Talk:Nitro efficiency index (Asphalt 8)/@comment-34326785-20191221134323/@comment-34918040-20191229141421

@ Tobias mann:

I've restored the drift radius column as suggested. It was removed on purpose after WKPQ and me had talked during the formatting process, so we are both responsible.

Concerning your Iceland question: These are things I asked myself, too, when I came to this Wiki. As I wasn't familiar with the methods how editors obtained their values, I didn't edit things like this and regarded them as given. Today I would delete them because they are unsourced, not precise, without information what exactly is denoted, and, after all, irrelevant.

As for the Atom: It's most probable that a player discovered after which rank increase it was possible to drive the season 9 race. It may be possible with a lower rank resulting from another upgrade combination. If so, an editor could change the value and provide a short footnote with the upgrade level so others don't revert the edit. I don't think the information is less valuable without a source/footnote, but it helps a lot if sources are provided.

As for the drift radius: If editors had provided their measurement method or sources, we wouldn't have this discussion. I consider the drift radius values highly questionable as they change with upgrade levels. We dont't know if they were taken at stock or max pro.

But perhaps you can recall something better than me and help us with this issue: When I talked to WKPQ, I remembered that there were some drivers who published test videos on Youtube when a new vehicle came out. Things like starting in Tokyo and letting the car crash into the wall after the straight, measuring the time and thus getting comparable values for real top speed. They also measured the nitro efficiency by starting on Barcelona Reverse and taking the left lane to have a distance without turns. And, most important: I remember something like starting to drift right on the Great Wall track until the car finally fell into the valley in order to measure the drift radius. I didn't unterstand the method at that time; perhaps they had a look at the distance display until the car fell into the valley. I asked myself how it could be possible to measure a drift radius like this, as driving a bit more left would let the car fall later, but this is the only hint I have.

Do you happen to remember these videos? I think they could help us to figure out how the drift values were achieved.