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The Real Tokyo Drift

No love for Tokyo? I really wanna go to Tokyo now, more so than HK, despite never having left North America and having a Chinese background.

I found it pretty funny at the following:

The cops? They don't seem to care as long as the racing stops when they come by. "Show them that respect," says Tatsu over the Chaser's built 2JZ, "and the racing can continue all night."
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5:24 a.m.: The cops arrive with their red lights flashing and everyone scatters to make their escape. Amazingly, no one gets a ticket. Apparently there was a bit of playing on the drifters' part. We find out that these guys have figured out when the police change shifts and know the safe times to race.
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Originally posted by: crazySOB297
It'd be fun to go over and bring a car that is really rare there. I doubt you see many vette's or GTO's around those parts.
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Would own to have a Viper ACR with SC and Nitrous, with a wheelie bar and a nitrous shot. Hell that would own anywhere 😉
 
Originally posted by: Arkaign
Originally posted by: crazySOB297
It'd be fun to go over and bring a car that is really rare there. I doubt you see many vette's or GTO's around those parts.
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Would own to have a Viper ACR with SC and Nitrous, with a wheelie bar and a nitrous shot. Hell that would own anywhere 😉
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You should not underestimate the power being produced by some of these Japanese cars, however.
 
Originally posted by: Truenofan
they only do it on the streets. because they dont have nearly as many as we do in the usa. thats not including autocross and any other small events.
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You mean tracks and stuff? They have a lot...Tsukuba, Fuji, Suzuka, Ebisu just to name a few.
 
Originally posted by: Truenofan
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Tracks_in_Japan
vs
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki...ited_States_Of_America

yes i understand there are a few ovals in there. and i wouldnt count those either. but there are a lot more regular circuits in the usa, than japan. the option of going to a circuit is a lot easier and closer to home, than in japan.
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You do realize how incredibly small Japan is compared to the U.S. right? Of course there would be more tracks here, we're massive compared to them. Plus, it's becoming more commonplace with newer cars in Japan to limit maximum speeds via GPS unless you are inside a race track area, so there's more incentive to go to them. Plus, emission standards in Japan are very stringent, meaning that many cars can only legally be driven on tracks. Whether or not the police care over there is a different story 😛
 
Originally posted by: manowar821
Beautiful cars...
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Asians, specifically Japanese, know how to tune their cars. I'm not fond of American tuning.

Just give me a row of car from one of those pics and I'd be more than happy, even if I can't drive stick.
 
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Truenofan
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Tracks_in_Japan
vs
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki...ited_States_Of_America

yes i understand there are a few ovals in there. and i wouldnt count those either. but there are a lot more regular circuits in the usa, than japan. the option of going to a circuit is a lot easier and closer to home, than in japan.
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You do realize how incredibly small Japan is compared to the U.S. right? Of course there would be more tracks here, we're massive compared to them. Plus, it's becoming more commonplace with newer cars in Japan to limit maximum speeds via GPS unless you are inside a race track area, so there's more incentive to go to them. Plus, emission standards in Japan are very stringent, meaning that many cars can only legally be driven on tracks. Whether or not the police care over there is a different story 😛
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hmm.. normalized for surface area,

Japan has 3.2x10^-5 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 31250 sq km)

USA has 9.2x10^-7 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 1086956 sq km)
and california itself has 1.9x10^-5 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 52631 sq km)

however, if normalized for population...

Japan has 1 track for every 10,607,368 persons
USA has 1 track for every 3,413,760 persons
California has 1 track for every 4,233,956 persons.
 
Originally posted by: makken
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Truenofan
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Tracks_in_Japan
vs
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki...ited_States_Of_America

yes i understand there are a few ovals in there. and i wouldnt count those either. but there are a lot more regular circuits in the usa, than japan. the option of going to a circuit is a lot easier and closer to home, than in japan.
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You do realize how incredibly small Japan is compared to the U.S. right? Of course there would be more tracks here, we're massive compared to them. Plus, it's becoming more commonplace with newer cars in Japan to limit maximum speeds via GPS unless you are inside a race track area, so there's more incentive to go to them. Plus, emission standards in Japan are very stringent, meaning that many cars can only legally be driven on tracks. Whether or not the police care over there is a different story 😛
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hmm.. normalized for surface area,

Japan has 3.2x10^-5 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 31250 sq km)

USA has 9.2x10^-7 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 1086956 sq km)
and california itself has 1.9x10^-5 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 52631 sq km)

however, if normalized for population...

Japan has 1 track for every 10,607,368 persons
USA has 1 track for every 3,413,760 persons
California has 1 track for every 4,233,956 persons.
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I'm not exactly sure why you went into all that detail since you basically just confirmed what I already said, but whatever. I bolded the part that didn't make sense.

Population Density of Japan is 873 per square mile
Population Density of the United States is 80 per square mile

http://www.motoracing-japan.com/circuit/index.html

I'm not going to spend the time mapping out every race track in the United States, but going by the list you provided, that means there's 14 states that don't have a race track at all. Realizing all this, can you really say that it's easier for someone to get to a race track in the U.S. as opposed to in Japan?

Edit: I realize you didn't say what I bolded, but it seems you agree with him
 
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: makken
Originally posted by: RedArmy
Originally posted by: Truenofan
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki/Tracks_in_Japan
vs
http://www.trackpedia.com/wiki...ited_States_Of_America

yes i understand there are a few ovals in there. and i wouldnt count those either. but there are a lot more regular circuits in the usa, than japan. the option of going to a circuit is a lot easier and closer to home, than in japan.
Click to expand...

You do realize how incredibly small Japan is compared to the U.S. right? Of course there would be more tracks here, we're massive compared to them. Plus, it's becoming more commonplace with newer cars in Japan to limit maximum speeds via GPS unless you are inside a race track area, so there's more incentive to go to them. Plus, emission standards in Japan are very stringent, meaning that many cars can only legally be driven on tracks. Whether or not the police care over there is a different story 😛
Click to expand...

hmm.. normalized for surface area,

Japan has 3.2x10^-5 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 31250 sq km)

USA has 9.2x10^-7 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 1086956 sq km)
and california itself has 1.9x10^-5 tracks per sq km (or 1 track for every 52631 sq km)

however, if normalized for population...

Japan has 1 track for every 10,607,368 persons
USA has 1 track for every 3,413,760 persons
California has 1 track for every 4,233,956 persons.
Click to expand...

I'm not exactly sure why you went into all that detail since you basically just confirmed what I already said, but whatever. I bolded the part that didn't make sense.

Population Density of Japan is 873 per square mile
Population Density of the United States is 80 per square mile

http://www.motoracing-japan.com/circuit/index.html

I'm not going to spend the time mapping out every race track in the United States, but going by the list you provided, that means there's 14 states that don't have a race track at all. Realizing all this, can you really say that it's easier for someone to get to a race track in the U.S. as opposed to in Japan?

Edit: I realize you didn't say what I bolded, but it seems you agree with him
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Care to do those figures for Australia, and WA particularly? 😉
 
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