how to manage oversteer?

[Carlos]

Brake into the corner, tap once hard on the brakes just a bit before your hitting the apex and after that, just feed it..

 

[speed junkie]

^That's great if you think that works for you but you're doing it wrong.

 

[Azuremen]

Brake into the corner, tap once hard on the brakes just a bit before your hitting the apex and after that, just feed it..

This wasn't "how to drift." It was how to manage it properly for racing

By the way, SJ, earlier with the MR bit and torque comment, I was being a bit facetious

 

[homeforsummer]

That sounds more like a slightly poorly-applied technique for getting a FWD to turn, rather than taming oversteer.

Many FWDs respond well to trail-braking to get the nose into a corner, then bleeding off the brakes as you approach the apex, feeding in the slowly (managing weight transfer) with the option of a tickle of left-foot braking to help keep the nose down and avoid understeer as you accelerate away.

Can't see it working for RWDs in the same way, though I've heard of left-foot braking being used in RWDs on the way out of corners as a sort of driver-controlled traction control.

 

[Zenith]

Trail braking takes the weight off the rear as the car starts to turn in. I use it to intentionally introduce oversteer in sharp corners if I want to slide around. Probably wouldn't help this guy if he's having oversteer problems.

 

[homeforsummer]

Trail braking takes the weight off the rear as the car starts to turn in. I use it to intentionally introduce oversteer in sharp corners if I want to slide around. Probably wouldn't help this guy if he's having oversteer problems.

That's what I'm saying, the technique that Carlos mentioned sounded more like a way of getting the nose pointed in, rather than one for stopping the back stepping out.

 

[Carlos]

Wait, what? I'm confused. I thought he wanted oversteer.

Reads first post again.

Aha.

That's what I'm saying, the technique that Carlos mentioned sounded more like a way of getting the nose pointed in, rather than one for stopping the back stepping out.

Still, if you brake hard on the apex, the back will step out becaus of the weight shift. Though, this wasn't the question.. xD

 

[Perfect Balance]

Still, if you brake hard on the apex, the back will step out becaus of the weight shift. Though, this wasn't the question.. xD

Not if you're cornering at the limit, which if you're trying to drive quickly, you should be far before the apex of the turn.

In which case, stabbing the brakes is just going to likely lock the fronts up.

 

[Carlos]

True, that technique isn't based on attacking the corner..
But, if you want to drift out a corner earlier, keep in mind that it's really bad for your tyres. (Like in F1, that's going to destroy you. Change tyres earlier blabla). If you feel you're accelerating a bit slowly out of a corner, try to apex it a bit later, the earlier you are in a straight line.