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Old 09-23-2012, 05:47 PM   #87
Thunderchicken
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Originally Posted by chulooz View Post
The torque curve isnt the cause of snap oversteer, dont know why you keep mixing power with handling.

The power thing is an ongoing debate i suppose; its just that the platform has so much potential.

At least you recognize turbo curves can rival NA, or thats what i took the no comment as.
Turbo curves of what you call flat are from small turbos and aren't that flat, in fact as the turbo reaches its peak the torque begins to drop off.

Snap oversteer is induced from how well the chassis handles sudden inputs from the brakes and throttle. If the chassis is setup neutral and you give the car a big braking input followed by a big throttle input the car will oversteer, but if the sudden on set of torque is too much the car can go in to snap oversteer. However in order to prevent this from happening they dial in more understeer.

Yes this chassis has tons of potential but was setup in such a way that it rewards the driver when things are done right. It teaches the new/older driver how to feel what the car is doing and understand what it is doing and how to re-act before you get in to trouble.
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