How would you define lift off oversteer?
Is it a good thing to have? Which cars are more prone to this condition?
Is it a good thing to have? Which cars are more prone to this condition?
Bloody FWD cars again!
Right that's it! Outside now and bring your boxing gloves :amuse:
I don't think that's right OG, with all respect. Under acceleration the weight of the car is shifted to the rear, as you know, giving the rear tyres more grip. When you lift of the weight ships to the front so the rear tyres have less grip, if they were close enough to the limit of grip beforehand then the rear wheels will slide. It happened to me a few times the first time I took my Astra to the track.Back to the original question.
With FWD, whilst cornering under power, the wheels are trying to turn into the corner but the power is trying to make them go straight on - understeer. By lifting off the power you remove the urge to go staight on so the car turns into the corner better, giving the impression of oversteer but what it actually is is less oversteer
I don't think that's right OG, with all respect. Under acceleration the weight of the car is shifted to the rear, as you know, giving the rear tyres more grip. When you lift of the weight ships to the front so the rear tyres have less grip, if they were close enough to the limit of grip beforehand then the rear wheels will slide. It happened to me a few times the first time I took my Astra to the track.
Edit: You are right about the front tyres gaining more lateral grip when lifting off though. The extra front end grip may exceed the grip of the rear tyres and so begin to slide similarly