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Resurrecting this thread... Guys, I`ve been drifting in GT3 since 2nd(? can`t remember exactly) April 2001. Thats when the game was released here in Japan. Anyways, after meticulously testing EVERY RWD car (even the Merc 600SL!) I`ve found that: The Nissan 180SX is the best drift car. The SR20 powered Silvia`s are also good, but the S15 is a little too top endy in it`s power delivery, so to keep it sliding at the limit is more difficult than the others. Why the 180? Well, the SR in that model (in the game) has the bulk of it`s torque around 3-4000rpm, you need this to be able to tap the accel and get instant wheelspin at lower speeds, and to be able to "steer" the car with the throttle. Also, on it`s lowest ride height at the front, the 180 has excellent stance making the front end really stable... this is apparent in the low to mid-speed corners. The settings: SUSPENSION Spring Rate: (F) 5.2 ®16.2 Ride Height: (F) 89mm ® 89mm Damper Bump: (F) 2 ® 8 Damper Rebound: (F) 2 ® 8 Camber: (F) 10.0 ® 2.0 Toe: (F) 2.0 ® -2.0 Stabilizer: (F) Level 1 ® Level 7 BRAKES Brake Balance: (F) 20 ® 15 GEARING L.S.D. Initial Torque: ® 30 LSD Accel: ® 40 LSD Brake: ® 30 GEARBOX 1st: 3.012 2nd: 2.302 3rd: 1.820 4th: 1.501 5th: 1.245 6th: 0.874 Final: 4.083 ASM and TCS: Obviously set to 0. *edit* IMPORTANT! Super Soft slicks on the front, with normal tyres on the Rear. Also, fully tune the engine, 500+ps is perfect power, no too much for the slow stuff, and not too little for the high-speed corners like at Apricot Hill. Explanation: Honestly, keep the Camber set to 10 degrees on the front. This "lowers" the car even more, and it increases the overall track width, giving more stable (and higher speed) drift ability. The gears ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT!!! That box is set. You won`t need 6th, and the other gears are set so close that it provides power wheelspin at any time (just select the right gear for the trackspeed). You`ll find that you "map out" the gear changes for each track after a while. That means, you`ll be setting up the car coming in to the corner with your finger hovering over the downshift button, waiting for just the right moment to shift/light the tires up. MY 10 SECOND BRAG: I have drifted Grand Valley in a 180 sliding absolutely EVERY corner (both hairpins aswell) and... USING THE HANDBRAKE TO START THE DRIFT INTO THE FIRST CORNER OFF THE MAIN STRAIGHT (clockwise) FROM 10 CAR LENGTHS BACK, FIRST, SLIDING TO THE LEFT (opposite angle) THEN FLICKING IT BACK TO THE RIGHT TO TAKE THE CORNER PERFECTLY. (sorry about the caps!) The handbrake is the key, if you want to start your drift waaaaay back from the corner. Get up enough speed, get the position right, then mash that handbrake and slide until you enter the corner (rear wheels locked of course) then hammer the accel to take the corner. I tried to teach my friend to do this, but he didn`t have the patience. As soon as I can figure out how to post up movie clips from a camcorder, I`ll post the Grand Valley clip, and some others too if people are interested. You probably think by now that I`m some kind of virtualdrift psycho, but all this came about when I was living in the countryside in Japan, with no decent people to hang with for about 6 months.

Shiroi = White Suisei = a) an aquatic plant, B) the force of water, c) Mercury, d) a comet, (sometimes used to descibe becoming famous overnight) Take your pick, but my guess is Hakujin doesn`t buy your asiatic namesake...

Sorry Mi4R32GTR, you got me on that last sentence. You said "but I allready got what I came from so it won't be to back going home." You mean you bought a GTR but you won't be taking it home? Massive props to ya though for getting a GTR after only 3 months!

Best of all worlds eh Demon Dave? I lived in Mie-ken a couple of years back, and not a day went by where I thought about re-locating there for good... because of the superior car situation. ...and proximity to Suzuka!!!

He didn't say *only* the GTS-X's have the auto spoiler... but at that stage I knew the guy hadn't turned his brain on to talk to me.

Badman: Hope you can make it after you graduate!

Hey Stang: Thats one thing I`ve been meaning to check out. How much do people pay for Option/Option2 in Oz? I can pick em up for 500yen (A$6.17) a piece, theyre heavy bastards, so freight is gonna be a factor, but I think I could get out of it for $15-20(??) a copy...

Hey Badman: Itsu Nihon ni ikitai? Nihon de sumu wa basho ga kimatta? Osaka to Kobe o sugoi osusumeru! Sore wa boku no ikken dake... demo zettai Nihon wa dokodemo ii yo! I think most experince from cars comes from the "hands on" approach, just get out there and do it... and cry about your financial position later!

Yeah, damn that tiny specs page! I just tried to buzz SuperAutobacs, and as you can imagine, just getting through to someone in the service dept (my Japanese is "adequate"...) was hard enough. The guy basically said *vaguely* "aaah, theres different materials used in the cabin... the GTS-X has a automatic front spoiler... why don`t you bring the car to us?" I left it at that. I`ll get my wife (shes Jap) to call Nissan. I`m actually going down to SuperAutobacs this weekend for their annual car show, I`ll definately be able to finalize this once and for all then.

Can I add to the car owning side of things, that having a parking space in Japan is rediculously expensive too. Demon Dave (obviously living in a "real" house, as opposed to an apartment) doesn't have to pay for parking, if I'm not mistaken. I have to pay 12,000yen/month JUST FOR A PARKING SPACE in my building! Ok, it's fully secure, and it's one of those underground-to-surface elevator jobs, but that money would go a looooong way for modifications if you have the car for a year...

I been here for 3 1/2 years. Got married to a lovely Japanese lass last year, and have been teaching English the whole time. But it's not all cool though (well 0.0001% not cool!) The English Teaching market is starting to make a swing in favour of South Korea. The earning potential in S.K. seems to be better than Japan nowadays mainly because of the lower cost of living. I would agree with Demon Dave though, setting up your own business is THE way to go for the more experienced, married, Japanese speaking foreigners, but for somebody just off the plane (landing in Kansai), get a local mini-zine called Kansai Fleemarket... instant jobs. GEOS only hire from overseas, but NOVA, ECC, AEON, Berlitz etc will take you on with any Uni degree. This place (Osaka, Kobe) blew me away when I first came here, seeing real-life street DRIFTING in Nanko, Osaka... finally driving on the Wangan Route... going to C-West in Nishinomiya... finally seeing a JGTC race at SUZKA CIRCUIT... car lovers dream come true really. Are there any JAPANESE (off chance) members on this board?

Heh, I almost went for a JZX90 MarkII, but Ikeya Formula ARE NOT going to make their sequencial shifter for them... so I went for the HCR32.

Check this out... go to the 7th catalogue from the right, it's the GTS 2-door at the top, then towards the bottom of the catalogue, you can see all the variants, including the GTS-X. I CAN read Japanese, if you have any questions, but zooming in on this catalogue just makes the print blurry. Just do a simple cross-check with the pics interior/exterior first, then if you still can't firgure it out, I'll call SuperAutobacs...

>95GTST: I don't think you'd be able to sell it back here. The cost of freight on top of the peanuts you'd get for it wouldn't make it worthwhile for you or the buyer...