The fact that the car drifts at acceleration

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I hate this. Everytime I buy a really expensive LM car and get to race with the car (e.g Zonda LM, CLK-GTR LM, BMW McLaren F1) , it's drifting at the acceleration and i loose control. I really tried everything. I knew that problem where I had to change the tyres to Racing Hard to solve it. But the car already has racing hard.. i changed the abs to 10, is this maybe the problem or do I have to tune the car specially?
 
Throttle control is the key my friend. Also, turn ABS to 1 and maybe try putting traction control on.
 
thank you very much, sir.. but i thought it was better to turn abs to 10 to have a better corner control. i will try it (:
 
With high powered cars you can't just floor the throttle whenever the mood takes you, you have to prepare for it and be really gentle. Practice with slower cars and you'll learn it.
 
Add rear toe until the rear stops stepping out. But first start at 0.0 and go up. Usually .05 keeps it locked along with dropping LSD. Just enough to not roast the inside tire while powering out.
 
OK8
With high powered cars you can't just floor the throttle whenever the mood takes you, you have to prepare for it and be really gentle. Practice with slower cars and you'll learn it.
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Specifically, you have to match the speed of the car with the speed of the tires before accelerating out of the corners. If the tires are moving faster than the car, you'll lose traction because the tires are overloaded with torque. If the car is traveling faster than the tires, they'll lose traction from being overloaded with weight and momentum.

Fast drivers find the balance, while the "aliens" among us feel it, and know the precise tipping point.

If you can't find the balance in whatever configuration, a tune won't cure it. It might mask it, but no tune can cure bad driving.
 
Advice for driving: the throttle (even for DS3 users) is NOT an on/off switch.


That piece of advice is the first piece of advice I'll ever give my children, about driving. The second one will be "The brake pedal is not an on/off switch."

Or, should I say it in the opposite order, so they can stop BEFORE they end up going too fast for a corner. 💡 :ouch: EITHER WAY, if you're using DS3, remap the DS3 with the triggers (L2/R2) with throttle and braking, so that you have some control over the speed with which you apply the throttle.


If you're using a steering wheel, imagine that the throttle pedal were laid on a bed of hot coal, and you'll get burned for touching it too quickly.


The best advice is to "roll on the throttle," meaning to slowly push the throttle in, at a very controlled rate of speed, instead of using it as an on/off button.
 
hey guys, thank you very much for the information and advises.
first of all, I never had any problems with braking and going in corners. It always worked well. btw, what is throttle control? I only found traction control and played a bit with it, its veeery hard to go in corners. the car cant accelerate while steering and Im loosing positions. BUT ! The car is not spinning out. :D
 
MrMelancholy15
The existence of this thread is completely surprising. So is the fact that I find one of the Instructors in the Overtaking section to be horribly dirty. I won't mention any more than that though.
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You just think that because he beat you.

I won't mention any more than that though. :p
 
ThaRealCreeper
what is throttle control?
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Throttle control is not a driving aid, it is something that you must learn yourself; it's merely a term for using the throttle to control speed

But what I think may have been overlooked here is what button you are using as the throttle?


EDIT: Never mind, I just reread MrMelancholy15's post. :yuck:
 
Simple trick for practice with throttle control, maintain half throttle on every corner exit with high powered cars, then increase gradually. It will be slow at first, but once you get hang of it, it will be a habit. Another way is to pump the throttle, quick tap on the buttons several time until the tires won't slip.
 
The beauty of LMPs is that they come with all of the "fully customizable" stuff installed. Throttle control and driving technique are most important but a great tune can go a long way to even improving your technique, let alone your lap times. High power, lightweight cars such as LMPs benefit from having the low (re: useless) gears set shorter, numerically lower and thus to the left on the slider. When you spread your gears properly you can end up solving most of your wheelspin problems provided you still maintain decent throttle control. The LSD is also absolutely invaluable, have a look at the in-game help section in the LSD tuning menu for information on how it works. Hell, even suspension controls how a car puts the power to the pavement. My most important tip would be to USE THESE FORUMS! The tuning section has helped me many times without even using the tunes. Just seeing how people addressed certain issues helped me work tunes myself.
 
BenBurroughs
The beauty of LMPs is that they come with all of the "fully customizable" stuff installed. Throttle control and driving technique are most important but a great tune can go a long way to even improving your technique, let alone your lap times. High power, lightweight cars such as LMPs benefit from having the low (re: useless) gears set shorter, numerically lower and thus to the left on the slider. When you spread your gears properly you can end up solving most of your wheelspin problems provided you still maintain decent throttle control. The LSD is also absolutely invaluable, have a look at the in-game help section in the LSD tuning menu for information on how it works. Hell, even suspension controls how a car puts the power to the pavement. My most important tip would be to USE THESE FORUMS! The tuning section has helped me many times without even using the tunes. Just seeing how people addressed certain issues helped me work tunes myself.
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I'll say it again, no tune can cure bad driving.
 
Another addage is that there will always be someone that misses the point of useful information and replies with some snarky and useless remark. My fault though, I tried to help without first considering all of the implications. No option for the finger I'd like to put up so 👍 will have to suffice.
 
Throttle control is still possible. I've even gotten fairly good at not redlining when using triangle for reverse. :lol:
 
This might sound awkward, do you used to own PS2 ? If so, you can try use the old DS2 stick from PS2, use an adaptor, most of the old DS2 have way better sensitivity than any DS3. I used a DS2 and I use face buttons for gas and brake, they worked like a charm. I don't like DS3 after using this.
 

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