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- daveyules
Hi All,
I'm sure you've all noticed that there are a myriad of threads pertaining to managing oversteer for various cars and also in general. In my own search for an answer I devised a test to definitively understand how much oversteer a vehicle will exhibit anywhere from zero to top speed. Let me know your thoughts on how well this works or how it could be better.
For this test I am using Special Stage Route X; a long straight is ideal for a high speed slalom test.
I'm sure you've all noticed that there are a myriad of threads pertaining to managing oversteer for various cars and also in general. In my own search for an answer I devised a test to definitively understand how much oversteer a vehicle will exhibit anywhere from zero to top speed. Let me know your thoughts on how well this works or how it could be better.
For this test I am using Special Stage Route X; a long straight is ideal for a high speed slalom test.
- Drive the car up to or near its top speed.
- Upon releasing the throttle, swerve left and right as violently as possible in an attempt to break traction on the rear axle.
- Be acutely aware of the car's balance as you swerve and decelerate, from top speed to zero.
- High Speed Oversteer? Increase rear downforce or decrease front downforce. Don't have downforce? See Low Speed Oversteer.
- Low Speed Oversteer? Increase LSD Initial Torque or follow your preferred customization guidelines for reducing this.
- Once your car is consistently responding to violent inputs from top speed to zero you've established a stable setup, and hopefully a balanced one as well!
