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Technical issues aside(the racer app personally worked great for me) but that was one of FD's best events in a long time. Aasbo going out in 32, connor car crapping out on him, cole richards putting the whole fd field on notice(he should have gotten the w against chris) vaughn and james putting on an absolute show in the finals and just the overall driving was spectacular. The wally system is complete dogshit in qualifying but it works pretty good in main competition. Between the event, the crowd, the atmosphere, and the driving this is what fd can be when its on it. This is why i keep saying atlanta should be the final round. I get if the racer app/technical issues made this event a crapper for some but for me i was clapping, shouting, and getting hyped this whole event. I honeslty think this event was better than dm rd 1. I dont expect every event to be this good but id definitely give this event personally a 9/10(again i get it if others feel the complete opposite)

With DM RD1 wrapping up how we feeling about the early drifing season so far. Yall think Connor will be the second driver to win FD and DM in the same year. Or maybe James comes back and completes the jordan-esque double 3 peat. Will Ben Hobson finally get a podium this year? Will Aasbo take advantage of the opoortunity to win another title? Will Dave Egan finally be given a break and actually have a good DM event? How yall feeling???

So i was watching some prospec highlights and i was thinking man it sure would be nice if fd could field great long term fd pro series drivers from their prospec series. I feel most of the great drivers in fd are drivers from other top series or overseas drivers. The competition in prospec reminds me of fd back around 2009-2011 where you won a battle by just finishing the run and not straightening. And i feel 90% of the drivers who move up to the pro series are either out of fd within 3-4 years or end up mid at best. Now I realize that a lot of the problem with that has to do with the financial toll It takes to run a full FD season which in the past, I've jokingly referred to FD as the world's most expensive hobby. Im just curious is there a better way to get better talent out of prospec, or have prospec drivers be better equipped to endure the pro series, whether it be through a culture or format change or is prospec just always gonna be this way an fd will always just heavily rely on overseas drivers to carry them.