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minus-squareGreg Clarke@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down3·2 days agoAre the drivers Tokyo drifters? Cause that could explain it
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·2 days agoNot an enthusiast or an export but I have played a lot of Mario Kart. Doesn’t drifting lower the odometer compared to distance since you have to cover distance while your wheels stopped turning?
minus-squareCarmakazi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·2 days agoI would think drifting runs the odometer higher because your wheels are spinning like in a burnout while moving a comparatively short distance.
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·2 days agoI trust your info based solely on your user name.
minus-squareHule@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoI would say electronics would prevent spinning wheels. But yes, to start drifting, you yank the handbrake (for a short time) to get the car in position, then push on the gas pedal just right, to keep that angle throughout the turn.
minus-squareGalapagon@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 days agoI think you’re both right for different part of the drifts, but IANAD
minus-squareIllNess@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAs a person that plays Mario Kart, makes sense to me.
Are the drivers Tokyo drifters? Cause that could explain it
Not an enthusiast or an export but I have played a lot of Mario Kart.
Doesn’t drifting lower the odometer compared to distance since you have to cover distance while your wheels stopped turning?
I would think drifting runs the odometer higher because your wheels are spinning like in a burnout while moving a comparatively short distance.
I trust your info based solely on your user name.
I would say electronics would prevent spinning wheels.
But yes, to start drifting, you yank the handbrake (for a short time) to get the car in position, then push on the gas pedal just right, to keep that angle throughout the turn.
I think you’re both right for different part of the drifts, but IANAD
As a person that plays Mario Kart, makes sense to me.
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