Pro Drifter Reacts to Initial D!

[@HaugenRacing]

Are there any other drifting anime or movies I should check out?

[@Agoofymonkvr]

Hyperdrive is a cool show btw it’s on netflix

[@HaugenRacing]

We’ve watched it! Actually pretty good homies with Aaron Parker from that! He did a lot of wiring on our r32 (before we took it apart)

[@ericstevenson5306]

there is a live action version of this movie too. so that should be the natural progression. also intial D is definitely oe of te reasons y i love motorsports

[@bulletz4me784]

What about a Japan racing on a long highway anime? Wangan Midnight

[@derPetunientopf]

@@ericstevenson5306 and as far as anime to live action movie conversions go this is a pretty good adaptation. It is really close to the source material and has deccent good actors known from a lot of Hong Kong movies. The Dad of Takumi is a bit different than in the anime but i dont mind since he is pretty much my favourite character in the movie. He is played by Anthony Wong who had big roles in movies like Infernal affairs or Hard boiled before this one.

[@moritzw.8991]

Initial d made me a car guy, interested in drifting, racing, touge driving and sim racing. It’s just awesome. You should definitely check out the original series it’s really nice.

[@HaugenRacing]

I plan on it lmfao. Rod is an anime fiend so he’s been bugging lol

[@drakke125Channel]

watching the remake, I think i prefer the original , just finished Stage 1, now to Stage 2. Can't wait to get to Stage 4 and 5

[@moritzw.8991]

@@drakke125Channel That's great there are a lot of people who dismiss the originals but content wise they are insane and stage 4 and 5 look as incredible as the movies.

[@Speculativedude]

@@HaugenRacing For some other fun, check out Wangan Midnight if you haven't already. Highway racing this time so it has a very different feel to it. Also unlike Initial D where the only car that really gets much "personality" other than Takumi's 86, would be the RX-7s of the Takahashi Bros, in Wangan Midnight it really feels like each car is just as important as the driver.

[@berry912]

@@HaugenRacing Initial d made me a car guy as well like this guy. I think you should watch the original anime series instead of the remake on your free time its so much better than the remake once you get used to the graphics. I think this version fits the video better though.

[@SuperKDash]

I'm a Tokyo Drift guy as far as my introduction to drifting, but initial D was the motivation...

[@HaugenRacing]

Yeah same here kinda! Sorta got into it recently just coz of things

[@xr.spedtech]

It was cool to watch but I can't say the same on my end

[@Kami_Raijin]

Exactly

[@carlos___1476]

Same

[@uchihaneil1920]

Facts

[@StreetVersion]

Initial D isn’t exactly about “drift racing” just a technique used in the racing they do. Later through the seasons they do tame it down to be somewhat believable since drifting isn’t the fastest way around the corner. Keiichi Tsuchiya did drift in Touge races though, but he said this was to make it entertaining to the people watching as he was beating most easily. One of his most famous quotes is the “drifting is not the fastest way around the corner but is the most exciting way” There are plenty of people into Touge racing in AC and plenty of mods to make it awesome! Should get some Touge grip runs in! :)

[@rotaryhill4826]

I agree with your statement

[@citizenfoffie7605]

imo later sessions got worse. In 5th stage angle seems to be bigger

[@FB-gg7qm]

Slip angle?

[@uzzylikescurry]

I agree street version I also watch videos love them man keep doing what your doing

[@StreetVersion]

@@FB-gg7qm Nah, slip angle is very subtle and not really noticeable, nor is it talked about in Initial D.

[@danwillis9515]

Drift racing was most common in the late 80's and 90's. Most of the racing was between teams in the Japanese mountains

[@HaugenRacing]

Needs to go back to that!

[@gavin2715]

@@HaugenRacing i hope it does

[@SkyTaku6565]

@@HaugenRacing I have a friend that lives in Kanagawa and they see a lot of street racing from time to time, it's definitely still active, it's just dying out. Surprisingly, the local police seem to be ok with it from what my friend tells me...

[@fiat1314]

they are installing infastructure spesificly to stop street racing in the touges now (for ex. long and tall speed /crests/ , rumble strips.)

[@gavin2715]

@@fiat1314 that fucking sucks

[@neckr888]

In a nutshell, Takumi mastered the slip angle technique (he stopped using unnecessary angle after shingo battle after he realised) basically rotating the rear with the throttle/brake/weight and with little to no counter steer (sliding on all 4 wheel through the corner) Pro do this as well. Rather destroying his momentum, he maximum the grip of all 4 wheels when cornering to not lose the momentum and does this constantly entering in and out of corners. This is why he was quick and why you will see some drivers faster than you even you are doing everything what they are doing - they just can utilise more of their grip of all 4s efficiently than you thus carrying more speed.

[@hzrd2op400]

Minimum countersteer to go faster

[@sgcs]

And then he learned to fucking teleport

[@Reinhard_Erlik]

I'm pretty sure it wasnt slip angling which is a circuit technique but rather a low angled rally 4 wheel drift

[@zafrylaiman8695]

@@sgcs naw his opponent just had bad ping

[@feherzsombor1930]

I dont really think Takumi is using slip angle, if you take a look at Dr. Joshima's driving style he mastered slip angle, and the difference between the two is kinda big

[@kuratchi544]

I think drift racing originated from when ppl had cars that were super low hp and it was faster to take a corner with a slide than grip, similar to a slip angle in real car racing

[@HaugenRacing]

Very true! That’s a good way to think of it!

[@apashe974]

It’s a good explaination You guys need to check Gunsai and hot version old footages some of them are translated Touge is basically drive the car like you stole it but there is touge drift and touge were you’re not supposed to drift And a observation : in old D1GP, when the lead have a weak path through the corner, even the 4 wheels on track and the chase see an opportunity, he can overtake very aggressively sometimes and win by K.O the battle But if the overtake attempted leads to a crash of the lead the chaser loose the run I think it would be very interesting to bring back this rule in the drift community, things are too soft those days P.S : a well balanced and tuned 200hp 86 with stock body can follow and pass a GT-R on a Touge course

[@sara_m]

I don't think that's faster, it might actually be vice versa, because rally cross cars slide more than lower power cars, and the more hp rally cars have the more sections their drivers slide. And it's not only about off-road.

[@kuratchi544]

@@sara_m those cars awd tho and on dirt. On top of that they have an actual fuck ton of downforce which makes it even more logical to slide

[@sara_m]

@@kuratchi544 they do that on asphalt too, and you're right I haven't watched RWD rally cars and sliding isn't a great thing to do with them, but I still think drifting is such a waste of grip, it could just be a rule 🤔 to drift while racing.

[@toptextbottomtext3062]

"Drift racing" isn't really a thing, at least not anymore because cars have insane downforce nowadays which makes the technique kind of useless. Back in the day with some cars it was faster to go around a corner with really high slip angle but minimal to no countersteer, sometimes called a four wheel drift. On these curvy mountain roads even regular old drifting was sometimes faster than a full grip run it's just that it takes a lot of skill to execute properly. A drift can also be a safer way to carry speed through a corner you don't know well. Slip angle is still used instead of a full grip run in most racing such as F1 but it's way more subtle than it would have been on the touge. The reason the R32 is losing to the 86 is because Takumi is a racing god who's driven consistently since he was 13 delivering tofu on Mt. Akina, the course they're racing on. Also a heavy car like the GTR is highly prone to understeer which really doesn't help his whole "grip is faster than drift" shtick. The track is just not the preferred track of an R32 and that's not a stock AE86. Initial D was what got me into cars and car culture as a whole.

[@skx5110]

But Hachiroku wasn't highly tuned, at moment of R32 race, he had about 140hp, rally gearbox with shorter gears and upgraded suspension. I think that main reason why Nakazato was so slow it's ESC, he just should start drifting, we saw how fast can be R32 thanks to Shinigami, also we saw drifting EVOs that was faster than Takumi.

[@ocallaghan3865]

I'm sure a new 180hp daihatsu copen would work for such a thing

[@danteangelucci2530]

Don’t forget the deterioration of his breaks due to the weight of the r32

[@r3uvsgaming]

@@skx5110 AE86 was highly tuned suspension-wise. Also to add to the R32's disadvantage, it was harsher on tyre wear, and the driver is a short tempered hotheat prone to mistakes

[@mikblues_146]

@@skx5110 Let's not forget that even GodFoot started doing some slip angle when his tyres got worn out

[@yfi62dortoh]

He literally talked through the best scene and completely missed it… THE INERTIAL DRIFT SCENE

[@HaugenRacing]

Scandinavian flick*

[@chinwyian]

INERTIA DRIFT

[@thatonegamer9860]

KANSEI DORIFTO

[@diplomatofthesosbrigade931]

It was the one from legends anyways, you can hardly see it

[@r3uvsgaming]

@@HaugenRacing you should've seen the no-hands-on-steering-wheel-lighting-a-smoke-mid-drift scene

[@ephraimrulloda2316]

I watched this a long time ago. If I remember correctly, his father changed the engine and did some other modifications. That's why it's faster than your usual AE86

[@thesmilingknight4982]

Well after he blew The engine against an evo3 before that he was just faster cus of pure skill and plot armor

[@thesmilingknight4982]

@acktually aintaddingup many of his races after included pure plot armor i mean

[@jisaka]

@@thesmilingknight4982 the god hand puking is the stupidest one

[@chinwyian]

The only modifications Bunta made was the engine, bucket seat and suspension settings for a bit. Everything else was done by Ryosuke and his mechanics in Project D

[@gabrielmartines3510]

@@thesmilingknight4982 Besides God Hand and Fujiwara Zone, not really.

[@arturoone77]

2 hands on the steering wheel, no handbrake action... c'mon! What did you expect from an anime supervised by the DK himself!? You got to watch it!

[@HaugenRacing]

Hahaha they were teaching em right!!

[@gavin2715]

@@HaugenRacing thing is takumi only does braking drifts. He never even touches the handbrake lol.

[@sooryan_1018]

@@gavin2715 Except for once in Third Stage where he had to take a sharp 180 to chase Miki who had kidnapped Natsuki

[@gavin2715]

@@sooryan_1018 yeah

[@youseff500]

@@sooryan_1018 Forgot about that race, love Stage 3 though. That said handbraking isn't drifting, it's powersliding

[@jirouhanz2]

Note: Drifting mostly only works on the Touge. On a track, slip angle or grip is far more superior. Also, the show makes the BALANCE of the car a VERY BIG deal, like weight is superior in downhill and power is superior in the uphill kind of stuff.

[@ocallaghan3865]

Unless the track racer is weighing in at 5.5 tons That is why on the track racing truck series in the 90s a certain finnish man in a sisu did real speed drifting and dominated the decade of the series

[@bigandrew07]

I recently finished initial d and the ending made me cry

[@skx5110]

R.I.P. 4A-GE SilverTop

[@mikblues_146]

Read MF Ghost manga, it's sort of a sequel 20 years after with Takumi's disciple

[@nickzx1082]

Same!!

[@saltys1065]

Yeah, i didnt quite like 5th/final stage but the ending really hit hard

[@jordanrobshaw1406]

The last race was about as good as ryosuke vs shinigami

[@BreckanBerg]

I watched the first 3 fast and furious movies religiously when I was younger but didn’t get into cars from it. Initial d got me hooked, I’ve been a car enthusiast since

[@kusee.]

The "Drifting" in Initial D is more Slip-Angle, not traditional drifting.

[@uzzylikescurry]

And rally style driving through mountain passes

[@gasmaskerobin1560]

Yeah, the series shows us how he learned to use slip-angle and how it can be used, but in the beginning its obviously more of the normal drift style

[@r3uvsgaming]

@@gasmaskerobin1560 i don't really think that. I think its just a misconception of the animatos or something, because even in the beginning Ryosuke said something like "minimal countersteer four wheel drift" in the Nakazato race while the animation clearly depicts a stylish high angle, high countersteer drift

[@gasmaskerobin1560]

@@r3uvsgaming ofc ofc, it was just meant to be an animation show for teens, not something seriously realistic

[@rakistangpinoy7682]

@@gasmaskerobin1560 you really don't know how to drift don't you? If you really know how to, you wouldn't say such words like that.

[@jcplays5831]

Initial D really is the most realistic and down to earth anime ever made. It truly got me into jdm cars with an FC savannah being my second most most wanted car. El camino still takes the top.

[@NDSTRUCTIBLE1]

I think that goes to Baki Son of Ogre 😂😂😂

[@sevvvich8118]

Pro drifter? Dude, Keichi Tsuchia helped to make this anime.

[@y2shuproblem]

And he made a cameo in the anime

[@aryawyk.7874]

@@y2shuproblem tf? when

[@y2shuproblem]

@@aryawyk.7874 Season 1 the moment when Bunta gets a phone call.

[@ZeroFire442]

@@aryawyk.7874 did you watch the dub?

[@aryawyk.7874]

@@ZeroFire442 No, only one episode dubbed but the rest sub. Tho I saw it I didnt notice it was keiichi doing the cameo lol

[@davidfarmer]

I highly recommend watching the series beginning to end. Theres a few things you are missing, first being that Takumi drives the akina mountain pass for years before doing any races. He specifically races the downhill, which makes his 86's lack of power less important, since he wont be fighting the hill to accelerate. The straights between the corners are short, meaning there is no time to accelerate, since you have to slow down for the entry speed on the next corner. The 86 is lighter than all of the other cars, and the rwd makes a good balance of the traction and heat being applied to the tires. He also knows all of the lines and tricks on the hill, his special trick being the gutter run. The 86 has a 4 link coil sprung rear axle, and a MacPherson strut front suspension, which means it actually has very good ground clearance, specifically allowing it to do the gutter trick. The 86 is very easy to tune, at one point Bunta, Takumi's dad, says he changed the drift settings on the car but its not shown what he does, but the 86 front steering arm is a bolt on component, which means steering arms with different Ackerman would be very easy to swap in. The 4 link rear axle would be easy to adjust as well. Most vehicles don't have a bolt on steering arm, so that's usually not even an option. As far as his technique, he races to go as fast as possible, the drifts allow him to corner and maneuver quickly around the corners, the rest is grip, or slip angle. the drifts also allow him to position his car more effectively to exit the corners. on a course with long sweeping corners, this would be less effective,

[@MikeyStreet314]

really like his honesty , doesn’t pretend to know everything and had plenty of questions himself. Very authentic react vid and rly cool content !!

[@HaugenRacing]

🙏🙏🙏

[@lewisabercrombie9121]

I was always a muscle kind of guy but once my friend wesley introduced me to this I was a JDM guy all the way (I still do like muscle from time to time)

[@HaugenRacing]

Haha nothing wrong with a little muscle!

[@Azura-qc5ml]

Initial D literally changed my taste in cars 😂

[@ryennino5470]

initial d rlly was what got me into jdm cars and drifting, my dad and brother were always into cars in general and my dad has worked on them all his life and I never really got into it until i watched the show

[@HaugenRacing]

Sometimes it be like that! Aha

[@ckojiro]

Initial D was what started my entire passion for cars. I only got into cars in general as much as I did because I watched Initial D.

[@spooky3664]

You just don't get Initial D...

[@mohammedanisurrahman7425]

Yeah

[@pegasus5779]

at 3:40 the reason why he could keep up with the r32 is because the r32's brakes and tires where worn out from the down hill so the r32 couldn't corner as fast

[@01iverQueen]

I was always a fan of racing but after Initial D I got obsessed with it

[@alagappasgostan9982]

Me too.the reason & motivation for me to get ps2 back in the day

[@RaijinFK8]

Initial D introduced way more than just drifting. It introduced different driving techniques to watchers. It even talks about suspension tuning, proper braking, even levels of stepping on the gas pedal!

[@sooryan_1018]

Those first few videos which you saw, with all those 'sketchy' type art is from Legend reboot movie trilogy, basically all the main events of the First Season, but with newer art. HOWEVER, those do NOT come with EUROBEAT, the main ingredient which made Initial D great. Also it misses out on a lot of character development and other stuffs which was skipped over in the First Season. To watch the series, we would highly recommend to watch from First Stage, despite being from 1998 and having PS1 type CGI, its much better than going straight up to Legend Trilogy. The next one with a lot 'CLEANER' art style is basically the battles from Fifth and the Final Seasons, which came in 2012 to 2014, hence the different artstyle. The final one is technically a particular battle from the first Season, but with more advanced CGI (from 2001)

[@andytanex]

A pro drifter who have never watched initial d before is like saying im a priest but have never been to church before. LMAO!

[@HaugenRacing]

Oh man sorry... Was to busy actually driving to watch it lololol

[@AngeloDenwillPetate]

Initial D is actually my entire love for cars. Though I would suggest you watching the original series not the three movies. Those three movies are yeah a speed run summarized version but if you watched the entire thing, I would guarantee you'll love the series. And hoping how you would see his techniques like the gutter runs and stuff.

[@youraveragegamer8832]

I'd say the first 3 stages are worth watching for sure. Stage 4 is good but not for everyone. It has a way more serious tone and is more a collection of races. Stage 5 is just there, kinda alright but not the best. I miss when Initial D had some plot to it like it did in first stage

[@VVilla1n]

I have waited so long for this video, Thank you for doin it xd

[@HaugenRacing]

Gotchuuuu fam!

[@telullahrighter8592]

Ok initial d is elite. The animation is so smooth and I love the cars that are included.

[@HaugenRacing]

It’s a sick series!

[@ShahinshaSimil]

That AE86 is perfectly tuned because the boy who drives the car his father was a Circuit Racing Champion. He switched AE 86 Engine to Racing Engine , Grip , Roll Cage Etc... . I don't know where you got inspired to drift but drifting was a secret move from Japan in racing. After this anime people all over the world inspired to drifting. This anime was a tribute to the 90's JDM,Street Racers

[@giannisgreek5597]

you drift and you still havent watch initial d you disappoint me it's a must watch JUST DO IT!!!

[@LYF1710]

The name of the drift initiating which is used by takumi is shift lock

[@Uncle_Glock]

@Harutoji indeed, shift lock is too abrupt in loss of grip compared to braking drift

[@kyewhite628]

Initial D got me into JDM cars and driving. It actually changed my life. Don't mean to sound cliche but it gave me purpose in life.

[@HaugenRacing]

I think a lot of people can agree man! Not cliche at all!

[@stelaras0175]

the ae 86 have a 4A-GE engin with 11000 rpm red line

[@HaugenRacing]

I need one lol

[@genesisfd4418]

Takumi upgraded engine after it blew. ☹

[@jeffmaine8759]

4A-GEU engine swap (AE101 rally)

[@shagirani5518]

Initial d has that special vibe to it that always gets me excited.... Especially during the races...

[@DonnyTheFackenDeala]

I just love how you point out the 2 hands on the wheel every time lmao

[@ronin6116]

haugen, to quote your comment 'the R32 would destroy the Ae86', well you're correct and incorrect, if it were a track or a straight road then yes it would destroy it. However, we're talking about downhill touge where agility, lightweight, braking and grip is the key factor. To back my statement up, please look up a video by Keiichi Tsuchiya (DK) from his Best Motoring channel where he goes up against a R34(not a 32 but a 34 which is kinda better at lowering the 32's understeer issues) with an AE86 (his personal 86) and completely destroys the R34 on the roads of Gunsai Touge (which is not even as steep as Mt. Haruna or rather Mt. Akina as initial D says it).

[@Dagothdaleet]

Initial D was a great series. I was already into cars at the time I saw Initial D (around 10-12 yo). Fast and Furious movies hadn't come out yet, but I was a huge fan of the JZA80 and my friend was into S-chassis. I did begin becoming a fan of Evos after watching Initial D

[@spyz0rz]

for me initial D got me into cars, drifters, car games (gran turismo) and anime as a kid. anime got me into japanese culture. friends and the fast and the furious picked up where initial D left off as far as love of cars as i got older. have gone from hondas to bmws to a scatpack challenger... every car fun in it's own way =P

[@yaphong-weijonathan2683]

I would recommend you to start watching from the very 1st episode of initial d. You will understand how touge racing is actually in Japan. The battle stage 3 are races from the main 5th stage and final stage anime

[@chinwyian]

Yea, I have a big feeling he doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

[@captainzoom1229]

People slept on initial d. Such a good show.

[@HaugenRacing]

Supper slept on! I love how it got bigger kinda the more it was out though! Like didn't really start getting popular until the like late 00's.

[@demiproductions9902]

Initial D got me into cars, the anime is finished and it has 6 stages.

[@lag00n54]

5 stages it ended with 5 Initial D does have a sequel though called MF Ghost where new mc thought by Takumi

[@demiproductions9902]

@@lag00n54 Ik but I always find the last episodes (AE86 vs AE86) separate from the fifth stage and with the name final stage

[@johngault7329]

They mainly drift going downhill. It's a big debate on the show. Some choose to grip the whole way. Others drive like they are downhill skiing. The ae86 is only competitive on the down hill races. It's not powerful enough to race going up the mountain with the more powerful turbo cars..

[@maltheleonhard9086]

I watched the show two years ago and it’s part of why I’m into cars today and especially drifting. Love it it’s definitely worth a watch

[@JanhaviNalawade2023]

Fc driver - ryosuke Takahashi R32 driver- nakazato Takeshi Rx7 driver- keisuke takashi

[@pazdol4705]

Hello everyone! Have a great day!

[@HaugenRacing]

You too! Thanks for stopping by!!

[@Somegoy]

Believe it or not the guy who helped create this show actually took his 86 onto the track and whipped a stock r32s ass. Crazy video

[@humbertodelacruz9340]

Good drifters got motivated with initial d bad drifters were motivated by FaF "family"

[@HaugenRacing]

Hey man, you don’t need drifting skills when ya got family! Lol

[@soju69jinro]

initial D is about illegal street racing, drift naturally occurs downhill, when you watch stage 4, uphill races, no one really drifts. Even in stage 1, when takumi races on Usui mountain against those girls, the girls either gripped or drifted depending on the corner.

[@Mousyy]

Im going to have to make THAT video about initial D someday, aren't I?

[@HaugenRacing]

Everyone is lolol

[@Mousyy]

@@HaugenRacing You've got to break a few eggs to make an omelet. If people who like Initial D want to drift in real life, it'll take a certain level of commitment and drive. TL;DR Initial D isnt realistic but just like Matt, anything can be your initial inspiration, it's about where you go with it.

[@John-md3ld]

Initial D is what kickstarted me as a young car enthusiast. I would like to build a drift car someday, but that wont be for a while. For now I'm content rolling in my 1997 Eclipse Gst, blasting eurobeat, and pretending I actually know what I'm doing.

[@alexcashmore]

Been waiting for this for ages!!!! love it

[@HaugenRacing]

Haha gotchu fam! Was supposed to out last week but hit some snags on it. >_

[@nmlearnerforever]

Initial D introduced as well as made me fall in love with the jdm cars.. It's an anime close to my heart :)

[@Slo_Nano]

I just searched touge racing and was satisfied

[@jeffmaine8759]

3:38 actually, since its a tight hairpin, its anyones game, so it wouldn't be 'completely fake', takumi has less room and hes on the outside right next to a guardrail so hes going a little bit slower than the R32, but Touge racing horsepower means very little, and especially on a tight corner

[@jeffmaine8759]

7:22 and also the entire reason Takumi was physically able to do the gumtape deathmatch was because his technique already heavily relied on the throttle to turn the car in the drift, allowing for the minimal countersteer by drifting all 4 tires at once.

[@JJGamer18]

Initial D got me in to JDM and drifting

[@kasatocheck]

This series also helped by the Drift King itself by teaching how the car moves while staffs are working on Initial D Third Stage Movie.Also,he was succeeded to become Drift King itself because one thing,Mt.Usui Mt.Usui is the track that it has long straight and corner roads.Thats when the DK trained to get better at drifting himself. *BASED ON TRUE STORY* He did also tells that supercars are worthless at downhill lol. (Theres two facts between me and StreetVision for explain those)

[@KJE907]

6:28 hand brake/ hydro brake drifting is a very "Newbie/amature" initiation, fun fact the drift king himself Kaiichi Tsuchiha, when he drifted, did NOT use the hand brake, only pedals. Which is an extremely difficult thing to master and very old school, even in the anime Iketani the lead for Akina speed stars said the same thing.

[@safeknight1544]

Initial D is the best racing anime forever for me. Because, If you watch original anime version in 1995. It's full of 80's or 90's Japanese culture. Music, Cars, Environment, Fashion or anything in this anime. It's made me feel I'm stay in 90's even though I was born 2002. 😂😂 But when I was kid this anime it's made inspired me to love in JDM Cars. I think this anime it's made inspired or passion for kids who wanna be Racer or have a dream about cars. That's a good things. Even though many things in this anime can't do in real-life. But, I'm guarantee this anime it's give fun and experience to watch anime that you never watched in another anime.

[@colesracing5611]

I love all the cars

[@HaugenRacing]

It’s so sick how they like even influenced the names on stuff now. Like no one calls an 86 a Corolla it’s always “an 86”

[@satujodasrivathsav3050]

I used to watch initial d back when I was in middle school. This is why I got into cars. Unfortunately never got into drifting but I do time attacks and auto cross. Initial d is definitely one of the best things ever to have happened to me. Cars are not just metal boxes for some us. Working on my car saved me a ton of times from some of my darkest days. Cheers to every car guy drift, drag, competition, stance, low riders. This is the best community. Be safe and never stop driving.

[@Brandun-S]

Low key wanted to see more reaction of the inertia drift and the tape death match. As a fwd autocross guy it's very possible as u can control front wheels seperate to rear wheels. But low angle 4 wheel drifting a rwd is toooough

[@HaugenRacing]

Yeah for sure! LOL we did have more clips butttt copy right stuff happened and just yuck lol

[@Brandun-S]

@@HaugenRacing pooooo. This show was the biggest factor for me growing as a driver. Some one is always faster and the moment you blame something other then Yourself that's when you start to limit your growth.

[@drewexex5489]

initial d got me into anime into drifting jdm cars im even learning to speak japanese because of it its amazing

[@Squi-A-tone]

Yo same dude

[@drewexex5489]

@@Squi-A-tone yo sup im also trying to get the car got to import it from japan

[@Squi-A-tone]

@@drewexex5489 nice dude hope that go's well for you.

[@OG_Edits1337]

....and some of you who may not know, come on , you really think that you are not only one, who didn't watch Inital D, absurd.

[@HaugenRacing]

Ahaha as a pro driver though I feel it’s a right of passage ahaha

[@msftmoto3359]

This, Wangan Midnight, Tokyo Drift, and old vhs tapes of actual Japanese racing. Japanese culture also kinda just made it all even better. Very wonderful people.

[@hectorsarinana4486]

Wtf?! How have you not seen it when you love the Japanese style of drifting?!

[@gage.whitmore]

It's one thing to be good at driving but this guy needs to educate himself on the lore

[@HunterTC5]

Not trying to be rude but if you actually did touge racing then you would know that an r32 wouldn't "light up the ae86" especially if the ae86 driver is better like he is in the show. Besides for Akinas 2 main straights section the 86 could keep up well throughout the whole of Akina.

[@Cr4z3d]

As a matter of fact, Initial D _is_ what got me into Drifting and JDM Culture B)

[@Cr4z3d]

Also, regarding the r32 being AWD, it was actually stated directly in the anime that he was driving the RWD version, and that if it _were_ the AWD, he probably _would_ have been unbeatable.

[@aero6104]

There's more to Takumi's drifting than the animation would suggest, there's a whole character development after the gum tape deathmatch about him learning to angle his drifts less to go around corners faster

[@StarGazerG]

initial d is what got me into cars on it's own, i grew up around cars, pontiac trans ams, etc, you name it, but i love me some JDM. not the biggest fan of drifting, but the series was so fun to watch! thanks for the video man!

[@blackie6050]

The anime/manga is lightly based on pro driver Keiichi Tsuchiya AKA The official DRIFT KING. Any drifter in Japan would say he is the true Drift King, no argument. Keiichi was outracing all cars including R32's with simply an AE86 on both mountain passes and in the professional world. He had a massive impact on the entire drifting and racing scene in Japan and worldwide. He was also in the movie Fast and Furious Tokyo Drift. He had a small appearance and also he did ALL the stunt driving on the mountain pass scenes.

[@Pinsonneaultmotorsports]

my parents in the 80s use to drift all the time on the mountain where they lived my dad came from gunma prefecture but i dont know witch prefecture my mum came from know back to the present my hobby is drifting the car i use is a R32 GTST also love you vids and i learned a few skills from watching a few of your videos

[@siiaman2187]

Initial d made me understand what touge really is, a masterpiece of driving sideways and grip racing...

[@djbandito5512]

Initial D actually got me into street racing, though we dont have any mountains or big hill sections around the area that we can race so we race in the forest.

[@HaugenRacing]

Don’t hate me for not watching Initial D before! 😭

[@DriftZonebyIfti]

😂

[@anonymousasian589]

pls do, there's 1st stage, 2nd stage, extra stage 1, 3rd stage (a movie), extra stage 2, 4th stage, 5th stage, and final stage

[@sooryan_1018]

Its ok, I would highly suggest you to do it. Watch the original First Stage to Final Stage. Fifth and Final Stage are not available in legal sites unless if you go to other anime websites such as 9anime or GoGoanime. Also those last two seasons are NOT in dub, so I would suggest you to watch the series in sub

[@ChaniAyu]

Well, actually this is not tandem battle, cz basicly its just racing in touge. And the driver mostly only using 2 type of driving style. 1 grip style racing and drifting style. But takumi improving his driving style and using slip angel(in the story term)

[@Dj.MODÆO]

Initial D came out in the mid 90s and the guy it was based on was the one who basically got Japan and the entire world into drifting as drift racing.

[@martin7640]

Drift racing is going as fast as you can in the corners and the straights so like overtaking and that

[@protojager]

Essentially from my understanding, the drifts are less form, more function. Older cars didn't have the ability to grip around the bends and curves of the Japanese mountain roads at high speeds so drifting became a necessity to maintain speed and the goal was to initiate the drift as late as possible, maintain an optimal line through the corner and then regain traction and accelerate as early as possible. So the opposite of modern performative drifting where you want the biggest longest slides, they were just trying to spend as little time as possible in a lower gear trying to regain speed.

[@_Curator_]

Just wait till he sees the clip of Keiichi Tsuchiya driving an AE86 against an R32 on a circuit course and winning.

[@Gaming_Tributes_1o1]

Without trying to sound like a Pro (cause we all know you're the real pro here) you don't see many Handbreak entries because they aren't using that form of Drifting! Instead they tend to use (Deceleration Drifting & Weight Shift Drifting) aka "Inertial Drift" which requires more skill and finesse than Handbreak Drifting also the H.B. would be a bit too agressive and would slow them down a lil bit which is not what they want in a Cat & Mouse Drift Race.

[@HaugenRacing]

100% right! This video got chopped up pretty gnarly because of copy rights but yeah we kinda talked about that in a section. Good to see someone noticing that!!

[@skate769]

In Initial D, the main character Takumi (the driver of the AE86) is insanely good at drifting to the point where he beat the record in his local mountain, and the main joke during season 1 and 2 (or stage, which is what they called the seasons) is that the opponent was always saying that they wouldn’t lose to a crappy AE86, but they always end up losing badly. In the majority of the show, Takumi was on a huge win streak as well

[@migueljozart8287]

Initial D is my motivation to make a KZbin channel so I can buy my dream car Gt86 (86-239)

[@olwynskye417]

This is actually still going on in Japan where they race down mountain roads during night. Very illegal and dangerous, but there's very little traffic so shouldn't cause too much trouble. "Madventures Nippon - Drifting" is a short clip from a Finnish adventure show where they explored these drifting contests among other less known stuff.

[@euphoricgunnut5898]

You most definitely need to watch the whole series, it’s way different than the battle stages, which are much more quick snippets and races than the og series which does way better establishing what their technique is about and how much the gamu tape desumachu toned down takumis tendency to throw lots of angle, as opposed to keeping the faster line with limited angle and 4w drifting

[@ZeroFire442]

The minimal angle but still keeping up speed is slip angle. It's a combination of grip and drift, formula 1 racers use it on every corner. It's insane for following inside lines and keeping up a steady pace

[@martibulgaria]

Inital D has to be one of the most relevant old animes, its been out for more than 20 years and still gets referenced

[@Haghez]

At the end.. After you watch all series of initial D.. Eurobeat here i came

[@RadeticDaniel]

Drifting has a karting line charm to it and got popularized in track racing when Tsuchiya started using it to perform some outrageous overtakes because other cars were lining up as a train as it still happens in gokarting today. If you are on the train and step out to overtake, your safe place is gone and you either gain a position or slide back all the way to the end of the pack. When a leading car takes and extra slow line on the inde, you can drift around and the crowd going with good chances of leaving the corner with more traction. Its not faster than going for the perfect qualifying time on a race track, but can be locally faster in a twisty sector and has advantage of a free line when everyone else is driving the grip line slower than race pace during battle

[@shaneroberts8668]

Get our boy up to 69K 😎 Love seeing the growth, keep it up man. I feel like you are just one spotlight/ shout out from being huge my man. Try to get involved with another car KZbinr in person or something when you get back from Japan. God speed for the R chassis build

[@HaugenRacing]

Let’s goooooooo

[@skx5110]

Instead of slow showing off drift, they use fast drift closer to slip angle, actually on some parts of the touge, even drift with large angle can be faster. Takumi - racer who learnt weight distribution, he even can use gutter run(one of his rivals broke his car after trying to copy takumi's gutter run), also Takumi is downhill racer. On short, narrow roads cars don't have time and space to use their power, average speed while racing in anime was about 70-80 km/h, so no matter how fast your car is (takumi on AE85, was able to successfully chase and overtake 180SX and S15(or S14)). Like Takahashi Ryoske(another Initial D character) said: "Sometimes having powerful car makes you slower", also I don't see reason to not believe in all of this, because Keiichi Tsuchiya was consultant for this anime.

[@friendlypnda5215]

I always watched Fast n Furious when I was younger but i wasnt into cars at first, and recently rewatched them, and so i got more and more interested, but watching Initial D got me into both Drifting and JDM cars :) Great content man keep it up!

[@sneakatwix]

To answer your questions about how the ae86 could keep up is because Takumi’s father basically developed the car like a proper track car, engine swaps and all, from actual race teams and development labs. Everyone else only putting commercially available parts.

[@ethanbenton6676]

this video just looks rly well put together

[@HaugenRacing]

Thanks man! We went in on this one!

[@ZERO-ed7vc]

Your reaction is really honest for your first time, And can you hear the eurobeat playing at background

[@MR_LARGE]

so bassicaly yall got a formula drift/tandem/track drifter, to react to touge drifting, rly???