When our generation was kids, we used to fantasize about Star Trek, Star Wars and other television serials. However, most of us had no access to internet (as it was not as powerful as it is now) and therefore our exposures to all these adrenalin pumping shows were minimal. Today’s generation, where babies literally become more friendly with laptops before they actually learn to grab a pencil, remote controlled drifting has gained immense popularity and craze. In fact, not only youngsters, but also their parents are increasingly getting hooked to car drifting.

Channel feeder.com is the most organized website which focuses on RC car drifting. Various game shows are also aired on American television, which centre on the same topic. Amongst the popular cartoon channels, there is Nickelodeon and TNT which cater to full fledged car drifting topics.

Movies have a great influence behind increasing popularity of RC drifting. Almost all Hollywood science fiction movies (be it blockbusters like Star Wars and Cosmos) have great dependency on drifting. More often than not, the action packed motor chase sequences are filmed around RC car drifting.  Very recent example would be the last edition of Star Wars which had large sections of video footage from one of the leading amateur world RC drifting races.

Picture of a modern day nitro fueled RC drift sports vehicle

Television shows and movies have important roles to play behind increasing the popularity of this variety of sport. In fact, many of the world’s leading manufacturers of RC drifters (for example Leo Mattel) have dedicated television shows and game cartoon programs, which aim towards boosting popularity of RC car drifting. Because of these television shows, kids take interest in finding out what is new in the product horizon and eventually leads to higher sales figures for the toy manufacturers. Primarily RC car drifting is a technique which caters to the kids community and therefore manufacturers undertake to popularize their new product launches by way of making tailor made television serials.

More than television and/or movies, it is the internet which plays a bigger role in popularizing RC car drifters. Fully loaded websites, which carry wealth of information around car drifting, are accessed by today’s youngsters and adults alike. Look and feel wise, many of these websites create a stimulating environment that is; you can actually experience the thrill of participating in a Formula One car race, while surfing through these sites. This is brought about by advanced Java applets, providing high quality simulation effects.

The most drift influence title : Initial D. It held great resposiblity in skyrocket the popularity and introducing drifting to the world. From :Comic to Anime to Movie

Comic: Initial D

Anime: Project Initial D

Movie: Initial D the movie