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First of all, i would like to apologize if there is a similar thread, i couldnt find one.
So, i have stopped playing ID since Stage 6, Stage 8 caught my attention so i decided to try it, the problem was i found it hard to drift (i was using a stock AE86) and get the 'gold' coloured drift word, was it because it wasn't tuned or is there some special technique. All help is appreciated.

I don't think you are supposed to get the gold drift. I mean, it doesn't give out boost like D6 I think. It wasn't exactly needed in 7 either.

Did you step the brake or acc?

I sort of lifted the acc, then brake, then acc again like how I would do in stage 6..

I think what you did caused a gold drift

^Wait, are you saying possible to get gold drift with just BC in low spec in D8? I can't seem to do it though mine's only Spec 2.

Then again, I'm pretty bad at getting gold drifts in 7 anyways.

This post has been edited by SonicSP on Oct 11 2014, 08:45 AM

I tried in D8, its possible ... D7 is harder.

Strangely enough, I had a dream where I did just that last night because of this conversation......weird.

Speaking of which, do we know whether gold drift gives anything out in this game?

In battles, accumulating enough of these vs your opponent will allow you to have/gain a stronger battle boost near the end which may assist in the last minute passes, assuming your opponent did not do enough of these. The concept is similar to D7 and D6 actually.

The gold drift is useless otherwise in other modes.

^Thanks man. I heard about that in the previous two games but curious to see whether it's been discovered to also apply for player battles in this one.

The idea of doing it in this version is to do it but not to leave yourself too far behind while doing so....as battle boost is weaker in this version.

So like last time, safe to presume that hitting walls would reduce this boost at the end?

Ya... U hit the wall, GG.

Question: How to create a gold drift in IDAS8?

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I just alternate tap brake and Accel really really fast.

To initiate gold dirft, you'll have to consider a few factors.

1. The time interval between brake and accel.
2. How hard you step on the brake.
3. At which corner you perform the bc at.

With all the factors considered, one will be able to unleash a gold drift. and be reminded not all corners can unleash gold drift. and not all small corner cannot get gold drift. Once you understand this concept, unleashing blue or gold drift is as easy as pie. and of course repeatingly bcbcbcbc will also initiate a blue drift because the chances of first bc fails is actually covered up by the second, third or even fourth bc. Hence you see some people actually doing triple or quadraple bc, depending on which map and what kind of corners they are passing at that particular time

This post has been edited by -=SHINN=- on Nov 3 2014, 04:40 PM

Thx, but there is something that bothers me though. I once saw someone doing usui clockwise. He bc and initiated a blue drift, which is normal. But he just kept bccc... In the middle of the corner he just initiated a golden drift. Why is that so?

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Depending on which mode that particular person was playing. The reason for gold drift happens is because of double to triple blue drift situation. Let's say blue drift gives you some drift angle but the angle is not wide enough for overdrift. However with 2-3 blue drift piling up, you'll get a super wide angle drift hence tends to face the wall more while dirft. There is one thing which comes at the cost of gold drift is the speed to initiate it, the higher your speed are the harder and shorter your gold drift stays, the lower your speed are the easier and longer your gold drift stays.

That said only second third fourth gear are easy to bring out gold drift. I'm not saying fifth or first gear is hard to bring out the gold drift, just... less favourable. But you don't need to bother much about gold drift, just focus on getting your TA as close as possible to the world record say 0 to 1 second away from it, unless you are in battle and you have solid TA like the world record, gold drift will come in handy once in a while depending on the situation.

With all these said, these are just basics of the game, you just have to focus on being as fast as possible on the game with just blue drift for each map. Once you have TA close enough to the world record, then only explore on gold drift in battles. If you don't have TA fast enough, with gold drift alone, it's more or less a battle without hope.

This post has been edited by -=SHINN=- on Nov 3 2014, 06:19 PM

Thx alot. One more thing, is it my imagination, or the gutters in the game are more grippier than before?

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No, it is not imagination. Everyone who are fast will definitely use it for better lining and speed.

This post has been edited by -=SHINN=- on Nov 3 2014, 09:27 PM

Oh, ok thx for the help.

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After reading this, I suddenly understood why i gold drift so easily...

Because I am slow...

^

I'm slow and I can't good drift anywhere except Usui......

This post has been edited by SonicSP on Nov 4 2014, 04:58 AM

All i did for usui was to turn more angle and BC to commit gold drift