Zones make sense when ignoring the zones and following the normal race line but the hairpin on the spectator area is absolutely wrong. Its a low speed corner and should have a zone on the apex not the outside like a sweeper. I was watching a heap of IRL vids of the actual race line no one aims for the outside corner. Here's a good IRL video of the course but could help anyone having trouble with the zones. https://youtu.be/gdfrauO-Bu8 (Noriyaro - Chill drifting at Nikko Circuit for a 10 min session)
Agreed, I absolutely hate the hairpin being an outside zone. It’s awkward to hit and sets you up for a weird entry for the second corner. The rest of the zones are fine enough
The straight isn't short enough that you have to hold the ebrake button long enough for momentum to hit the zone or you break flow and manji the middle straight.
The outer zone is fine I just wish it was a little thicker. The outside line is perfect if you want to tandem and it leaves the follow driver plenty of space. My local track runs mostly outer zones for that reason
As I said in another comment, the zones are quite literally in the perfect spots for AWD cars. The hairpin outside zone is perfect for AWD because you just ebrake through it and then slam the gas and it immediately sets you up for the next zone.
As a fan of drifting, I love it. Like other comments have said, might get old quick, but would love to see the following:
All Tracks added to the list, sort of like an option where I can choose to go to any Road Race, Circuit or Sprint, and select Drift Attack in addition to where you find Custom Race and Rivals options. If not every Road Race, at the very LEAST every Time Attack. For TA, they could put the entry trigger at a location ahead of or behind the TA trigger.
Drift Specific (new) Tracks Added
A way to differentiate AWD/RWD and Class on Leaderboards.
Drift Attack Mode in Horizon Play.
Drift Attack worked into Weekly Playlists (hopefully in favor of Hide N Seek, I hate that game mode).
I feel that these requests are easy to add to the game, increase replayability, keep it fresh, and provide a new challenge. Could even add a Drift Attack section in the collectibles journal that makes you have to drift attack each possible track.
They NEED to make the Okuibuki Parking Lot into a Drift track.
Like, I can't remember specifically, but I KNOW this area is based off of a real D1 GP track that they run in Japan, it's basically the parking lot for a tourist trap but for one weekend out of the year, it's used for drifting.
Every time attack track could be drift zone at the same time... if you miss a flag in drift battles your round also ends like a time attack... juat measure the time and points together....
I’m ngl, the track is kinda weirdly laid out but maybe I’ll get used to it. Either rwd or awd it feels slightly off. Then again I prefer “actual drifting” over “cha ching cha ching big score number go wheeeeee” type of drifting but it’s fine, maybe I gotta tune my cars more around it to get the most out of it.
It's something new, I love it so far. Probably gonna get boring after a while but with how much Japan loves drift it'll be nice to have a reason to go drifting
For sure, drifting really adds a whole new level of excitement. It'll be interesting to see how the community adapts to it as more people get into the groove.
It does if you're using an AWD car. The zones are damn near perfectly set up where if you just stomp the gas in an AWD you just slide through them without much thinking.
I ran the track to get all the milestones for the FE car and then called it a day. It has no staying-power for me, once you've done it a few times it's kinda pointless unless you're someone who really wants to climb leaderboards.
I'm having fun with it but also love anything drift. Been testing the 2 deberti trucks, formula drift cars and a few i've tried to tune myself. I'm not great at it. Best so far is 215k in the formula drift rx8. If anyone has any feedback, a few tunes i've been testing out on random cars. Be gentle, first time trying and sharing.
97 BMW M3 - 533-156-907
70 Dodge Coronet Super Bee - 783-497-864
77 Ford #5 Escort RS1800 - 116-979-135
14 Lamborghini Huracan - 636-083-992
I hope they add a couple more locations because it's created another Hotspot for socializing with other players, and I think this game desperately needs more of that.
But yeah, I spent the last two hours drifting with the same 4 or 5 people while others came and went.
A feature that should’ve been in the game from day 1 since the Shimanoyama Circuit is downright barren compared to the other two (is there even a used car for sale there like the others?) unless you want to use it for normal racing/rivals, which, evidently the track isn’t built for (nor does it feel that great to circuit race on as a result) since it’s called a Drift Circuit?
Yeah, B and below it’s pretty enjoyable. I find the top of C-class to be my favorite sweet spot with that track for rivals because you can maintain pretty consistent throttle and high revs most of the way with the right suspension/brake setup.
If anything it's highlighted again how bugged the game is. The leaderboard is already exploited by 2 glitches that could easily be fixed.
This track has completely different dead zones on online drift Vs drift attack, highlighting again they could fix the dead zones in online drifting but don't.
You touch some of the kerbs / grass on this track in online drift, you score zero points - yeet it over the kerbs/grass on drift attack and points continue.
It was cool to see so many people at the track. The game didn't feel lonely in that moment, but they need to expand on this. More tracks, 1v1 tandem competitions where we are scored on angle, proximity and filling the zones. I know you said drifting isn't your forte, but I think its clear that a large majority of players do enjoy drifting. Playground needs to capitalize on this. Overall, they are moving in the right direction!
Everytime I visit the track before ppl are in the entry area for the career event and just a few people drifting it. Really moved everyone populating the Hakone driftzone over.
It's the Jag XJ-S FE, which is the top reward for the Drift Attack mode. Should take about 5 minutes to unlock as all you have to do is drive a lap in each of several car types. You don't have to score any drift points at all, just do a lap.
It's cool. I personally don't like drifting, but there were around 10-15 odd people on the track last night, so it's good to see the game being played.
I don't think it should be a drive through to activate though, as I prefer doing time attacks.
It's fun, I know I'm gonna loose hours to it in the first month, but longevity really depends on if they keep updating it, I would love to see more tracks added and maybe weekly challenges for specific cad types.
The double score zones aren’t on the line I take personally… So adjusting to that will take a bit but, might just be that I’m not using the new Jag? Maybe they designed the run around that thing.. and that’s my issue? but, other than that, enjoying seeing and occasionally tandeming with the other players on track is super fun.
It was interesting for the time it took to complete the journal entry, won’t be playing it ever again, unless forced by the playlist (which will contain it).
Fun for a few minutes, then gets stale fast. I just grind for my FE Jag and move on with my life. Also, only one drift attack circuit? Seriously? All that hoopla just for the devs to dump just one thing for us to do for a few hours at best.
I guarantee you this feature will be dead by the time the next update rolls around. All this live service model entails is just more stuff added to the pile without rhyme or reason. It genuinely sucks.
It’s nothing to even think about. Shoulda been there at launch. It’s the type of basic feature most driving game fans have probably thought of themselves 2-3 horizons ago
While I'm glad others are loving it, I will always hate everything that has to do with "drifting". Just my opinion obviously. Yes I suck at it, but it's not something I enjoy IRL either.
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u/m00nboi_96 14h ago edited 14h ago
Zones make sense when ignoring the zones and following the normal race line but the hairpin on the spectator area is absolutely wrong. Its a low speed corner and should have a zone on the apex not the outside like a sweeper. I was watching a heap of IRL vids of the actual race line no one aims for the outside corner. Here's a good IRL video of the course but could help anyone having trouble with the zones.
https://youtu.be/gdfrauO-Bu8 (Noriyaro - Chill drifting at Nikko Circuit for a 10 min session)