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- bengolding94
Hey everyone,
Hopefully it's alright to create this thread - I couldn't see a similar one. I've recently been experiencing dramatic understeer at tight corners such as the hairpins at Deep Forest and Tsukuba when racing on my G29 and was wondering if anyone else had experienced anything similar. It seems pretty unpredictable, ranging from barely noticeable on some laps to costing seconds a lap per corner on others, and I can't figure out the cause. When I pick up the controller, everything seems just fine. I'm confident that it isn't just down to worn tyres, carrying too much speed, missing braking points or just not turning the wheel enough. Either I've suddenly started driving differently without noticing, there's something strange going on with the physics engine that I'm missing, or there's some kind of calibration issue with my wheel at high lock. It's as if there's some artificial limitation on the amount of steering lock I can apply, and that this limitation varies lap to lap. I've added a couple of example clips demonstrating this.
First, this one at Tsukuba, I'm driving a completely stock Nismo 400r (on racing tyres) and was the only person in the room experiencing this understeer. It came on suddenly partway through the race and persisted until I switched to using a controller, at which point it disappeared entirely and I stopped losing 3-6 seconds a lap. The clip shows the difference in the angle of the in-game steering wheel between wheel and controller inputs. On controller I get substantially more lock and can turn as expected.
Secondly at Deep Forest. I'm running an untuned (BoP) AMG GT3 '20. The first time encountering the hairpin I'm met with massive understeer. A few laps later, still on the wheel and with more worn tyres, I make the corner at a similar speed without issue. I don't have dead/dirty tyres, car damage, etc. so I'm at a loss to explain it.
If anyone else has experienced similar or has any theories on what might be going on I'd love to hear.
The closest I've seen to an explanation is that the front wheels could be restricted by the wheel housing due to the ride height being too low or there being too much suspension dive under braking. I'm not particularly convinced by this though as a) I'm running the cars completely stock and b) the understeer persists when fully off the brakes.
If any of the kind folk on here have any thoughts, I'd be grateful to hear them!
Hopefully it's alright to create this thread - I couldn't see a similar one. I've recently been experiencing dramatic understeer at tight corners such as the hairpins at Deep Forest and Tsukuba when racing on my G29 and was wondering if anyone else had experienced anything similar. It seems pretty unpredictable, ranging from barely noticeable on some laps to costing seconds a lap per corner on others, and I can't figure out the cause. When I pick up the controller, everything seems just fine. I'm confident that it isn't just down to worn tyres, carrying too much speed, missing braking points or just not turning the wheel enough. Either I've suddenly started driving differently without noticing, there's something strange going on with the physics engine that I'm missing, or there's some kind of calibration issue with my wheel at high lock. It's as if there's some artificial limitation on the amount of steering lock I can apply, and that this limitation varies lap to lap. I've added a couple of example clips demonstrating this.
First, this one at Tsukuba, I'm driving a completely stock Nismo 400r (on racing tyres) and was the only person in the room experiencing this understeer. It came on suddenly partway through the race and persisted until I switched to using a controller, at which point it disappeared entirely and I stopped losing 3-6 seconds a lap. The clip shows the difference in the angle of the in-game steering wheel between wheel and controller inputs. On controller I get substantially more lock and can turn as expected.
Secondly at Deep Forest. I'm running an untuned (BoP) AMG GT3 '20. The first time encountering the hairpin I'm met with massive understeer. A few laps later, still on the wheel and with more worn tyres, I make the corner at a similar speed without issue. I don't have dead/dirty tyres, car damage, etc. so I'm at a loss to explain it.
If anyone else has experienced similar or has any theories on what might be going on I'd love to hear.
The closest I've seen to an explanation is that the front wheels could be restricted by the wheel housing due to the ride height being too low or there being too much suspension dive under braking. I'm not particularly convinced by this though as a) I'm running the cars completely stock and b) the understeer persists when fully off the brakes.
If any of the kind folk on here have any thoughts, I'd be grateful to hear them!
