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Old 05-13-2014, 08:56 PM   #37
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Originally Posted by ddeflyer View Post
Another detail about the day in general is that I was trying to explore the sensations of oversteer and traction sensing on the tail of the car by getting some slight oversteer going and letting the VSC catch it (well, really I was trying to get some oversteer without the VSC activating but I'm not that good at balancing the car yet). I was primarily doing this on Bus stop but I think I let some of that creep into other turns such as this one. My goal was to get familiar with the sensation before totally disabling VSC so I would have a better set of reactions when the tail started to come out. Obviously it didn't work out so well...
VSC doesn't allow much slip angle at all. Bouncing off VSC isn't the best way to do this. Skid pad is the best way to practice this, IMO. I rented out the skid pad at thill recently, and this really helped me a lot.

[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PxFUqr9u3Y"]Skid pad practice at Thunderhill - YouTube[/ame]
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