Arctic

Arctic Automotive is the racing division of Arctic Wind KT. Co., a small Isezai-Sunset based company that has multiple seperate services from streetwear to milk teas, owned by the former child actress and venture capitalist Jette Aero. A team with a preference for flair over victory, and near unlimited funding, the Arctic team has chose to make their cars slide, and has tuned their cars specifically to give them as much style as possible while they drift while still making them easy to control.

## Important People

### Key Figures

Jade Amamiya (Race Engineer)Geoff Forest (Mechanic)

### Known Drivers

Jette Aero (#1 Driver)Taichi Kaneda (#2 Driver)

## History

Arctic Wind was founded in 2035 out of boredom by Jette Aero, a former world class child actress who simply just grew too old and wasn't cute enough to be on set anymore. While a bit disgruntled, Jette decided it was time to get back into the entertainment business after establishing 2 small companies under the Arctic umbrella: Reach, a high end clothing company, and Frost Milk Tea. She didn't have much of an idea as to where she could establish something that could bring a bit of entertainment to... mostly herself, but she did consider others as well. One day, the Super Modified League ran an event in Sunset City, and Jette was able to catch a glimpse of it. Finding the event to be lacking a bit of flair, Jette decided to make a team to bring a bit more energy to the league.

In an astonishing turn of only 3 months (probably due to Jette's near unlimited amount of capital), Arctic Automotive was ready to race. And... race, they did not. Instead of properly racing, the team sent their cars into a slide, like they were in some sort of drift event. At first, people were somewhat outraged, until they realized that Arctic was actually pulling podiums by using drifting as a defensive measure as well as putting up a show. The cars themselves had no gimmicks other than their tuning and the standard shield generator, and as such, proved to people that what they were doing was raw skill alone, which built them a fanbase from the drift community for their guts to drift in a league armed to the teeth and as aggressive as a racing league could be.

Arctic's vehicles preserve a lot of lateral momentum when turning due to their drift tuning, which allows them to take turns at high speeds sideways. Combined with their high acceleration and good speed, their capabilities are incredible, though their weapon power is lacking quite a bit due to this need for enough power to actually bring the car to a state of consistent sliding.

Even though they weren't well liked during the beginning of the season, they've steadily built up a base of loyal fans. No matter what anyone says, that "drifting is slower" or "it's disruptive to the actual race", Arctic Automotive will bring the spirit of the ice to the road and keep their tires spinning as long as they can.

## Super Modified Info

> *"A somewhat new team to the league, Arctic Automotive has a... divided base amongst the public for their tendency to slide in the middle of races. With powerful acceleration, a decent top speed AND decent shielding, Arctic cars will really rely on their high speed turning abilities by drifting rather than keeping up in a fight."*
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Arctic has 2 major draws to their stats: High level racing performance and a unique "drifting" handing model only one other team shares; Moti-Com. However, due to their much more stable and reactive nature, Arctic does a MUCH better job at using the drift handling model to its advantage, allowing for one to rapidly switch directions by simply flicking the control and keeping the car's momentum intact. As such, drifting is advantageous in a lot of scenarios with this team compared to other teams that rapidly lose speed during a drift.

## Team Stats

### Strategy

* Any, and I mean ANY turn can be drifted without an Afterburner kick in an Arctic as long as you know what you're doing. The high speed preserved due to this vehicle's handling model can be incredible on technical tracks and high speed tracks equally.
* Afterburner can be great to stay ahead on straight lines, though eating into your shield might not be the best option since fighting with this team is inadvisable.
* Don't rely on weapons with this team. Arctic's weapon power is absolutely pitiful, and should only be used for defense at best.

## 2058 Background

*A company that blankets over many marques, Arctic Wind KT. Co. represents Ketano's pride and joy in their local businesses. Though they aren't well liked on the international stage due to their low prices and high quality undercutting sales of major brands in Ketano and Metro Meridian, they have made incredible profits from the local sales they've had over the past few years.*

*Arctic employs a roster of drift tuned race cars to show off and show the pride of the local street racing community of the region. Fast, agile, and decently defensive, they only lack in weapon power.*

## 2058 Message

**Jette Aero's Twitter, March 6th, 2058**

Guys we did it lmfao

(Attached is a video of Jette's co-driver managing to drift the entirity of the Stillwind Mountain Uphill without losing control.)

## Gallery

Arctic's Celica, used in the Tuner class.Arctic's RX-7, used in the Super Tuner class.Arctic's Porsche 911 GT2RS Duke Dynamics, used in the Super Modified class.
## Trivia

* Arctic was originally planned to be a sponsor before becoming a team.
* This is a team tied to a major character from one of AG-S' other major series, Jette Aero.