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Originally Posted by RaceR
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Sorry if I sound a bit harsh. But I think you should save your money. Not use them on carbonfiber (if you are planning to) and use them on track days. Just learn to drive on and beyond the limits of grip in a safe environment. That will teach you what happens when you step on the accelerator in a turn and it will teach you about weight shifting to adjust the balance. A 1-2% change in front/rear weight distribution does not do much.
But as you say. Adding weight to the rear will generally result in more oversteer, in theory. Most people will not be able feel the difference between full and near emty tank. Im not able to feel the difference in a normal (FR) car. The differences are subtle. Some may be able to feel the difference in balance better than others tough.
But if you are on the road you normally would not push the car to notice the difference. On the track you usually want to keep weight low by only having about a quarter tank of fuel. So balance would not shift much there either.
Maybe they turn of all driving aids after watching tokyo drift and think they can do the same without having a clue about what happens when the car steps over the limits??
Don't fully disable driving aids if you don't really know how the car will behave when going above the limits.
Take it do the track.
You could also find a big empty abandoned parking space and learn how the car handles in different conditions (dry and wet) without ESP on before going to a track. Then you could have a bit better starting point when going to a track.
And remember, handling in the wet is very different to handling in dry conditions.
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oh im never going to get after market carbon fibre parts. it was just used as an example for mods.
in my limited experience with rwd cars, I've never been in a oversteer situation cause I was just test driving. I guess I am just wondering why all reviews say the handling is amazing, when I would assume awd would be better (no im not saying this car should be a awd car).
as mentioned above, the car gets more planted when turning, I never knew that. I need to experiment