Or maybe will offend some people..
But i can assure you, that`s not the intention..
It`s purely from my POV and i believe some of my friends think alike..
Drifting in Malaysia has gone waaaaay back..
Through ups and downs..
Up till now, we can see drifting has evolved to a new level..
Where a lot of drift comps are happening nowadays compared to last time..
Formula D, Goodyear Events, FxOpen 1Drift, AFamosa Drift Challenge etc etc..
Which is good..
BUT..
Despite all that, places to actually enjoy drifting is very limited..
We do not have sufficient track..
Sepang??? forget abt it..
Mostly the event is being held at huge empty space..
With cones and stuff..
Or a go-kart track..
For a privateer to enter a drift comp is bloody expensive..
Nowadays most events require FIA stuffs..
Rollcage, harness, and all that jazz..
And usually, privateers play with a road legal car..
So where the hell do these privateers go to let off their steam??
Hmmm..
Oh we have weekly/yearly free run events..
Cool..
BUT#2..
Hmm...
How to put it..
OK, lemme make an example..
My car = 60k + 30k +- for all the shit i`ve done to it from the beginning up till now..
That`s roughly 100k alone in ONE road legal driftable car..
Which is a fuckloads of money for an average person..
Free run entry fees = RM50 (for most cases)
Track condition = Like shit. Fucking moon surface..
I can accept that crashing in drifting is common..
But what if i am drifting..
Fucking sidelong in 3rd..
Then suddenly..
BOOOOMMM!!!!
I hit an uneven surface with a pothole in the middle of the track..
There goes my rear lower arm..
Oh hey i crack my subframe too..
Oh wait what is that??
Oh my aero is all in pieces..
Look Look!!!! My rad support is kinked as well..
Will i accept that??
HELL NO!!!
I made this post simply because i did some reading earlier..
One of my friend was "sarcastically flamed" by an event organizer..
Simply because he suggest to slightly alter the track layout cause the current layout consist of speeding through a fucking BUMP!!!...
And during the last session, my friend broke his axle arm going through that area..
And surprisingly the organizer told him off..
By saying that if a "drifter" is afraid of damaging his/her car, he/she should enter car shows instead..
WHAT THE FUCK!!!
Hey dude, you guys are either sponsored or using track cars..
s13 track car = RM10 + RM10k +- for modification..
Hey thats 80k shy of what i`ve spend on mine..
Are you being ignorant??? or simply retarded???
And the damage is not cause by collision, it`s caused by the FUCKING BUMP!!!
The current layout demands you to go over THE FUCKING BUMP!!!
What the fuck with this FUCKING BUMP!!!
Oh maybe the organizer should do something about it..
I dunno, maybe make the surface level???
Or maybe if the organizer want to feed his babies with the entry fees, he can change the layout like what my friend suggested???
I feel sorry for him..
He`s a student with a passion for drifting..
But if this goes on..
Where do privateers with limited budget that daily their car go??
The streets???
Maybe one will reply "you need to pay to play, boy"..
???
Pay for a fucking retarded surface???
Hell no..
I`d rather pay for a hooker, SON!!
Fin.
Read that thread.. kinda surprised with the reply by the organiser as well..
ReplyDeleteBoth drifters as well as organisers (especially organisers) should take and make constructive comments in order to take drifting forwards..
For my part, I'm gonna hold the order for a torque controller first.. I'll stick to cruising since there are not may places to play at..
Great write-up.
ReplyDeleteGood write up, maybe that's why I rarely hang up with these guys nowdays. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteYeah i am there every week and yes its hella dangerous... Crazykidd r34 flipped his car over there and there are numerous accidents too happened after they changed the layout...the ex huge figure 8 was less dangerous and was so much better...hope they'll do something bout it...even i don't dare to go full on 3rd gear entry coz its simply too dangerous for our road cars...i pass the bump only initiate with 2nd gear...
ReplyDeletetime to go illegal JKJKJK the organizer sucks
ReplyDeletethats one deep shit organizer..
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