i know what you are saying and you have to remember that the thing is with a course layed out, its hard to look like you can drift at all unless you are really good. this is because a course is layed out to only be done with a certain amount of flexibility in the line/speed where as open course you can chose what you wanna do for the most part.
trust me, those cones change how you drive sometimes. i agree tho, track time is track time. i wanna goto osw, been a long time since i was there