Hi Guys,

I remember drifting in Blackwood back in September or so. There was this guy, who I remember, told me that my drifts were really really slow.

On the first turn after the straight - away GP Track, my typical drift speed is around 80 - 90 km, and typical exit speed in (in 2nd gear) @ around 70km or so.

Is there anything, in general, tips, that I can have to increase this speed.

Car - XR GT
Input device - DFGT @ 720

Thank you! =D

Thank You, DragonCommodo!!

I'll do a bit more research into that. Hopefully I'll be able to get my dad's help =D

Hi guys!

I'm new to the forum. Introduction, I'm a 14 yr old guy who is a DEMO racer drifting in the LiveForDrift servers. I've actually bought back in June, a G25. I then figured that drifting that costs $200 in LFS DEMO wasn't worth it, especially since the money wasn't mine. So I'm setting off to buy a DFGT for Xmas.

As we all probably know the DFGT doesn't have a clutch pedal (neither a H- Shifter). Anyhow, it'd be more than wonderful to build or 'attach' a clutch pedal to my to be setup.

Knowledge of building these types of stuff: Zero.
Equipment that I can incorporate:
i. Pedals (from an ancient V3 Interact Wheel (Bought when I was 5 years old =D [Serial Port])
ii. Logitech Attack III joystick

I'm actually thinking of buying a Serial Port -> USB Plug from some random electronic store and plugging in the pedals straight into my PC. Will it even recognize the pedals?

Any suggestions? Thank you =D

You can do soooo much with a $1000 PC.

Rig #1:
CPU - E8400 / E5200 (Depending on budget)
P35 / P45 Chipset Motherboard (ie. P5K - Q)
4 GBs of Ram (DDR2/3 Depending on motherboard)
GPU- 4850 x 2 (or 2x 4850)/ 4870 / 4830 (or 2x 4830)
depending on preference. (P35s (ie. P5K support Crossfire)
(ATi has considerably better graphics cards @ price/performance ratios in current series)

\\ PSU - Considerably good brand PSU (500W as a guide line minimal)
Case - Blah blah blah \\ (ignore)

If you actually want future proof, Core i7s. With the motherboard and a 920 for example, the cost will be around $700. (Depending on where you live). Throw in DDR3 ram, around $200. Throw in a HD4850, goes another $150. A tad over $1000. Again, this is for future proof.

BTW - Dual Cores are still probably better gamers. Quad Cores... ehhh, not right now. If you are doing overclocks, the E5200 with moderate cooling will get (depending on batch) 4 Ghz, even more (45 nm die).

(no point really of getting a Q9300. Might as well get a E5200 or E8xxx and overclock it. You'll save money where you can save elsewhere. Add a 10k Raptor, or// SSD HD. These will further enhance your PC performance. If not, save money here and there, and throw in another HD4870, or even a HD4850 for that matter.


My E2180 is at 3.2 ghz (pumping @ 1.5vCore).

Hope this helps... =DDD