Why does my back end slide out a lot?

[Demolisher_1]

I'm doing the Lotus Top Gear challenge and every small steering direction I make, and every slight increase in acceleration, my back end slides out! Why is this and what can I do to fix it?

 

[edwalups]

I'm doing the Lotus Top Gear challenge and every small steering direction I make, and every slight increase in acceleration, my back end slides out! Why is this and what can I do to fix it?

it is probably front wheel drive

 

[Honda-Crz]

I'm doing the Lotus Top Gear challenge and every small steering direction I make, and every slight increase in acceleration, my back end slides out! Why is this and what can I do to fix it?

Turn skid recovery force ON, that will help a lot. And the Lotus Elise is rear wheel drive NOT front wheel drive.

 

[iinsom00]

Turn skid recovery force ON, that will help a lot. And the Lotus Elise is rear wheel drive NOT front wheel drive.

Also, the tyres they use are Comfort soft, so theyre terrrrrrrible.

Small delicate throttle applications helps alot

 

[TenEightyOne]

Why does my back end slide out a lot?

Are you only loosely entrousered?

If it's a car problem you're having then try a few different things in experimental measures;

Go more slowly around corners and imagine you have a half-full pint glass blu-tacked to the roof of the car. Don't slop it about too much... transfer the car's weight gently.

Take some braking power OFF the rear - too much can overexcite the rear tyres.

Turn SRF on (as suggested by an earlier post)

Less throttle... OR try a higher gear in the corner. Beware of the higher gear causing the engine to "push" the car more than you're used to, but the higher gear should mean that you're throttling through a smoother part of the powerband.

Practice.

Practice again.

 

[Demolisher_1]

Thanks, guys! It's helping, but it's still a friggin hard challenge.

 

[zhunterzz]

it is probably front wheel drive

lolz +1

 

[RX-7_FD3S]

Abs to 3-5 is nice too, I usually run with it to 1.

 

[sesselpupser]

I set skid recovery on, TCS on 5 but ASM off. I also set the brake bias to 7 front and 2 or 3 rear, and I found it to be a lot more stable. Make sure you brake in a straight line before turning and don't accelerate around corners. I'm not the best driver but I managed to do this in about 7 tries (one try somehow involved me being half a car length ahead of the 2nd place car yet somehow managing to lose by 0.001sec... I was trying to force him off the road, though).

 

[Apollo33]

Is there a lot of junk in your trunk?

 

[Jay]

Also, the tyres they use are Comfort soft, so theyre terrrrrrrible.

Small delicate throttle applications helps alot

They used comfort: hard actually.

For the first corner where you're turning and braking the same time, keep some throttle applied during the braking this should keep the rear in place much better. Everywhere else braking in the straightest line you can.