Is drifting really faster?

[Apolan]

it really depends on the type of the corner, type of the car and surface. some corner are driven fasterr by drifting (initial drift) to position the car right for the turn in. drifting after the apex is usually a speed killer. unles the corner is slow&tight and some powerful MR cars (or cars with a lot of grip) can drift abit also at the exit turning better and accelarating.

even keiichi said in drifting bible that he usually drifts the last corrner on one track in the championship. (dont eggzactly know which track). he was refering to hi speed lift-off or dynamic drifting as he called it.

so i think sometimes drifting is faster. but usually not. thou in ae86 special 2 when keiichi was doing a time atack on sugo i think, he was drifting quite a lot as Dogs Danglies mentioned.

i think drifting might be more useful w/ MR cars..

PS: formula 1 does drift! watch the slo-mo's.. even now when when they have all this electronics and downforce... in history when mechanical grip was on the hi and downforce wasnt exploited so heavily, cars drifted almost every corner.. it was faster. well this is boud to come back into formula 1 in 2007 or 2008 as the rules will change drastically. slicks are also coming back. the return of the "mechanical" grip. F1 will become more exciting, more difficult, more dangerous. cooool. =)