My Worst Crash Yet @ FD Long Beach 

Until he fires you…

All around one of the best dudes ever

I was about to say the same man! Remembering that he also is a tough competitor you would think of him as more fierce but he is super chill but also 110% transparent and honest with what is happening, what he will do and what the driver needs to do in order for it to work. Great Business and Mentor mentality

Hahahaha true

Vaughnn is the best ❤

They earning that paycheck😂

Job security

He could have really burned them all down you know, mom having made it through the run then write off both cars it's a good weekend hopefully Chelsea to know if it goes for the wind you know Bealls he's just got to make it through the track and keep it out the wall

Adam is going to seriously hurt someone. He absolutely doesn't take it seriously. He hasn't improved once in his 3 seasons doing it. Pathetic

@@Averageviewer136 u obviusly havent seen all of his videos

He's that guy IRL too

What had me dying was Chelsea saying he almost didn't chase Adam's run because it was borderline no way, he said "I chase anything" and Adam looks at the camera and says "If Chelsea shuts it down on a run...ITS BAD!"

​@@growlith6969 hearing him justify why he sucks everytime he sucks is getting annoying. He is not on the level of these drivers

Ik that’s right most people would’ve been pissed he crashed the first event but shit happens and Vaughn knows it

@@Tom-uk6jgyou say that but Adam beats these guys in non formula drift events all the times he just doesn’t do well under pressure or something sometimes he will make killer runs but then he just loses it. I think he overdrives the car or gets nervous or something

This is better than all the “fans” who just tell Adam to quit

Progression? You mean regression.

@@timothywolleck7628 who hurt you?

@@timothywolleck7628 he's driving 1100 hp drift cars, the margine of error is super small plus They don't hand out FD 1 licenses to just anyone and the last time I checked he's in the highest tier of the sport so yeah.... progression

@@brukpinky right bro they act like everyone came into FD champions lmao, they’re the same people who believe they can drift but have never driven a manual car.

He basically only got in FD coz he bought his way in! Plus he has a massive following which would of been good for FD at the time...

If he earned his way into FD he would have had to compete 1 or 2 years in Pro 2.. but instead he bought himself into FD, and Vaughn and Chelsea noticed and lets call it how it is, its a buisness decision from Vaughn, not a friend decision. 8 million new eyes in RTR and Ford Mustangs, also FD let him in most likely to get more viewers on events and it worked.. Live Streams went from 2-3thousand loyal Drift Fans, to being spammed by noobs that were only there to see LZ and FD loved it. But now, RTR is a drift team and they need results too, its not just about viewers, free views dont pay the bills..

@@JaredBeaucage lmfao

@@JaredBeaucage you know he drove in pro2 for 2 seasons I think it was

@@JaredBeaucage he drove in pro 2 if you didnt know already. learn your facts

What makes him so talented in your mind? Results show that he is mediocre at best.

@@Q-nt-Tf mediocre is a strong word , what shows he’s talented is his results outside of FD , FD isn’t everything. What he needs to do is build a mustang if he’s gonna keep working with RTR.

@@JayyMM4Life outside fd? Who, his junkie friends who don't have regular driving licenses? You probably buy Trump nft-s also.

​​@@Q-nt-Tf? Results show that he is professional level in North America

@@JayyMM4Life agree

or is adam just not ready to compete in the big league? ..

​@@dankim3950 he's not in the running to be one of the best drivers in FD but he is still better than a fair couple of the FD pro drivers. Just look at how many times rad Dan crashed over the last 3 years, yet he isn't considered to be too bad for pro class. Crashing is just part of the sport

@@harrywright6544 half the guys from Adam's PRO 2020 rookie season are out of FD. The only problem is when you compare his progress with who's left. :cough cough: Rome Charpentier

nah he needs a turbo version. dean gets a RHD cause he couldnt get use to his car and adams been left to just deal with an NA car which he isnt use too. drift is about feel and if the car doesnt react and feel the way you are use too then you are gonna feel out of pace with the ride.

Seat time ….. James has been is a mustang twice and looks like he is going to win the season 🤦🏽‍♂️

😂 I think all 3 of their bumpers went up in smoke this round

Didn't show that bit tho where he was basically blaming VGJ for telling him to go harder that you can see in Chelsea's video after the big crash. Dude was really looking for an excuse instead of taking any responsibility at all. VGJ even had to basically tell him to chill and that he was just making a statement

@@CamelxXxYogurt nah I didn’t see that, unfortunate if that’s really his mindset, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt has he usually is a humble cat! But I could see where if that’s true could be toxic for sure!!

No

​@@trevordevs 😮

I dont, no withRTR

I hope he’s not losing it..

Who’s we

He knows where he's struggling and knows he got it if he clicks..

vaughn is his dad his sister is his mother his cousin is his transsexual aunty

Agreed. But Adam needs to realise he got ability. He's made it to the big team now he got to shine. I hope he can pull his weight. I think his boss sees his ability.

It's not about getting to his level. Hell he's not a pro driver. He's a blue collar driver. Not even sure he could succeed at pro 2 level

He got to the level with money and fans.. He never struggled to be so good at drifting that he went broke to go do.. Chelsea Denofa, did that, Vaughn Gittin did that, and James Deane did also, Adam started it because he couldnt find anything else after BMX and he wasn't remarkable at BMX, spent most of the time speaking to a camera. Which nothing wrong with that, but it really really shows and how annoyed Chelsea or Vaughn seem when adam is horsing around filming rather then putting 100% into the drifting. At the end of the day, Adam is on a team that is the best of the best and he shouldnt be there to the pure drift enthusiasts, million dollar team with a amateur driver that lets emotions get in the way of drifting. Adam Lz has loyal fans and FD needs young Fans so he was welcomed in and Gittin capitalized on this also, even if 10 fans out of 8 million subscribers buy a RTR every year, hes doing well. 8 million people young and oldbknow about a RTR mustang, and Formula Drift. Adam has realized this is not his calling and is looking at other avenues, instead of looking like a fool every weekend and always blaming the car, at some point its not the car it becomes the driver( and the drivers mind, the mind and feelings can ruin a FD run. . Its only 30 seconds but so many calculations are being done in that time frame and Adam brings it back to the car not himself.

Lets also talk about, Chelsea Denofa, Fredric Aasabo, Forest Wang, Ryan Tureck, James Deane, Daigo Saito, Deane Kearny, Chris Forsberg, Vaughn Gittin, all those drivers starved to become professional drifters. And notice they all go into kill mode when the battles come, they dont make excuses they take what they have and drive the car to its abilitys and rarely discuss car setup, why is that? Because drifting has not changed that much in 10 years, setups stay roughly the same and rear end gears and rebound are all pre-set and they make small adjustments and absolutely stab any other driver like Adam or the pro 2 drivers. Its a flick of the switch and they earned their right to be on the big stage.. Adam, he had fans and RU-vid exposure. And yea sure he did drifting for fun but he looks great next to new drivers at grassroots events but absolutely clams up in FD, and doesnt focus on putting the car in the right spots. RTR and Ford want championships and LZ hinders that, 1 million dolllar team goes to the FD event to repair or tweak LZs car every round cause he complains about it and on camera Chelsea has literally got fed up and walked away last year. The energy is way off, a d thats big money to pour at a driver for nothing to come of it.

@RU-vid Konto Thats exactly it.. and every event I hear Adam saying "i feel" and "i think" ... and denofa is always talking solutions, but Adam always wants to look for the excuse to why he cant drive Chelsea or Vaughns Setup.. so he gets Deanes Setup and loops it,, he has no experience in setting a car up for himself.. so he will never be a great in Drifting, like Daigo, or Chelsea or Deane... Maybe a Great RU-vidr but in the drift culture, hes low on the totum pole.

@@chrissantana6688 trying to give him the benefit of the doubt😅

Can’t win racing half a season and crashing out the first race.

@@howdyrogue At what point do people stop giving the benefit of the doubt.. They've been doing it for 4 years now.

@@shona5512 dude there more fd drivers been in fd longer then Adam and don't win championship, y'all love to hate on Adam

​@@YGSnB bros gonna suck for 4 more years and foos like yu are still gonna give him pity partys in every comment section white knighting for his skill and his honor lmao

adam has talked about this before but it takes so much money and resources to run one of those cars , even just for a few passes, that it’s just not worth it

​@@-deathdesire-2749 I bet it's a lot cheaper to total a car twice per round.

@@-deathdesire-2749 I remember Adam saying that too. But he is struggling in the Mustang. That is a fact. When you see how he performs in other platforms it’s not driver skill that’s the problem, It’s a lack of seat time. Adam could buy and run a RTR practice car at the compound regularly. Investing in his driving makes sense. He is a multi millionaire, if a RTR Mustang at the compound will help his driving. Then why not do that.

Adam LZ: “i’ve touched on this topic a few times, but its pretty hard to explain. There are so many custom parts that make these cars drive the way they do… in order to activate the grip and make it worthwhile it would need to be 800hp+ and be a very similar chassis. The cost would probably be in the neighborhood of $200,000 and would cost roughly $10,000-$20,000 everytime the car runs which is just not feasible. Building a more simple car wouldn’t really translate anything other than vehicle placement - and wouldn’t be competitive or economical to drive from a consumables standpoint so i couldn’t see myself actively chasing it.” -Adam LZ, members only Q&A, April 9, 2023

he needs a seat time s550 or s650

💯 .. Like the mechanic inspecting Adam's ripped off rear-end "Hey, my decklid did not break" 😂

Also just Vaughn and everyone laughing at the fact that he destroyed the car 😂

Love how people are saying “the S15 days” now 😂 I remember when it used to be “the S13 days” and before that “the Connecticut days” 😅 gosh it makes me feel older than I am lol

isnt all his fd top 32 only? xd

yep

Really should be. 🤷

Adam should have worked his way up by winning a couple of times in the lower FD comps before going full board in Pro 1. I noticed alot of people generally alway bite off more than they can chew instead of taking it slowly.

stop trying to be the fastest, drift was always about smooth style.

this weekend has me convinced 700 whp with the right suspension and tire setup is ideal for fd

he just needs to back to the jdm fd rtr is a great brand and great for buisness but what’s it doing to his fd career is more of the talk, clearly he was comfy in a jdm car yeah he wanted to take a new challenge on but at what cost is it gunna come at idk, at some point i’d imagine he return to the jdm fd and part ways with rtr only help him out more to compete with the best

@Gamez4Dayz1011 ! agreed, not sure what it is thats technically different between his s15 and his RTR, but ive always kinda wished he would end up back in his s15 again

@@chrissantana6688 it is tough luck. could have scored even marginally differently he wouldve gone against someone else. he went against one of the best drivers on the grid and still put up a good fight.

​@@Gamez4Dayz He wasnt even good in the s15 lmao LZ just isnt cut out for FD plain and simple. Stop surgarcoating it. Only reason he is still competing is his level of fame.

@@JankyBoost preach

They even gave him the Autozone sponsorship because they know James will do better.

@@KentaElZeroM no Adam still had the chance to be an auto zone driver but since he’s not gonna be at all the events he fully passed the sponsorship to James

@@KentaElZeroM it wasnt cause he would do better it was because Adam and Vaughn are splitting the car so they can only sponsor one person so they switched the sponsorship over to James cause hes just one guy !

​@BarbaricMeteor1 it's also because Adam doesn't have time to do all the promotional event's on top of all the fd rounds. So James will do those instead now

He would be if he didn’t have so many other commitments he needs to choose what to do full time

But he blames everything on the car!... at some point its not the car, at some point feelings and thinking need to go out the window. . Your there to drift, and win not think and feel.. every word is "i feel" and "i think"

if you look at adam’s chase behind tureck in practice it was pretty good. it was like ryan was kinda leading him to where he needed to be. it’s clear that he’s close, he just needs more chase runs to get a feel

@@willhutchins00 he can chase, but cant lead or lay down consistent runs

@@JaredBeaucage Just because you're close doesn't mean it's a good chase. Majority of the time he doesn't hit outside zones and cuts corners to stay on the cars. You have to hit outside zones while chasing which Adam never does. You can see that with Turecks run.

Mazepin vibes

And he blamed the clutch haha