you guys are being zombied into what FD is asking. dont let that change your opinion of what should be. it has always been frowned upon to have less angle and line then the other guy. why is is so important to qualify on line and angle, if in tandem they only care for speed? it looks STUPID for one guy to risk it all and run the wall and the other dude run it shallow. and its not that Daigo NEEDs to catch up, mother fucker has 1200hp and everyone is talking about how he is 'killing v8s' and shit, and its REALLY pathetic that about 4 times this year he had controversial wins (Conrad twice, Walker, Fields, ??? others?- i dont count the JTP thing, JTP screwed up) because of his shallow angle.
you know if a 500hp car showed up to a local event and a 160hp NA/KA car was on a better line with more angle and the 500hp car was running shallow line/lower angle to be close, EVERYONE WOULD CALL HIM A HUGE PUSSY and say he cant drive; not be all like, "yea, dude totally won that"... but here with Saito everyone is too busy trying to get some of his dimsum in their mouths they don't admit he is taking the lamest line and angle when following (his lead runs are spectacular = adding to my "WTF is this shit" feeling on his follows)
watch more videos of other battles, it all depends on who is doing it. Some times annoucning is all "ah, so and so is so shallow and blahblah blah" but when daigo does it they neglect that part and say "ahhh he is sooo close omfg, like totally for real!!! ah hah!"
perhaps daigo is playing FD's "game", but I sure hope this proximity is king bs is changed next season. its not in the spirit of drifting to be low angle, the whole idea of drifting we all know is to be at the largest angle you can while maintaining line and speed.
I think in the Fields battle Daigo got totally "holy shit he is hitting the wall and crashing" so he played it safe, lifted, and then had to play catch up... well, he didnt crash, and your line looked like crap, you lost in my mind.
ps. I LOVE daigo and think he probably IS the BEST IN THE WORLD, but I hate that he is being so lame in these battles, even if its a win by FD standards.
