Same principle as with the GT86... rear wheel drive + no grip = FUN. But pushed to the extreme.

Haha, I think this slimness on a car this powerful is really just for closed circuits, there's no way you should drive like that on public roads... . But for drifting competitions? Nice. Or would that be considered cheating?

But the question remains: Why do we go for tyres as wide as possible? For safety reasons I can understand it, but otherwise... if you want to drift, have a bit of fun, narrower tyres seem the way to go (of course not this extreme).

Also slimmer tyres are cheaper, right? As in go for 195 instead of 235... something like that.

Basically this is the same thing Toyota did with the GT86. Instead of obsessing with lap times and grip they just gave it slippery tyres... and everyone loves it.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: Apr 11 2013, 01:03 PM

They are using Toyota Prius tyres for a reason... The balance is there of course, but from what I gathered the fun comes from being able to handle the car easily during drifts, and to be able to get it to drift easily. And that's a lack of grip. It's genius, really. After all, track times are irrelevant for most drivers, but fun isn't. The bad tyres let you drift at slow speeds.

Haha, yes. But other sources seem to say so too.

The good thing is you can drift at very slow speeds. Obviously though for road use this is bad.

Also the driver here is a pretty good one, and he claims it is the most driftable car there is. Or something like that.

Why drifters don't do it? I guess cause that would be cheating (too easy) and audiences may not want to see them drift in slomo.

This post has been edited by kadajawi: May 1 2013, 06:50 PM

I thought that was some beautiful drift there, and it's not like the Merc has little torque. Of course both cars need to use the same tyres for tandem, otherwise one will drift at much higher speeds.