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RC Drifting, like a real drifting/ Photos: Novriyadi TNOLAnyone who doesn't like to play Remote Control or RC? The toy allows people to control from a distance offers exciting sensation to its players. Yup! No wonder RC noted as the most favorite toys when we were kids.

As time went by, RC is developed not only for the kids. Because, today RC is well-developed and has more variants according to the players' preferences. There are RC specially for race, off-road, aircraft, boat to the current trending toy, the RC drift.

Raising the adrenalinAs the name implies, this RC can indeed perform proper drifting like a real drift car. Its small tires turned out to be crumpled like a drift car drifting in a stressful event.

Because of the uniqueness and cried while playing, it's no wonder the current community of RC car drift are mushrooming everywhere. One of them is the Jakarta RC Drifters (JRCD) community. Established in 2009, the community is inhabited by just a lot of those who are not young anymore.

"The majority of our members are adults," said Michael Cahyono, a member of JRCD to TNOL.

Jakarta RC DriftersAccording to him, at present, RC is no longer belong to the children's toys. Adults are also love the toy. Although the price is relatively more expensive, but the RC drift can be modified in accordance with the wishes of the user. "It took no small amount of funds to modify the RC drift, "said Michael.

The place of the RC driftersThe price for a unit of RC, according to Michael, could reach Rp3 million to Rp5 million. In fact, for the professional grade, the price could reach 5 to 10 million rupiahs. "That's not including other trinkets such as remote support, engine and others," said Michael.

This community stands originated from the arena of communication through cyberspace. Because they feel they need a place to distribute information about the RC world, they finally agreed to create a community.

Every week, they held a training ride on active RC drift up to three times, at the mall STC Jakarta. Moreover, they also actively conducted various RC drift competitions

So exciting"We frequently hold events to introduce this sport and of course looking for reliable RC Drifters," Michael explained.

In the eyes of Michael, playing the RC drift is the best way to relieve his stress in work. If he already play the buttons, all of his problems will be lost instantly.

Moreover, he continued, he can imagine like in the middle of a real drifting. One thing that distinguishes, playing RC car will not be damage when got hit and it's different to the real drifting.

"It's really like driving a real drift car, especially when it succeeded in doing drift in the turn, it's so exciting," Michale said. (Subhan)