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Originally Posted by Resolute

While lateral traction increases with additional load on a tire, it does not increase at a linear rate. As an example, if your front outside tire has 1000lbs of load on them from weight transfer in a turn on flat asphalt, and this produces 900lbs of lateral traction as determined by the tire's characteristics, this would result in a maximum lateral force of .9g before they lose grip. When you turn in while heading downhill, even more weight is transferred to the front outside tire, so it now has 1200lbs of load, but this may only produce 975lbs of lateral traction, which now limits you to a maximum lateral force of .8g in the turn before they lose grip. So you're right, traction does increase with additional weight transferred onto a tire, but not at the same rate, which is why the maximum lateral force the tire can produce actually decreases when turning in downhill.

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