Ford GT whatis wrong?

[Spagetti69]

The ford gt is one of the best handling cars it the game.

What are you smoking?

Probably tires.

 

[chris speed]

Put racing soft tires on it yet? Camber: Fr.-2 / Rear -1? Got an adjustable wing? The base GT '06 is pretty good (tuned: 882Hp @ 1203 Kg) an easy win at Laguna Seca Extreme. If you have understeer on the corners, try increasing the ABS, it's not a crime to use the aids. The best GT, IMO, is the LM race car spec II. (tuned: 804Hp @ 1130Kg) You win this one or get it from the UCD. Loads of down force and can blow any of the regular competition away in "like the wind".

 

[Vitzio]

The Ford GT isn't even that hard to handle, I only use sports hard tires on mine and never found the car hard to drive. Try a stock '94 McLaren F1.

 

[mykem]

What I've actually noticed is that it understeers on the entrance to the Hammerhead. Never really thought it understeered too much though.

It's one of the characteristic of mid-engined cars. Look at any Berlinetta Ferraris from the 365, 512 to the Enzo which are all known to suffer from some form of understeer. The same goes for the superb handling NSX. Believe it or not understeering is a saving grace for a lot of high powered supercars as it allows these cars to be pushed close to their limit without horrible repercussions.

 

[Zenmervolt]

It's one of the characteristic of mid-engined cars. Look at any Berlinetta Ferraris from the 365, 512 to the Enzo which are all known to suffer from some form of understeer. The same goes for the superb handling NSX. Believe it or not understeering is a saving grace for a lot of high powered supercars as it allows these cars to be pushed close to their limit without horrible repercussions.

Understeer is not a characteristic of mid-engine designs. Snap-oversteer is characteristic of mid-engine designs.

Road cars have understeer intentionally designed into their suspension to keep them safer in the hands of their typical buyers. It's not the mid-engine configuration that creates the understeer but rather deliberate choices in chassis and suspension tuning designed to keep the cars from being too unwieldy for your average joe to handle.

Understeer is also a safer "failure mode" than oversteer. On a public street if you understeer, you'll drift wide and the instinctive response of lifting off the throttle will tend to correct the problem. Additionally, even if you can't save it, understeering generally means you'll hit something head-on and be able to use the car's crumple zones. If the car oversteers, lifting the throttle can easily provoke a snap-spin which makes it harder to correct and if you don't correct it, you're spinning, which increases the chances of the car taking the impact somewhere other than an area with an extensive crumple zone. In short, that understeer isn't from the mid-engine design; it's from engineers trying to keep people from killing themselves.

 

[mamann]

Thank you all for your help!👍