Who's gonna get NFS-U2 ?

[Maggi]

forgot to mention that your RX-8s look pretty awesome ...

[omegaRED]

Well, couple of advices...

- Adjust the tire grip so that your car is sliding, but still controllable.

- Speed is very important, as is the angle at which you`re drifting (i assume 90 degree, ie drifting sideways, gives the most points). You might want to build up speed and then do a major drift instead of doing lots of smaller ones.

- Adjust so you have max acceleration. You dont need 200 km/h in drift stages.

- Turn off stability control while drifting.

- Chain-link your drifts, do not go all out into a 60+ degree drift, instead turn your car 20-30 deg, let go of the gas, immidiately turn in the other direction and step on it, esp. on straight parts of the track.

- Alway try to drift near the wall, the more wheels you have on the blue-white thingy (forgot what its called :/)(or red-white on some stages, or are off the asphalt on organic drift stages),
the quicker you`ll rack up points and gain higher multis.

- Again, speed, dont slow down to much, and, of course, try not to hit a wall

[Maggi]

Originally posted by omegaRED
Well, couple of advices...

- Adjust the tire grip so that your car is sliding, but still controllable.

that's one of the few that I didn't adjust yet, will try

Originally posted by omegaRED
- Speed is very important, as is the angle at which you`re drifting (i assume 90 degree, ie drifting sideways, gives the most points). You might want to build up speed and then do a major drift instead of doing lots of smaller ones.

I know, that's how I managed NFS-U1, but I'll try to focus on less but faster drifts

Originally posted by omegaRED
- Adjust so you have max acceleration. You dont need 200 km/h in drift stages.

LOL .. did that already, but the diff is minimal, ie. max acceleration result in top speed of ~280 and max speed results in ~285 ... I guess, I could need a 6th gear ...

Originally posted by omegaRED
- Turn off stability control while drifting.

hmmm ... interesting, will check it out

Originally posted by omegaRED
- Chain-link your drifts, do not go all out into a 60+ degree drift, instead turn your car 20-30 deg, let go of the gas, immidiately turn in the other direction and step on it, esp. on straight parts of the track.

that's basically how I do it, it's somewhat like "pumping" on the pedal

Originally posted by omegaRED
- Alway try to drift near the wall, the more wheels you have on the blue-white thingy (forgot what its called :/)(or red-white on some stages, or are off the asphalt on organic drift stages),
the quicker you`ll rack up points and gain higher multis.

I know, drifting on the "curbs" scores double or something like that

Originally posted by omegaRED
- Again, speed, dont slow down to much, and, of course, try not to hit a wall

I guess, that's the main score killer on my end, after a drift, I almost come to a halt and thus my multiplier goes back to 1x

Thanx for the hints, I'll see what I can manage tonight and let you know.

[Kruzin]

Originally posted by Maggi
I know, drifting on the "curbs" scores double or something like that

Actually, keeping closer to the center of the track scores higher. You'll see the score count change color, depending where you are on the track. Staying away from the walls, and off the rumble stips will rack the score up faster.

Also, choose a car suited for that kind of racing. I keep my Miata around just for drifting now. I''ve done all the mentioned tweaks to the car, plus the fact that it's a lightwieght rear wheel drive car makes it perfect for drifting all day long...

[SitFlyer]

I just got the game today after hearing all of you rave about it. I'm just having a blast roaming, having not used my Force RS since I screwed up my shoulder 3 years ago.

[agallag]

Grabbed a copy recently. Here's my latest ride. No good cars available yet...

[Maggi]

Originally posted by Kruzin
Actually, keeping closer to the center of the track scores higher. You'll see the score count change color, depending where you are on the track. Staying away from the walls, and off the rumble stips will rack the score up faster.

Also, choose a car suited for that kind of racing. I keep my Miata around just for drifting now. I''ve done all the mentioned tweaks to the car, plus the fact that it's a lightwieght rear wheel drive car makes it perfect for drifting all day long...

Thanx for input, Kruz ...

Dunno why, but in the middle of the track, I keep getting lower scores than drifting close to the walls (without actually hittng 'em of course).

I followed yours and omegaRED's suggestions and successfully won a few Drift races, but there's this Downhill Drift, which I seem to be unable to win, ie. I need 150000 points, but my best attempt was a lousy 75000.

I guess, I just suck in NFS-U2's Drifts ...

Now I wonder, how long I can keep racing, before I must win that Downhill Drift, in order to get new challenges.

[RUS007]

The downhill race is not on timed ... so you can take your time. Try going left/right/left/right on the straight line to make the car go into drift. You pretty much have to stay in drift for most of the track in order to win it. Try using a smaller car. They slide better.

[Maggi]

I'm using the MX5 and it drifts like crazy, but still I get pretty low scores.

I guess the main reason is that I basically come everytime to a halt, ie. I drift a little too far ... dunno why, but this sucks.

Although downhill drifting is not time limited, I'm pretty sure, that I cannot go back up the hill and continue drifting, can I ?

[RUS007]

You can go back but only to get some speed ... the drift point will actually only continue fron the point you stoped. The idia behind downhill drift is going fast while drifting. The problem with that is you end up hitting something and loosing the points.

Edit: I use Peuget 206

[Kruzin]

Well, I started a fresh profile with what I've learned along the way. Building just 2 vehicles for now...a Corolla and an Escalade. And with these vehicles, drifting is WAY harder than it it was with the Miata MX-5.
The Miata could easily be made to slide all over. Other cars are not quite as easy to do that with. I've become very familiar with the handbrake button to compensate...

[Marshmallowman]

Barely started, playing on my gamcube widesceen tv.

Its not bad, but I think PC would have been a lot nicer

So where is all the treasure hidden

[Maggi]

Originally posted by Kruzin
... I've become very familiar with the handbrake button to compensate...

now there's an idea ... (me slaps forehead)

[Maggi]

getting closer ...

what really stumped me, that I drive a lot more efficiently, using the same setup as I use for URL racing, ie. shocks are hard as a rock, car is put down really low etc.

Also, I found those extra areas besides the street lane that give you a lot higher scores ...

Only let down so far, I added more goodies to my car so it passed 6 style points and as a result, I'll now have to finish above 200000 points to finish that downhill drift, instead of the formerly needed 150000 ...

[Kastuvas]

Just completed the game and some of the level 3 upgrades are still locked :/ anyone knows a solution?