In a front wheel drive car, reapplying the throttle can often help in this situation. The resulting forward weight transfer can upset the balance of the car and allow the rear wheels to break loose. If you are on the power mid-corner and close to the limit, do not lift off the throttle. Gently ease off the gas and you should regain adhesion at the rear wheels. If you’re spinning wheels, the power is not transferring to the road and you’re not benefiting from the many horses you have sitting under the bonnet. If you manage to break traction at the back when applying throttle, you’re probably in a powerful car and need to be less aggressive. Accelerating into the corner, too early or too aggressively Next time make sure your entry speed is slow enough to maintain grip, you can build up speed as you gain experience. If you have entered a corner too fast, ensure that every input you make is incredibly smooth, and take the easiest route. It’s not the quickest way to take a corner and leads to increased risk of oversteer. Unless of course you have a lovely long run off to play with or if you’re driving Silverstone in a go-kart.
Entering the corner too fastĮnter a corner too fast and you’re asking for trouble. In all cases of oversteer, counter steering is also required. To correct any form of traction loss, you need to consider why you’ve exceeded the limits of grip at the wheels. Preventing & correcting oversteer – rules of thumb Thus in most cases the ideal cornering technique in a performance car needs to try and reduce or control oversteer. This means that if traction is lost it will usually be at the back first. Most performance cars have a tendency to oversteer as they are usually developed to provide a large amount of grip at the front wheels (to turn into corners well at speed), and a large amount of power (usually at the rear wheels). Steering in the direction of the intended direction of travel will help keep the car on track. This should pull the front of the car forwards and straighten out the car, but continuing to reduce throttle application can cause the car to spin. Luckily, lift off oversteer can usually be corrected by reapplying the throttle and accelerating.
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In the image below, the driver of a front engine car lifts off the throttle mid corner at which results in lift-off oversteer at due to a forward weight transfer. If this is performed during cornering, the combination of the heavy front end and the reduction of grip can cause the rear wheels to break traction and start to slide towards the outside of the corner. Reducing the throttle input results in a forward weight transfer, which increases the grip at the front tyres, but reduces levels at the rear. This will only happen when driving close to the limit so only experiment when on the track! Sporty front wheel drive drive cars can be especially prone to this due to the heavy front end and light rear. Lift-off oversteer is a phenomenon which can occur when reducing the throttle mid corner. Accelerating into the corner, too early or too aggressively.There are four major active causes of oversteer, but what you’re likely to encounter depends on the car being driven (for more information on this please skip to the next section). The car starts to rotate so the driver is facing towards the inside of the corner.The rear of the vehicle becomes unstable and ‘light’ due to lack of grip.It’s unlikely you’ll ever experience oversteer unless you’re driving a car near the limits of grip. Weight distribution (front or rear bias)Īctive factors involved (the way it’s being driven).Passive factors at work (the natural properties of the car) Oversteer results from a number of factors, some of which involve the natural handling characteristics of the car, and some result from the way it’s being driven. Most ‘driver’s cars’ have a tendency to oversteer when on the limit around corners, and this property can be found in a variety of vehicle layouts and drive formats. Oversteer is more exciting than understeer and like most exciting things (such as jumping off cliffs) there is an element of risk involved. The car is at the limit of left hand lock, a spin is likely at this stage unless dramatic corrections are made. The driver has maintained control of the car and continues to follow the desired line.ĭ.
The rear wheels have started to lose adhesion, the driver compensates by steering left to keep steering aligned to the desired driving line (counter steering, explained below).Ĭ.
The car has turned in normally and is aiming towards the apex.ī.
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