Talk:Tōge

Feel free to critique

Please feel free to critize my work on "Challenge for a Battle on the Road", "General Pointers for Touge Racing" and "Drifting and Touge". Constructive critizism will always recieve my warm welcome.

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--Moksiuho 23:25, 16 December 2005 (UTC)

Wow,

This whole entry more or less is based off of Initial D and has no bearing on reality. I doubt this should be used an a entry for 'touge'. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.199.227.136 (talk • contribs) .

What happens in the fictional Initial D is based and exaggerated on what is being done in the real Touge.

--Moksiuho 18:55, 31 May 2006 (UTC)

Sentence should be deleted.

"Unfortunately, this is mostly derived from fiction and fantasy propgated by the current fads and their icons such as "Initial D" and "Wangan Midnight.""

Not only is this sentence poorly written it contains original research/unverifiable information/POV. If no one else has any objections I will get rid of this sentence. --Jayson Virissimo 04:57, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

Wow

Someone's been reading too many comic books. This is nothing like what actually takes place on the mountains in Japan. This needs a complete rewrite. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 221.21.96.102 (talk • contribs) .

Where did "general tips" come from?

The list of "general tips" is totally pointless. There are no citations nor fact to back up any of these claims. I agree with the others -- this seems to be a rehash of Initial D myths. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thegsrguy (talk • contribs) .

A factual citation of the tips is from Keiichi Tsuchiya, known as the "Drift King" for most people, in an episode of Best Motoring video magazine. He, like many Japanese drivers, starts driving in the touge before being a professional race driver. His words are fully creditable. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 69.193.159.72 (talk • contribs) .

Wow

Moving this "caution" added to the article by an anonymous user to the talk page. If you have a problem with the article, then fix it. Recury 14:31, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

CAUTION:

This article propagates several incorrect or exaggerated notions as to the meaning of the word, "touge." It is believed to be maintained by what is commonly referred to in many circles as a "fanboy," or a person who is hopelessly devoted to a romanticized version of what is in reality not a dramatic or widely-accepted phenomonenon. It should be noted that several attempts at article cleanup have been made, all of which have been reverted to the following over-hyped and unverifiable "definition." Should final cleanup ever successfully occur, it is recommended that this article be locked and the originator of the proceeding rambling, incoherent, incorrect and poorly-constructed text be banned from editing this page indefinitely.

What you are about to read encompasses the term, "touge" not as it relates to reality, but rather the distorted and simplified "cartoon" or "video game" understanding, completed by the spelling and grammatical errors one would expect to find in a section maintained by an overenthusiastic pre-pubescent with little actual experience or knowledge regarding the facts.

References

This article needs inline references for the various claims made in it. If these are not added, these unverified claims will be removed. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 17:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Cleanup

The general style of this article is really bad. The article needs to be brought in line with the Manual of Style. ···日本穣^{? · Talk to Nihonjoe} 17:23, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

More Drifting Fanboy Crap

Please leave the ZOMG TAKUMI'S RULES 4 JDM TYTE DRIFT!!!! out of this article. Take it to the forums on drifting.com and leave it there. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 170.35.224.63 (talk) 15:25, 19 January 2007 (UTC).

I totally agree with you, this is a encyclopedia not a initial d episode guide. Josepheidelberg (talk) 23:04, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Rewrite plzthx?

This whole article made me ask "god, who wrote this stuff into Wiki?" tonight. It should have that 'un-encyclopedic' mark stamped on it. Needs a formal-toned rewrite. [[[Special:Contributions/203.112.72.8|203.112.72.8]] (talk) 13:45, 7 March 2008 (UTC)]

Similarities

I think it should be noted that the "Straight-up" style of Touge racing is similar to the Drag style of normal street racing. As I'm still kind of new, I'll let someone else do this, unless my thought gets overruled. Thanks Drakonis (talk) 05:33, 5 May 2008 (UTC).

Street roadracing rules

This may be controversial. Nothing here is implied to suggest breaking any laws or operating a motor vehicle in an unsafe manner. Nonetheless these activities take place every day, wherever there are drivers and roads.

Street Road Racing, where not prohibited, involves three simple rules. The role of leader and pursuer may change many times during contention, there can be only one winner.

• 1. The Winner is in front at the finish.
• 2. The Leader chooses the course.
• 3. The finish is when the Pursuer quits.

Unorganized, unregulated, spontaneous, low speed contests between strangers, are probably the most common of all motor sports confrontations. From the first cross continental races, to the last person you prevented from passing. Your use of a motor vehicle in an attempt to out-gain, out-distance, prevent another vehicle from passing or to arrive someplace first, constitutes a Street Race. You cannot ignore the fact that people bet their lives on winning every day. Victory in all of these cases is covered by these essential rules. GT

-oo0(GoldTrader)0oo- (talk) 19 January 2005 (UTC)