@griffin4touge, you might of forgotten to do an outro, but man, that was an outro, I’ve played the last bit quite a few times just to listen to the sound of it. Love it.
i do know that im not the best so if i lead and i feel like im pushing it ill pull over and let them pass but ive noticed i feel more comfortable chasing and can go well over my limit and still be good and that is only due to me reacting to the lead car instead of reading to much of the rd
Tire Pressure Engine Oil Levels Coolant Levels Power Steering Fluids Tire Health/Alignment Window Clarity and Fog Resistance Wiper Blade Quality Driving Position Car Repair Tools First Aid Kit Community Notice Boards Red Light/Speed Camera Locations Sleep Quality Head Space and Mental Course Familiarity 2am-4am Saturday/Sunday (with high beams) Weather Reports
currently using a 1999 2.5 RS impreza to learn this style of driving. All I can say is this slow little thing is way more fun that my STI and feels faster in a weird way
Also weather matters the most after foogyness it tends to make the road slippery, thats so important, cold weather makes ur car less grippy so watchout
Use Curvature for finding roads. It’s probably the most useful Toge map that’s currently out at the moment. It’s packed with tons of features which I’m not going to go over but wanted to share.
Id rather have an RB26 S15 but then again I guess GTSTs are for the feels, I usually clown on cope cars but given the price of R34 GTRs this is one of those I will still respect, its the only way to get the feel of an R34 without spending life savings for a very rare car.
how do you find a road or make sure theres no wildlife like deers wandering around and minimize the chances of a wildlife accident? cause then (at least in germany) youd have to involve the public, either the cops or a forester. ive had a deer crash on the way to work and the police had to come and shoot it… or is this just not a thing in general in the us? thats what im most afraid of at night. i do have a touge road with many hairpins and where i dont really get over 100kph at all but on other roads im more concered about this. my prior accident was also just at 60kph on a straight road because it came out of the ditch so close in front of me. so yeah, how do you filter for that?
i have a 55hp 2010 vw fox 1.2 and live very close to the nürburgring, ive done quite some laps with it in the last years (im 21 now and got the car at late 17) and over the years i have explored some local roads and found quite some nice touge roads but theres absolutely no one else doing this. but ive never really done it at night. the roads are super far off from much used ones and dont connect points of interest, i will try it very soon. the advantage is seeing if someone is coming around the corner thanks to the headlights reflecting on the guardrail. theres no village directly at them and im quite sure they cant hear the tires screeching so calling the police shouldnt be a problem, also i dont think anyone has ever noticed me driving race pace, as soon as i see a car, a biker or anyone else, i slow down early enough to not even make them think its me, even if they might have heard the tires. but my car looks 100% slow. but it isnt. id say i am a very good driver, i am a professional simracer at 5000+ hours, 20.000+ laps nürburgring nordschleife, i smoke tracktools on the nürburgring in reallife in the corners but im yet to properly set up the car, its on stock suspension, it keeps breaking a spring, the dampers need to be replaced by now, i got stock brakes, its basically just some good wide sport tires. but do you have a clue what to do if theres a malfunction, an accident or maybe just the engine giving up (mines got 218k km now and uses quite a lot of oil), how i can get back home? do you always have buddies around or ready to call? cause thats not gonna work for me and id have to call some officials to tow the car, maybe involve the police, then im just looking stupid and be in their heads in future… do you have equipment in place to do easier fixes at the road? should i prepare for that?
Great video, seriously. I've been doing Touge since 1999. I am so glad it is still alive and has become very niche and not trendy or overly popular as it became 2001-2005 and then died off (thanks Fast and Furious) Now a days it's so, so rare to find people who understand, respect, and enjoy Touge. I am constantly looking back each year at how long I've been doing it. I've had a road in Reno, NV called Geiger Grade that I've been driving and riding since 2011 to present day... love it. My home is basically on the road as well. Also to note I worked my way up from lower hp and lighter vehicles to higher hp vehicles that are heavier and man it's been a long, long journey but I have loved it.
Yo Griffin what song did you use for the tsuchi Christmas drop edit? I know the original is Exodus by ken and lone but I can't find the remix except some guy named novani used the same beat
The stock front bar is hard cause of the rubber mounting bushing. I had taken off three swaybars off of mine, the stock, Cusco (what stock should of came with), and Racing Beat (way too stiff, lost traction less mechanical grip), finally ended up with with Megan Racing which I think are perfect for spirited mountain driving mated with my SakeBomb Ohlins Long Travel coilovers. I didn't have to lower anything, only took of all the plastic covers and small parts in the front wheel well, part of making it easier was to turn the steering wheel for more clearence.
thanks, this helped me fix the same problem on my own car. got towed a while back and the front end was sitting out slightly like it was warped or something. turns out the front inner clip was broken clean off. dumbass driver probably hit it when they put the dolly on. slid the new one in, pushed, and it snapped into place. easy!
