NicT Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 This story starts 5 years ago when i finished rebuilding my AE85 and i was invited to a C's Garage day at Meremere. Inexperience and lack of a solid half throttle tune resulted in one toast car, a broken wrist and discouraged me greatly. I decided then that drifting wasnt my Jam. 4.5 years later and the Carina is running and I decided to throw a track day for my birthday for friends. I thought id have another go at sliding cars, I didnt crash but i was greatly frustrated. I wasnt very good. Still had a damn good time though. Frustrated I racked my brain, when a chance discussion with a client he introduced me to racing simulators. So i sold some wheels, took a chance and bought a G92 and Assetto Corsa. After Bashing around on AC, an opportunity came up for me to go and participate at Sky Zhaos srift day. I took it to see how; A.) A properly setup car feels B.)If the simulation is even close to real life. I had fantastic fun, highly recommend if it is something you are interested in. A month or so later i needed a new Daily, I had given up on fixing the ST141 Corona due to child raring and work and this popped up. Factory RS200 3SGE - BEAM 6 Speed Manual 3.9 Ratio Torsen LSD Working Aircon, and a spare set of wheels on snow tires. So i signed myself up for a drift day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 In Car fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 Now we are at present day. I have a track day on the 27th, and I wanted to make some changes. First was the diff ratio is way long for the torque of the car. So I bought a 4.3 ratio LSD to fit. I also bought a seat rail to take an old Racepro I have kicking around Some tow hooks And these: 18 x 8.5, 30th anniversary 350z Wheels, +30 offset To go with them I also got some 6.5kg/mm lowering springs. No Pictures of them but just the finished product from today: Car still has Wof, and rego and the objective is to keep it running as a daily. Idea is it will stop me from ripping the motor out to put a V8 in it, and to keep it running on the most reliable setup for as long as possible. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
datlow Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Ah good intentions.....lol any pics with the 350z wheels? They seems to look better on everything but a 350zs huge arches 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachlander Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 Fuck was that 5 years ago. A mates one looked cool on 350 wheels 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 2 minutes ago, beachlander said: Fuck was that 5 years ago. A mates one looked cool on 350 wheels Oh shit yes, that was what I was hoping for!! No pictures yet as i have to find wheel nuts that fit. It all happened pretty quick, i bought the wheels suspension, and seat rail all within 6 days of booking the next drift day on the 27th haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I recognise that car! Give it death 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 16, 2017 Author Share Posted May 16, 2017 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tender Raisin Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Quote I took it to see how;A.) A properly setup car feelsB.)If the simulation is even close to real life. So how realistic was assetto corsa to real life? I always wanted a full simulation setup. I also always wanted to run the 350z wheels on my daily altezza, but then it became more a daily and i didn't care about it anymore haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 4 hours ago, duffman14 said: So how realistic was assetto corsa to real life? I always wanted a full simulation setup. I also always wanted to run the 350z wheels on my daily altezza, but then it became more a daily and i didn't care about it anymore haha. AC is amazingly realistic, and unrealistic. There are certain cars and setups in the game that feel real good and others that are not even close. But I use a lot of player created content. I also dont know what a 1000hp D1GP car actually handles like but they are definitely way off the mark vs the Altezza. When it came to driving the Drift Academy cars, it took me one go and i had them dialed in. I was the only person to be able to do figure 8s by the end of the day and I was doing it in the lowest powered car there. Old Video from 4 months ago. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 Thinking of going full retard with a Drag style spoiler: Thoughts?? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 20, 2017 Author Share Posted May 20, 2017 More progress also bought these wheels to drift on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachlander Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 The cars are really understeery on AC. Definitely need the player content packs as they actually have decent tires, then spend a bit of time setting the cars up. The "drift ae86" in the Toyota pack is real good, need to pay but it's only like $5. Then chuck semis on then your away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 27, 2017 Author Share Posted May 27, 2017 Hit it 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 More Drift Carnage, and terrible video editing. Enjoy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 Spare 18's for drifting on plastic tires And tire stencils are cool. (many disagree but i dont give a shit) Drifting Saturday 1st July 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 Turns out my clutch is pretty sad. Struggled a bit more yesterday than I did last time, but had a damn good time. Next date is July 29th Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yea nah, yea? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NicT Posted August 4, 2017 Author Share Posted August 4, 2017 Yeeeeeeeeeaaa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.