RE: Arachnophobia (long)

[David Eaton <david.eaton@computerland.co.nz>]

the 90 degree rain corner explanation is all wrog imho.

since you're overcooking it on entry to the corner, this means that your
rears are slipping (oversteer), and the torque will be going to the
[virtual] axle with the most grip which is the front, not the rear.  the
result is the torsen sending more power to the front to pull you through
the corner.  surely.

when i play these games, the result is a power slide.  however i don't
go into the corner trying to deliberately unsettle the car either, and
endeavour to get the throttle application right for the maximum speed
out of the corner.  to go fast you have no interest in losing
traction....

btw, try playing this game with an m3 and see how far you get....

dave
'95 rs2
'90 ur-q

>-----Original Message-----
>
>Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 18:09:03 +0000
>From: Sargent Schutt <sargent@novagate.com>
>Subject: RE: Arachnophobia (long)
>
>Scott, Jeff, Dave(s), et al:
>
>Anyone who thinks the Torsen center diff is 'all that' and more has
>never done the following, bitten or not:
>
>In moderate rain on pavement, enter a sharp 90 degree corner, trail
>brake hard and late enough to swing the rear end around a little (rear
>wheels are sliding sideways a little), as you near the apex, transition
>to full throttle. The Torsen will almost invariably think the fronts
>have less traction than the rear (rears are sliding sideways and thus
>turning slower) and send the rears significant power, furthering
>oversteer. :-) As the turbo spools and the rears break loose, the Torsen
>redistributes the power back to the front. Since the suspension is
>loaded (you're still cornering at 10/10's w/oversteer, full throttle
>now) and the fronts are getting even more power than the rears were a
>second ago, the inside front will break loose. :-( The car will make a
>sloppy jerk back into line as the Torsen has shut down the party in the
>rear and overdosed the inside front wheel (no more oversteer, car
>flattens out, inside front settles down). I am really perturbed by this
>sequence of events. It is no fun when you want to play 'Dukes of
>Hazard'.
>
>