I choose pro mode, supposedly with all assists off, but
I can't lock up the tires under braking.
"Jeff Reid" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I choose pro mode, supposedly with all assists off, but
> I can't lock up the tires under braking.
I thought the same at first but I think the brakes just aren't powerful
enough to lock the wheels at speed.
I'm not describing it as a fault with the sim, just the nature of the car
being simulated.
Malc.
> I'm not describing it as a fault with the sim, just the nature of the car
> being simulated.
Yeah, American cars aren't known for their brakes ;-)
By contrast, the Lotus locks up very easily under braking. I use a little
throttle to stabilise it.
You've obviously never driven anything heavy with drum brakes all
around ;)
Now they'll have they model "brake fade" too ;)
> You've obviously never driven anything heavy with drum brakes all
> around ;)
Well my first car, a 1964 Ford Country Squire station wagon, the
modern day equivalent of a tank (big trucks would pull out of my
way out of fear), king of many a destruction derby, could lock
up the brakes, but then again I didn't have racing slicks on it.
Later I got cars with disc brakes, 1969 396SS Chevelle, 1969 440
Dodge Charger R/T, back in the days when these cars were cheap
(late 1970's).
I know they at least had front disc brakes, I also know my Elcamino had Disc
in front (71) so I cannot believe the vette didnt have all wheel discs...
But I am not the vette expert. the same amount of ungrippynes for
acceleration, the tires should suffer from braking strains...
Jeff Reid enlightened us with:
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>> You've obviously never driven anything heavy with drum brakes all >> around ;) > > Well my first car, a 1964 Ford Country Squire station wagon, the > modern day equivalent of a tank (big trucks would pull out of my > way out of fear), king of many a destruction derby, could lock > up the brakes, but then again I didn't have racing slicks on it. > > Later I got cars with disc brakes, 1969 396SS Chevelle, 1969 440 > Dodge Charger R/T, back in the days when these cars were cheap > (late 1970's).>I know they at least had front disc brakes,
To be honest I don't even know what year vette is in the demo, I
suspect the vette came out with disk fronts sometime in the early
sixties and 4 wheel disks 10 years later, I imagine there are sites
that could tell you the exact serial number in the production run.
But effective braking wasn't ever a strong selling point of detroit
muscle cars ;)
>I suspect the vette came out with disk fronts sometime in the early sixties
Close mid 60's or about 8 years after my lowly TR3 had them... ;)
http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/153_0111_DISK/
Glad you found it, I started hunting for the info... I agree all American
cars ill admit was about acceleration, hell be it you had to stop, ROFL...
the Elcamino (400CI small block) would pull a house and go 80mph with it in
tow, vigorously & without hardly a whine, but slam on the brakes, and WOW,
you had a whole different creature, heheheheee Hyde-Jeckyl performance I'd
call it..
mcewena enlightened us with:
>> I suspect the vette came out with disk fronts sometime in the early
>> sixties
>
> Close mid 60's or about 8 years after my lowly TR3 had them... ;)
>
> http://www.corvettefever.com/howto/153_0111_DISK/
> I choose pro mode, supposedly with all assists off, but
> I can't lock up the tires under braking.
Did you disable the assists available in the options menu as well? "Pro
Mode" only refers to certain assists. There are a few that don't fall under
its umbrella.
Alan
