Downfall of drifting to a true enthusiasts eyes?

[Tekno Twinky]

Ok so iv hated d1 for a good few years back now and i havent realy seen my thoughts exactly, come up in a thread on any of the forums so heres my 2c, I cant stand commercialising somthing?a lthough i know it has to be done? its still my personal opinion...

Back when MSC started i was " diggin " the jap competition scene again with new raw from the street underground style BADical cars competeing!

Msc still rocks mind..

However i never found such a perfect video to rep my thoughts as this new add for Option videos latest...

Note; TKYO DRIFT(English kack branding) Tsuchiya crashing , Car styles are all pretty bumish and functional looking bahh its all sooooo 9pound note'ish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lprb6...layer_embedded

Myself an kev(Gar-4-age 86) are pretty grass roots and hed share these views also..i for 1 will never sell out to shity marketed commercialisin'

[serious tom]

i got the perfect blog entery for ya let me find it,
D1 is getting shite,
just relys one its exposure world wide for moni'ssssssss

[skinny d]

There was a thread on DriftWorks a while ago , discussing which drift series/scene is better , the American or Japanese .

I voted the Japanese due to MSC being there , and also because I think the American series is too commercial and seems to be moving away from its roots .....

BUT , you have to consider that in order for anyhting to progress and grow , lots of money need to be pumped into it . In turn the companies which provide that money want to be advertised , and so we get stickered up cars . Personally I prefer the MSC/grass roots/street style cars but sure without company advertising and company backing how else would many drivers be able to afford to run 'their' cars at such a high level .

From the vid though , it does seem that its all getting a bit gay.... which is shit .... ah sure Hooray for JDM tyte titties ,at 1:10 , tho ! :P

[s13-ste]

guys at the end of the day everyone wants drifting to be accepted and giving the green light by everyone, they only way this is going to happen is if big brand names come on board and inject money into the sport. then of course it gets all glits and glam and people say drifting is forgetting its roots.

now heres the question, how many people off this site are around drifting long enough to be able to talk about its roots??

[conorosr20]

Thats the kinda walls we should have in Ireland

[Death Magnetic]

Its always the same. the people who run and back drifting dont do it the love of the sport, they do it for money.
Its hard to watch something you love get turned into a theatrical performance like that vid is.
That is a load of crap.
the drivers must get a points bonus for hitting the wall.

How long has drifting been out in Japan, Flipping donkeys years. So we are alright over here for the time being. it wont get that bad yet.

Found this, it just proves the point. http://www.hashiriyaexports.com/blog...rise-and-fall/

[Quealy]

guys at the end of the day everyone wants drifting to be accepted and giving the green light by everyone, they only way this is going to happen is if big brand names come on board and inject money into the sport. then of course it gets all glits and glam and people say drifting is forgetting its roots.

now heres the question, how many people off this site are around drifting long enough to be able to talk about its roots??

Quoted for the truth!!!!
The guy who's doing all this preaching is barely out of nappys, wtf is he doing talking bout drifting roots. Makes me sick...

[serious tom]

group B .... Seriously! group B was tooo far wild
listen to the quattro :O
serious stuff!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3Mag...eature=related

[Gar-4-age 86]

Quoted for the truth!!!!
The guy who's doing all this preaching is barely out of nappys, wtf is he doing talking bout drifting roots. Makes me sick...

Dont have to be ancient to read into things from the past and lets face it its not the oldest form of fun in the world Personally im a fan of grassroots stuff like MSC etc but without the big money drivin leagues such as D1, formula D etc making advances and generating money then the grassroots scene will suffer simple as.... grassroots still wins though

As for group B Absolute lunacy at its best!

[Tekno Twinky]

Quoted for the truth!!!!
The guy who's doing all this preaching is barely out of nappys, wtf is he doing talking bout drifting roots. Makes me sick...

What a rediculous statemeant early/mid 80s in japan early 00's in this island to be fair at that!..

All archeologists make me sick there here on earth waffleing on about big creatures moping round eating each other about 65 MILLION YEARS AGO.

2 similar statemeant both as retarded as the other imo.