GTR - handling

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docevi1

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10,430 posts

255 months

Wednesday 30th March 2005
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This has me mighty confused.

When the cars backends start to slide and want to overtake the front do you need to turn away from the slide and slowly back of the power/lock? Surely it should echo real life where you keep your foot at the same level and steer into the slide slowly backing off each?

FourWheelDrift

89,642 posts

291 months

Wednesday 30th March 2005
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This works for me in GTR :-

If you are going around a right hander and the back begins to go you have to steer to the left (opposite direction) feather the throttle or even apply more, depends on the moment. You have lost balance in the car so you are using what you have to regain it. Often more right foot will solve it but too much and it'll start a tank slapper. Depends on speed, if it is slow speed if you come off the throttle the cars weight will slow the spin also.

In the same way you can make the rear step out on purpose by lifting through a corner, I use this a lot in GPL to help the car turn and get rid of any understeer or by straightening the corner exit and get full throttle on quicker.

Playing with the throttle by lifting in a corner is how I get the Porsche GT2/GT3's in GTR to work for me as they have too much understeer for my liking



PS. You need to have all the aids off for it to work properly, no TC, no ABS and no stability control.

>> Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 30th March 14:55

D_Mike

5,301 posts

247 months

Thursday 31st March 2005
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In GPL i steer into them mostly (when I want to slide) but if i get a big moment I find cranking lock on away from the slide (very rapidly) stops me slithering off the track. It makes the front understeer so that the cars slides evenly at both ends...

In GTR I end up getting much less oversteer than in GPL (obviously) but most of my saves ae of the stering away from the slide to make the front understeer type. I find this saves the car a bit better for me. I keep my foot on the power though.