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Old 05-13-2014, 03:21 AM   #17
renfield90
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My personal opinion is that the VSC breeds bad habits - you are not learning how the car behaves at all, you are learning how the electronics behave. If you rely on the nannies and the nannies are defeated, you have no recourse AND you weren't expecting it.

That said once you're along for the ride, not countersteering might've been the correct call. I've seen cars catch in that situation while pointed straight at the wall and...smash. More preferable to that would've been much faster/earlier countersteer as others have said, or straightening the wheel and putting two off safely. Heck, even four off. I'd much rather go off into the dirt at 100mph in a straight line than off sideways at any speed.

If you have a choice, don't let yourself become a passenger.
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