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The way he was driving the car wasn't very smooth. Been there, done that and I've paid dearly. Hope not to repeat it again :biggrin:
Odd. I wonder what his suspension setup was. That definitely looked like a good deal of body roll, and unfortunately, that makes things slow to react if you get in a sticky situation. You plow the snot out of the car most of the time and if the rear end ever does go out on you, it stays out and whips the car around. Watching it again, it appears very stock-ish, and I would NOT want to drive a stock Subaru, any Subaru (sadly) at these speeds, for reasons of bushings mainly. All the information you feel, what little there is, is a second late and every input you apply is done a second later to the ground. You pretty much drive by guessing 2 seconds ahead of you. It's absolutely retarded, and it makes the car insanely dangerous at high speeds. I was never comfortable with my car for 4 years because of this, 4 years!!! That's insane. I've been more comfortable with other cars in days than I was ever with my Forester in years and not granny driving either, daily pushing, even drifting some on regular occation. Information, instant information is king. Without it, driving's a joke. It could never been driven hard accurately and precisely. It's basically learned inputs through guessing and measuring the later reaction. The Forester XT is rather...humorous untouched. My Forester has been modded a bit, and I would consider it "acceptable" for those speeds. My bro has a less modded one but with a few critical changes that make it far better than stock and comfortable enough to handle when pushed, no bushings on his yet, but I am very familiar with what's happening without feeling inputs. I learned on my car, lol. Subies are pretty durable. Notice the windshield? Did you ever see it even crack at all from that? :laugh:
Looked to me like a perfect setup for a drift. Slow application of a little too much steering angle, followed by a little lift. Then, not enough counter-steer fast enough. Once that started, he never had a chance.
He didn't even turn into the corner that much, but he did get on the brakes. The downside is he won't feel what the car's doing until it's already happened and he sees something's going wrong. Stock bushings make it impossible to react through feeling the car alone. It's all guessed learning, and if he's never slid his car before, he'll have no clue what inputs are needed. If you go by feel, you'll never catch up.
