[DeTomaso] NPC: Oversteer?
Sean Korb
spkorb at gmail.com
Mon Jan 17 23:59:41 EST 2011
Thanks Jack,
The rear rotates around a bit after initial understeer. It's a pretty
well set up car from looking at the suspension layout: independent
suspension, swaybars front and rear. I think I ruined the handling by
leaving those hard as a rock old tires on the back though :)
On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:18 PM, <JDeRyke at aol.com> wrote:
> Sean, are you sure you mean oversteer? FWD cars are notorious for
> understeer- that is, overwhelming the front tires traction by trying to both
> steer and accelerate from the front wheels at the same time, which results
> in massive sliding of the front tires. It's difficult (I'm told; I don't
> drive such skinny-tire things that vigorously)) to get the rear end of such
> cars to slide- which is oversteer.
>
> And when oversteer does happen, it's often because you picked a rear tire
> off the ground from too stiff a front swaybar or too short rear shock
> travel. Cars nearly always corner better with all 4 tires touching the
> pavement. And they look teetery on 3 wheels, maybe telling you you're close
> to using the roof as a traction aid.... Cheers- J Deryke
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