>I actually did try to soften the rear, as well as the rear tires. It did help
>preventing oversteer, but that isn't the problem. The problem is that when it
>does oversteer, it will whip a 180 every time and you're facing the wrong way
>when it stops. Asphalt, grass, sand, makes no difference. I've noticed CPU
>cars do the same when they spin out.
>In GPL (not to compare the 2, just an example) if I go too hot into a corner
>and start to oversteer, I can slightly countersteer it, feather (sometimes
>mash) the throttle and keep the car straight. I might (usually will) run off
>the road, but at least I'm still pointing in the correct direction. The same
>scenario in SCGT will whip the rear around and the car will stop with you
>facing the wrong way, no matter what I do with the throttle, brakes, or
>steering.
I can't understand what the problem is..
Several times I have felt myself "slipping" into a spin and half
counter steered very slightly, left of the gas and I usually "whip"
back into a straight position.
I think the problem is that your used to GPL's very apparent slip
feeling.
In SCGT the cues that your going to slip are very subtle because, like
Fly-by-waire aircraft, 1980- 1990 era race cars are made to race on
the edge os stability, so going from stable to un-stable is a very
fine line.
Try next time to feel the slipping.. Take the car out and practice
actual spins and sooner or later you will begin to recognize the slip
and counter it before it gets uncontrollable.
The only time I spin now is when I KNOW I am pushing too hard.. I see
a car in front of me that I just want to get in front, I take a risk,
push the car too hard and I lose.
Some pointers..
1) Don't slam the brakes..
Any car unless it has ABS is going to slide and start to spin if your
trying to go from 150 to 0 in 5 seconds..
2) Don't Slam the Gas.
Slamming the gas will actually give you less traction. GO into the
grass. Slam the gas... You can do doughnuts all day long.
Barley accelerate.. You'll roll right out the grass.
3) Be smooth with the wheel.
The first thing they taught us in police driving school was to not
re-act to a bad situation. Say huh?
Example.. A lot of people die or are seriously injured in car
accidents every year because they drive the left side of the tires off
the orad onto the dirt.. The person then panics and whips the wheel
back the other way.. The car bounces back onto the road.. the driver
has lost control.. and the car swerves into oncoming traffic.
If you are going into a bad situtation.. Like haeding for a wall and
your wheels are gripping to turn the car away from the wall, don't
fight the car.. ***it where it counts.. Apply very little gas.. and
pump the brakes... Your going to hit the wall.. but maybe you can slow
the car down enough to keep it from damaging the car.
But when your fighting the wheel trying to turn the car away from the
danger you loose precious seconds trying to do something the car
hasn't got time to do.
If you watch NASCAR races you'll see what I mean. How many times in a
wreck do you see the drivers slam on the brakes? Not very often...
Most of the time they try to "drive out the wreck".
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-Gunslinger-