jonb- wrote:I realise we're all talking about on the limit handling is worse on bigger alloys, which is fine on track, but should we
/really/ be driving that close to the limit on the road with the nature of our cars.
Yes, limit handling is extremely rare, but regardless of car layout, it is sooooooooooooo
(how much can I stress this) important to get it right.
99.99% of driving is going to be well out of these bands, but i'm sure you'll agree, it's the 0.01% that matters because that's when really big accidents happen.
If the car doesn't work well in a predictable and hopefully controllable manner, then, well, hopefully everybody will come out the other end ok.
Remember, it's not just your bad driving
(to the limit) that can put you in these situations.
What about when the road surface changes, and what was below limit suddenly becomes post limit? or someone pulling across you making you rely on good corner forces to get you out of a bad situation.
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Compromise your limit handling, and i'm afraid even though you'll only need it that once, you'd rather wish you hadn't screwed it up.
FF cars can get oversteer by the way, you just need to know how.
It is obviously prefereable to set up inherent understeer for safety purposes, and this is what manufacturers strive to achieve.