It was good but I still strongly believe that culture of hard driving and pure fun has still been kept well at meihan.. Ither parts of the world oh well.. But meihan has done well in preserving its style and culture
The fixed camera really gives you a sense of the speed and how much mid-corner "adjustments" are being made. I have more respect now for the drivers that make it look buttery smooth.
@@LaurenceJanus the pd170 was objectively good, and he's using the internal mic instead of one of the xlr connected ones, it was one of the best non-broadcast SD cameras, what cropping to 16:9 and removing half the recorded lines to get 30fps instead of 60i and not deinterlacing properly is whats wrecking the quality
@@akaiuwu Is the sound bad, my ears aren't great, but I was definitely was recording this audio with the XLR mic connected, but it was using auto gain. It was shot as 16:9 PAL 50i, so it converting it to 1080P25 is definitely pushing the footage
Funny how despite being from 15 years ago, the models of car being driven here are pretty much the same as the ones being driven on track today in your videos !
I wish every countries car scene was this friendly. The guys cheering at the long Left onto the straight are awesome. Everyone just happy to be there and having a blast. Here in the UK you could guarantee some Tracksuit Clad fresh faced lad in a Financed Merc would be jumping out and threatening everyone 😂 Thanks Noriyaro as always for some epic content!
Yep now its big hp fully competitive spec cars that don’t even drift they just do burnouts sideways lmao. This drifting is a beautiful display of balance
funny that back in the days drifting was about sliding, NOT POWER SLIDING. nowadays everyone wants to put a 500hp+ engine, huge wheels with super sticky tyres and all that expensive stuff. it's mostly spread in the US where drifting is about a show with lots of smoke.
Well it depends if youre drifting for fun or in a drift competition or drift demo. If youre trying to impress the crowd and judges you need lots of tire smoke speed and angle. To achieve that you need sticky tires lots of hp and suspension that can handle it. If youre just drifting for fun then you dont need any of that.
Really love these time capsule videos of early 2000s Japan. The first one you posted a few months back is probably my favorite video on TH-cam. Seriously
I love the old videos. Makes me love my old clapped out 240. Been workin my @ss off on it just getting it back to being street able again. Thanks alexi for these!
I was 13 in 07. I remember spending my mornings watching videos like this with Dogfight playing over the top of them while I ate my bowl of cereal. Everything felt so carefree back in those days. I'm trying to relive that vibe, but it's difficult with the way people are nowadays.
I've been there many times... in Assetto Corsa. By the way what's the reason behind all those mirrored liveries on the right-hand side of cars? Was it simply cheaper to make two copies of the same model?
Yep better than D1... any day.👍😎Alexi...love the content.used too hav HPI subscription back in the day...them where the dayz...who knows what happened to Japanese tuning garage Zani Tani...? Anyone I just remember the blue Supra they disappeared..I can't find anything about them online who remembers them?👍cheers from a fellow Australian...
In what year were angle kits first produced? Because even in the late 2000s when I got into it. It was very common. It wasn’t until around 2013 that I noticed it became more common. So in Japan what were common angle mods, and what was everyone doing back then? Spacers and extended tie rods?
“Angle kits” such as wisefab are a pretty rare modification even today in Japan and was non existent at this time in the video. Seeing how shallow the entries are, you can tell there are no steering angle modifications. I’m not sure exactly when but maybe a few years after this Naoki started cutting knuckles for more lock and everyone at Meihan followed the boss. To this day that’s really the only angle modification most drivers do at Meihan; stock arms, stock rods, and cut knuckles (B knuckle by Naoki) with hub-centric spacers.
This is so good, I didn't have enough internet and even pc time to see this when it was happening, back then I only had a single DVD with random car videos bundled together by my cousin. There was a video off of some kind of drift matsuri featuring Team Orange cars doing manji between promo girls, champagne colored sil86 cabrio with chrome eurolines and black r32. Also was that Naoki Nakamura in white s13 with purple decals?
To think I was 3 years old in 2007 probably eating sand in the playground like some dumbass really got me thinking how far technology has come and how fast time flies 😐
Not really,the game is based on drift point not judging.Meanwhile on D1GP PS2 game its based on how your angle,speed,style you made and not with bs drift points
Literally better than formula drift any day
beating a dead horse, fd is the embodiment of american car culture, loud, flashy, unrefined, coarse. drivers just slam the throttle and call it a day
2000's Japan was the best era of drifting
Agree. 500%
I agree. actually not just japan but for the world. I'm looking at you bentmafkfilms
Facts 💯
ditto
It was good but I still strongly believe that culture of hard driving and pure fun has still been kept well at meihan.. Ither parts of the world oh well.. But meihan has done well in preserving its style and culture
All the OG body kits and parts 😭
so many legendary drivers in one video
The fixed camera really gives you a sense of the speed and how much mid-corner "adjustments" are being made. I have more respect now for the drivers that make it look buttery smooth.
It actually looks like it's slightly sped up. Like 1.25x
Really makes me appreciate how good recordings/gear have gotten over the years. The audio and video quality we get from you is nuts.
The main camera was a Sony DSR-PD170, the fixed and in-car footage was shot on a Canon MVX20i…
@@LaurenceJanus the pd170 was objectively good, and he's using the internal mic instead of one of the xlr connected ones, it was one of the best non-broadcast SD cameras, what cropping to 16:9 and removing half the recorded lines to get 30fps instead of 60i and not deinterlacing properly is whats wrecking the quality
@@akaiuwu Is the sound bad, my ears aren't great, but I was definitely was recording this audio with the XLR mic connected, but it was using auto gain. It was shot as 16:9 PAL 50i, so it converting it to 1080P25 is definitely pushing the footage
Love the black roofs and stock steering angle.
Pretty much the golden era of drifting
S13‘s for 1.5k
the ceremony is gold
Funny how despite being from 15 years ago, the models of car being driven here are pretty much the same as the ones being driven on track today in your videos !
I wish every countries car scene was this friendly. The guys cheering at the long Left onto the straight are awesome. Everyone just happy to be there and having a blast.
Here in the UK you could guarantee some Tracksuit Clad fresh faced lad in a Financed Merc would be jumping out and threatening everyone 😂
Thanks Noriyaro as always for some epic content!
2007-8 was the last year of retro drifting, low angle, and bolt on parts hell
Yep now its big hp fully competitive spec cars that don’t even drift they just do burnouts sideways lmao. This drifting is a beautiful display of balance
@@trolleyracingmaster7075 and they called it professional drifting,low hp cars more sketchy
I love seeing old footage like this. The video quality alone brings this certain feeling. Makes you nostalgic for the 00s, crazy.
this was peak drifting
we need you to get a time machine and just keep bringing these out!!!
love watching your old videos.. hope you got some more to share.
Wish I could have experienced 2000s car culture in America or Japan. Seemed so much more chill
I love watching this era, i'm not going to be as bold to say it's better or worse than today, but crazy nostalgic.
Im on the edge of my seat watching these solo runs!!!! oh my god!!!
The triples are so crazy lol
Keep bringing these gems out ✨
funny that back in the days drifting was about sliding, NOT POWER SLIDING. nowadays everyone wants to put a 500hp+ engine, huge wheels with super sticky tyres and all that expensive stuff. it's mostly spread in the US where drifting is about a show with lots of smoke.
Style > Performance
Well it depends if youre drifting for fun or in a drift competition or drift demo. If youre trying to impress the crowd and judges you need lots of tire smoke speed and angle. To achieve that you need sticky tires lots of hp and suspension that can handle it. If youre just drifting for fun then you dont need any of that.
I love how most of them dont use the handbrake and keep a drift that clean, so good to watch
one of my fav Japanese tracks used for drifting. that straight away into the tight turn is so intense
Woah alexi you got some old vid way back in the day
Really love these time capsule videos of early 2000s Japan. The first one you posted a few months back is probably my favorite video on TH-cam. Seriously
So elite,hope these videos never get lost in the matrix 🤣
Good show
Love old vids
Such a cool angle
I love the old videos. Makes me love my old clapped out 240. Been workin my @ss off on it just getting it back to being street able again. Thanks alexi for these!
It’s called TD06
ちょっ吉さんうますぎる
And i was JUST rewatching your other 2007 video wow
2000s era nostalgia Drifting 🤌
Nice blast from the past
I was 13 in 07. I remember spending my mornings watching videos like this with Dogfight playing over the top of them while I ate my bowl of cereal. Everything felt so carefree back in those days. I'm trying to relive that vibe, but it's difficult with the way people are nowadays.
it’s crazy how shallow people ran the main corner in comparison to today
they didn't have that b-knuckle back then
It's crazy how good they are without the fancy knuckles
@@snooz510 they also have waaaay less power and less grippy tires
I absolutely love these throwback videos, really was the best time for drifting.
0:35 that sound
Love seeing the hype the 2nd to 3rd gear corner building up for the straight.. I'd write my car off lol
naoki was psycho behind the wheel
naoki with the same manifold... thats amazing xD
This made my night. Can't thank you enough for posting this.
~good vibes~
2:50 look at diago, he had to be 17 or 18 then..
this vid is gold. thanks for sharing.
Naoki Nakamura was 25 in 2007
Sooooo many cool cars...... Imagine if events today were this cool
The STYLE was so much better than today. (Or am I nostalgic?)
no its truth
Nah ur right, so much better
So many good noises here.
Man my first glimpse of the OG drift days
Before street drift cars were sequential, hydro hand brake, 700+whp!
They still aren’t lol
I mean they still send it pretty much the same way on C Course every weekend
Here come the crop and filter for future phonk videos
非常に素晴らしい
Drifting events without corporate sponsors... are just too cool.
Thank you
best video on TH-cam rn
It seems like an eternity ago, fifteen years ago now …
hell yea
MSC CHALLENGE
noriyaro video option
damn those team triples are cool
This is so nostalgic!
I've been there many times... in Assetto Corsa.
By the way what's the reason behind all those mirrored liveries on the right-hand side of cars? Was it simply cheaper to make two copies of the same model?
It’s the same reason the American flag is backwards on one arm of US soldiers.
Back when s chassis prices was okay
let me catch some snacks// fresh oldies !!!!
Yep better than D1... any day.👍😎Alexi...love the content.used too hav HPI subscription back in the day...them where the dayz...who knows what happened to Japanese tuning garage Zani Tani...? Anyone I just remember the blue Supra they disappeared..I can't find anything about them online who remembers them?👍cheers from a fellow Australian...
damn, good stuff
In what year were angle kits first produced? Because even in the late 2000s when I got into it. It was very common. It wasn’t until around 2013 that I noticed it became more common. So in Japan what were common angle mods, and what was everyone doing back then? Spacers and extended tie rods?
“Angle kits” such as wisefab are a pretty rare modification even today in Japan and was non existent at this time in the video. Seeing how shallow the entries are, you can tell there are no steering angle modifications. I’m not sure exactly when but maybe a few years after this Naoki started cutting knuckles for more lock and everyone at Meihan followed the boss. To this day that’s really the only angle modification most drivers do at Meihan; stock arms, stock rods, and cut knuckles (B knuckle by Naoki) with hub-centric spacers.
In my opinion, the golden age of drifting is 2001-2004. But the golden age of sim drifting was 2010-2013 lol.
Fr legends 😲
I love how much of a mess the triples runs are
how much were those s13s then, i wish i could have one
I was like 6 years old when this was filmed bruh
i was 2lol
This is so good, I didn't have enough internet and even pc time to see this when it was happening, back then I only had a single DVD with random car videos bundled together by my cousin. There was a video off of some kind of drift matsuri featuring Team Orange cars doing manji between promo girls, champagne colored sil86 cabrio with chrome eurolines and black r32. Also was that Naoki Nakamura in white s13 with purple decals?
Yes, it was Nakamura
I guess your DVD was of the “Big X” event?
imagine the prices on these s-chassis back then
Don't care what people say. The SR20 sounds really good!
dope
slim chance any of those chassis are still alive 😪
would be cool to see one of them still alive today
This is epic
Almost 20 years later, most drift cars are the same models.
can anyone ID the bronze 5 spokes on the rear of the red bull livery car??
volk ce28
damn, who was the driver of the red rps13??
Chokkichi
Back when cars where fun and cheap
is this a hint as to what track the S15 will attack next???!?!?!?!!???!
this makes me moister than an oyster
2007 Meihan Styling = US 2022 styling.
To think I was 3 years old in 2007 probably eating sand in the playground like some dumbass really got me thinking how far technology has come and how fast time flies 😐
That girl looks familiar, anyone remember who that was and if she's still in the car scene?
I was there 300 yeara ago
Is asayan, looking ae86 still drifting ?
dislike? more like dis i like
msc 07, please more !
coool
3:33 anyone know whos car this is? and more pics of it
It’s Naoki Nakamura’s car
Where’s all the massive camber like today.
Why some stickers are mirrored?
Writing on vehicles in Japan traditionally goes from front to back, but English looks weird written in reverse order so they just mirror it
So... This is what nfs pro street attempt to?
(Please forgive me for my poor english & feel free to correct me if I make any grammatical mistakes)
Not really,the game is based on drift point not judging.Meanwhile on D1GP PS2 game its based on how your angle,speed,style you made and not with bs drift points
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩
ah yes, back when tik tok didn't exist
15:50