weight bias and it's affects

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Mr_Creature
Greetings GTP addicts...
just a quick question,
i want a better understanding on the weight bias/balance thingy in GT4..

mainly it's affect on various drive types. and why you would wanna use it...


eg; more weight at the back causes understeer, although too much weight can destroy the ability to turn at all..

i dunno? just something to have a better idea of how it works..

Many thanks
Nelsy
 
I would also like to know, is positive setting more weight in front, and negetive setting is more weight in rear?
 
You know, the general tip is to get the car to weight 50% in front and 50% in back... However some believe that you should do a bit more bias towards the front so you can steer without having to brake... It always "depends" on the situation like all else, but you can never go wrong with 50/50...

The one thing that contradicts this in the game is that there is NO WAY of telling how biased the car is with actual numbers... You generally have to mess with suspension settings until you maxed out and have no choice left but to add weight...

Rarely would you add weight to the rear... The only time I can think this is true is with a truck... That helps with off the line traction and better distribution of weight through a turn... Most of the time I add weight to MR cars to better help the car stay alinged... (yes it's added to the front)

Fixing handling with weight is never a good thing since it is a hinder on braking, acceleration and overall charateristics... Weight is usually used to meet minimum weight requirements in race regulations... Race car teams will build the car as light as possible and use weight to make the car as close to 50/50 as possible since they HAVE to add weight anyways...

Hope this helps...
 
From what I understand, a negative number is the front, and a positive number is the rear. This is based on a user who has the japan version, who states that there is a label under the slider that says [<----FRONT/ REAR---->].

Generally, weight is added to the back to increase oversteer. Weight would be added to the front to increase understeer.
 

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