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Originally posted by winter
To initiate a drift. Power oversteer is great for low speed, but in a high speed corner unless you've got massive horsepower is just going to cause the car to push (at least if the car is at all prone to understeer). Letting off the gas will transfer weight from the rear to the front, resulting in a loss of traction in the rear (and the rear end stepping out). Kinda like left foot braking.
To initiate a drift. Power oversteer is great for low speed, but in a high speed corner unless you've got massive horsepower is just going to cause the car to push (at least if the car is at all prone to understeer). Letting off the gas will transfer weight from the rear to the front, resulting in a loss of traction in the rear (and the rear end stepping out). Kinda like left foot braking.
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From: Kallyforniiya
I was accelerating hard on a wet road yesterday, traveling in second in a straight line toward a green light, and the back end came out. I countersteered and backed off the throttle (probably too abruptly, but it's hard not to react that way) and it got right back into line. But I was surprised to see that the DSC did not kick in. No blinking light; no sense that the car was taking things over. I guess it really is pretty passive under most conditions. I have had it kick in, though, when I was power oversteering through a 90-degree turn on purpose. It's amazing how it brings the tail back into line.
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