{"id":534,"date":"2006-08-02T11:38:26","date_gmt":"2006-08-02T11:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/virtual_driftin.shtml"},"modified":"2021-05-29T02:45:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T02:45:38","slug":"virtual_driftin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/salguod.net\/blog\/2006\/08\/virtual_driftin.shtml","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Drifting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drifting is a relatively new motorsport that&#8217;s sort of a combination of reckless abandon, ballet and road racing.  Anyone who&#8217;s ever run out in the snow just to go do donuts in the mall parking lot or drove the minivan around the back of Wal-mart with the kids while the wife was picking up milk to do some 4 wheel drifts with the parking brake in the snow \u2026  What, no one else does that?<br \/>\nAnyway, anyone ever done a donut in the snow and smiled can understand the appeal of piloting a car around a track mostly sideways.  Of course, if you&#8217;re good you still end up chewing up some expensive tires and throwing stones on your paint.  If you&#8217;re not good?  Well, it could get decidedly more expensive.<br \/>\nThis is the cheaper way.  All you need is a Playstation 2 and Grand Turismo 4.  Then you can practice your drifting in a whole variety of cars, most of which you&#8217;ll never be able to afford, and replay the video of yourself.  If you practice <em>a lot<\/em>, you might be as good as this guy.  Very cool and fun to watch, check it out.<br \/>\nVia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.autoblog.com\/2006\/08\/02\/autoblog-night-watch-gt4-drifting\/\">Autoblog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Drifting is a relatively new motorsport that&#8217;s sort of a combination of reckless abandon, ballet and road racing. 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