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Old 09-03-2008, 02:01 PM   #32 (permalink)
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Officelinebacker,

I'm afraid you've misunderstood, so I'm going to parse your post out so it is easier to understand my responses:

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I get the reasoning behind choosing understeer vs. oversteer, but my personal preference is oversteer.

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This isn't understeer or oversteer. This is no steer - in other words, loss of control.

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For me understeer means I just keep going straight into whatever I was trying to avoid. Sure there's a slight chance that traction will return, but for me that only happens when I realize that having max. press. on the brake isn't working, I let up, and the car suddenly turns at the last second.

When I spin out, true I have less control, but at least I am not pointing exactly in the direction I am trying to avoid.

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You may not be pointed in that direction, but you're headed in that direction (but pointed sideways or backwards!) with no opportunity to correct the direction of travel.

I realize, this is somewhat counter-intuitive, but I've had more luck when I went off track nose first, than when I went rear end first. When going off front end first, there was a speed were the grip came back and I could steer again, but when I went off tail end first, I had to wait for the racecar to come to a complete stop before I could manuever again.

This isn't about personal preference or comfort. This is about safety and it should come first.
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