushies and hello kitty on drift cars, its funny, like a joke, MCM said that in one of their series (chasing midnight), because Japanese drifters don't take it seriously, they like a laugh. (this then filters through to the west without the west knowing why they are doing it) Watch chasing midnight, it should answer some questions, its like a documentary.
Oh i didn't know that. I just went to google images and searched ricer and that was one of the first ones that came up
It's quite sad that the word "ricer" is immediately applied to anything people don't like. Stance, bosozoku, etc. are not rice at all, they're just parts of car culture. If you want a good definition of rice, think back to the first Fast and Furious, except every car has a budget of $10
I'm actually a huge fan of where drifting is right now. Weather it be FD style competitive drifting, or grass roots missile drifting. Heck, even the massive stance / offset thing appeals to me.
I would consider stance/bosozoku to be more extreme versions of rice. They both have the general idea of taking race-car modifications and exaggerating them to a point where they are or applying them in a way that is completely nonfunctional or actually impairs the functionality of the car, making them look incredibly garish in the process.
