Daigo Saito's FD 2012 car.

[ditchs14]

Originally Posted by conrad_s13.5

the unofficial backwards entry contest should be great

lol lets not forget.dirt drop a small bit = 0 points

[singlecamslam]

Stupid stupid rule ^

[1 88 U]

What the fuck Daigo!? Bring this thing over!
Dago Saito IS250C Shake Down at Ebisu - YouTube

[scottie]

Originally Posted by 1 88 U

What the fuck Daigo!? Bring this thing over!
Dago Saito IS250C Shake Down at Ebisu - YouTube

Holy hell that car is awesome looking! Almost thought it was a Mercedes at first glance.

[1 88 U]

That's his new FD Asia car.

[Creizai]

Streets of Long Beach T_T

I just watched the videos... All this mistake stuff is crazy.. If you look Daigo has WAY more angle passing through that 2nd turn than Powers or Dai. The "mistalke" isn't a mistake at all, its his style and what you have to do when you have that much angle. If you do a backwards entry, you "correct" out of it at the right moment. You don't get points docked for that, you get points added for pulling it off, since that is the hardest part of a backwards entry.
Dai seriously gets like fucking dunked on those first two turns, then he closes in on the final turn to make it look like he closed the gap.... of course he closed the gap. Drift shallow and follow the same line you too can recreate this amaing tandem magic lol.

[beaux240]

Originally Posted by ditchs14

lol lets not forget.dirt drop a small bit = 0 points

Judges taking the swag out of drifting, although less asphalt means less smoke.

[ch1873857]

SOoooooooo much smoooooooke

http://youtu.be/yoZ2FA9si1I

[tscharf]

this guy loves huge wings

[ch1873857]

Vaughn Gittin Jr. vs. Saito Daigo Formula D Atlanta 2012 Top 16 - YouTube
want to know what you guys thought of this video...

personally ive never been a fan of JR but still thought he would be better than this. it states in the rules that the lead driver follows the predetermined line and clipping points. the chase driver is to follow the line of the lead driver. Judges allowed passing at only turn 3 in road atlanta, first turn of the key hole. Why on earth JR thought it would be ok to pass daigo where he did is beyond me.. scared of losing? to aggressive? thoughts...

[conrad_s13.5]

He said because saito was WAY off the line,.. and they're on the drivers hard to be all up in the other drivers buisness.

shit happens tho, there was alot of bad calls IMO. I think walker took dai out, why they called 1 more time was beyond me. where are those replays!....lol

[ch1873857]

your right walker shouldve knocked dai out. it was almost like the judges were making up for a previous shitty call. i was there.. trust me the crowd was really pissed at some of the calls.

[conrad_s13.5]

^hahah yup me too,...wonder if you could hear all the BOOOOOOS on the live stream

[di-devol]

Yes you could, prolly heard us yelling back through the stream.

[onehundredoctane]

as usual several drivers got cheated at Round 2, Diago was one of them imo.

[1 88 U]

Check his run against Aasbo. Daigo is fullthrottle 90% of the course and lights up every clip. Aasbo drops angle to catch up every single turn yet gets the win bull fucking shit.

[Highway Riding]

Originally Posted by Teddy

Speed in FD doesn't excite me nearly as much as style in D1 does. In FD it seems that most of the drivers are concentrated mainly on speed and everything else comes second which I find pretty boring. There are a few drivers that are fun to watch but all of them are under dogs.

Style IMHO is everything.. I rather see someone risk it all for style then be a stiff boner with a perfect line.. I feel like Joon really showed up during FD Atlanta this past weekend.

[ghoti]

Originally Posted by 1 88 U

Check his run against Aasbo. Daigo is fullthrottle 90% of the course and lights up every clip. Aasbo drops angle to catch up every single turn yet gets the win bull fucking shit.

+1 but I did think it should've been a OMT with Walker since it was a close run

[1 88 U]

Originally Posted by ghoti

+1 but I did think it should've been a OMT with Walker since it was a close run

Walker was dropping angle just to keep up with Daigo. The only thing he had going for him was parking it on Daigo in the horseshoe and loosing him on the transition out out of it.

Wanna see some bullshit. On what planet is did JTP beat Tuerck?
driftstream - JUSTIN PAWLAK vs RYAN TUERCK During Top 16 in Atlanta Formula Drift Round 2 (2012)

[1 88 U]

Originally Posted by ghoti

+1 but I did think it should've been a OMT with Walker since it was a close run

You need to watch again
driftstream - JUSTIN PAWLAK vs RYAN TUERCK During Top 16 in Atlanta Formula Drift Round 2 (2012)

[conrad_s13.5]

couple new rules this year.
1.) you can sacrifice a little line and angle to close that gap between you and the driver you're following
2.) passing is allowed in particular areas, otherwise they dnt want your front wheels to pass the leaders front wheels

now keeping this in mind,.. im still a little stumped why i hear jarod and the judges critiquing drivers on giving up a little angle to get on the door of the other drivers

[ericcastro]

Originally Posted by conrad_s13.5

He said because saito was WAY off the line,..

Saito did that shit on purpose.
Funny no one see's it.
He played JR like a fiddle.
He has the HP and grip to shallow out a little and stay on line, instead he went steep angle with the front wheels pointing out the the side of the track and just let his car get wider and wider.
JR was already determind to run the line to stay tight, he WAS NOT following the leaders line.
Next thing he knows hes way to inside and almost passing Saito.
Then Saito just closed the gap on him.

JR's fault for getting comfortable with just running the line and not hte driver, he got played and lost.

[Z33dori]

ya Saito plays a lot of games, its so funny b/c people think he doesnt live up to the hype.

They fail to realize he only drives the car during FD weekends, he tested it like 1-2 times before it shipped from japan. he is still settling in. not to mention driving 3 cars in 3 diff competitions lol. Most of the time he looks like he is staring into the sky while he is driving. He just likes to push his boundaries to see what trick ppl with.

Atlanta he would just transition and wait until you would get close and then smoke you out.

[ch1873857]

i see what eric is saying completely. i know if i were diago i would look at JR like a stupid american that needs put in his place. it was weird to see the line that he took and definately looks like he did it on purpose to fuck with JR. i dont know. guess its cool to see someone shake it up a bit. i would much rather see diago win over the same ole guys. id like to see some other rookies on the podium. im always rooting for the underdog.

[fckillerbee]

Originally Posted by 1 88 U

You need to watch again
driftstream - JUSTIN PAWLAK vs RYAN TUERCK During Top 16 in Atlanta Formula Drift Round 2 (2012)

tuerck was waaaaaay off line. and then dropped a tire coming into the horseshoe. loss points. you guys forget it's a point system. it's easy to follow someone with the right line...jtp had the right line.

Originally Posted by 1 88 U

Check his run against Aasbo. Daigo is fullthrottle 90% of the course and lights up every clip. Aasbo drops angle to catch up every single turn yet gets the win bull fucking shit.

you are killing me.....aasbo's follow run was soo epic, you forget that this is a judged sport. The more exciting...the better. There was nothing exciting about daigo's follow run to aasbo's perfect flicks and flawless lines. Let alone, diago was having to keep up with aasbo....and was transitioning all shitty.

I like daigo, but lets be real....this is a judged sport based on criteria. Line being the major factor. You go off line, you can't expect the person behind you to follow you off course.

I've watche daigo aasbo video about 20 times already. As aasbo is a good buddy of mine, and we like critiqueing his everything...he was damn near flawless on his lead run.

[ch1873857]

aasbo was KILLING it and deserved 2nd place..

[1 88 U]

Originally Posted by fckillerbee

tuerck was waaaaaay off line. and then dropped a tire coming into the horseshoe. loss points. you guys forget it's a point system. it's easy to follow someone with the right line...jtp had the right line.



you are killing me.....aasbo's follow run was soo epic, you forget that this is a judged sport. The more exciting...the better. There was nothing exciting about daigo's follow run to aasbo's perfect flicks and flawless lines. Let alone, diago was having to keep up with aasbo....and was transitioning all shitty.

I like daigo, but lets be real....this is a judged sport based on criteria. Line being the major factor. You go off line, you can't expect the person behind you to follow you off course.

I've watche daigo aasbo video about 20 times already. As aasbo is a good buddy of mine, and we like critiqueing his everything...he was damn near flawless on his lead run.

I was there in person and watched the drift stream footage. You are wrong

[conrad_s13.5]

..i was also there in person,... aasbo was the only person not to drowned in saitos smoke. even when we couldnt see him,. when he did magically reappear,..he was all up on saito's ass!

-i agree saito ment everything that happen vs gittin
-i still say walker beat saito
-not loosing sleep over any of it tho

[onehundredoctane]

Originally Posted by 1 88 U

Check his run against Aasbo. Daigo is fullthrottle 90% of the course and lights up every clip. Aasbo drops angle to catch up every single turn yet gets the win bull fucking shit.

You're forgetting that Aasbo is a Need For Speed driver. . . all the major teams get preference in a close battle. Too much politics in Formula D, Falken and NFS get preference over the other teams who sponsors don't pour tons into advertising for the events.

[ch1873857]

Originally Posted by onehundredoctane

You're forgetting that Aasbo is a Need For Speed driver. . . all the major teams get preference in a close battle. Too much politics in Formula D, Falken and NFS get preference over the other teams who sponsors don't pour tons into advertising for the events.

THIS