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RCduck7 · 09-17-2006, 04:36 AM

Is a stock S2000 a good drift car? Not sure...
What i do know, is that it easily provokes oversteer.
Sometimes becausse i turn in sharp or sometimes becausse i applied a bit to much power.
But that doesn't mean i was drifting.
Never tried it on a parkinglot that was big enough to do this safe to get the hang out of it(i regret not doing this now that i sold it).
I understand that drifting means to get a car in oversteer and hold it there... a bit longer than the sudden snap oversteer that only lasts a few seconds and most of us at some point encountered in a car like the S2000.
My current car, a vx220 (a lotus elise derivative as some call it) seems to have more understeer, at least when it's dry.
I really have to push it harder and further in the corners to oversteer and it seems this car mainly gets in oversteer by tuning it hard AND giving it more power.
That way it does feel like a more safer car for the unexperienced driver that doesn't have the guts to tetst it's limits.
Does that mean a vx220 goes faster around corners?
With my humble experience i'm not in a position to judge that.

09-17-2006, 04:36 AM	#26 (permalink)
RCduck7 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 123	Is a stock S2000 a good drift car? Not sure... What i do know, is that it easily provokes oversteer. Sometimes becausse i turn in sharp or sometimes becausse i applied a bit to much power. But that doesn't mean i was drifting. Never tried it on a parkinglot that was big enough to do this safe to get the hang out of it(i regret not doing this now that i sold it). I understand that drifting means to get a car in oversteer and hold it there... a bit longer than the sudden snap oversteer that only lasts a few seconds and most of us at some point encountered in a car like the S2000. My current car, a vx220 (a lotus elise derivative as some call it) seems to have more understeer, at least when it's dry. I really have to push it harder and further in the corners to oversteer and it seems this car mainly gets in oversteer by tuning it hard AND giving it more power. That way it does feel like a more safer car for the unexperienced driver that doesn't have the guts to tetst it's limits. Does that mean a vx220 goes faster around corners? With my humble experience i'm not in a position to judge that.