Drivers Republic - Driving Techniques - Lift-off Oversteer

[pyrononpedo]

sound at 5:25+??

[ultimochipmunk]

Heh Heh 2:36 Random person just sitting on the hill xDD

[AlumarsX]

Can't wait to get a rear anti-roll bar and some lower springs so I can abbuse the shit out of my car.

[ahsuknat]

renault megane 205 GTI?

[maserati199]

lmfao at 5:02 - 5:10 "Something about using this stick down here...it just feels so teenage and naughty"

[ILoveBarcaNumberOne]

but theres allways the risk of flipping over with FWD DRIFTING

[tzhall56]

LOL 205 gti levels of oversteer - i hear that

[Mpayne]

I accidently did that round a corner and shat myself! XD 

[radu0gheorghe]

@Mpayne join the club :) "luckily" for me, a police car was around, which granted me a little interview :D

[DarkDragon9275]

@Mpayne lol, did the same in a Honda Civic, was like, "wtf, FWD do not drift, this is ridanculous" But apparently they do if you know what you're at.... or do it by accident :P

[Mpayne]

@DarkDragon9275 Civics and old CRXs are light on the back end too so that will make it quite easy for it to oversteer :P

[DarkDragon9275]

@Mpayne I know, lol, crazy. lotsa fun though, now I can do it on purpose :P

[RaAzIpOp]

hello i couldnt hear the last bit????

[fydyh]

beep beep beep, parts are broken

[pad3357]

Lol at 5:05

[Dryzaum]

Not much fun as a rear WD with a limited slpi diff. The conclusion: RWD = more fun. Goodbye.

[odracirseraoseia1999]

Lift-Off Oversteer a.k.a. Trailing Throttle Oversteer. Gotta love this videos about driving techniques! For those of you who want to know a lot about driving, I suggest 2 books: Going Faster - Mastering the Art of Race Driving, from The Skip Barber Racing School (excellent, maybe more directed to the serious race car driver) and Speed Secrets - Professional Race Driving Techniques, from Ross Bentley (very good, less technical).

[renarudo1]

thanks for the info. For a FWD wouldn't a larger rear sway bar help for oversteer or no...???

[D7SUP]

Surely he means that it's called oversteer because THE CAR 'over'steers not YOU (THE DRIVER) just the same as understeer means that THE CAR 'under'steers (the car doesn't steer as much as you've asked it to by turning the whhel because the front tyres can't get enough traction) no?

[GratiusG]

@D7SUP

Yes, he got that part quite wrong. Not to mention that you should not countersteer (in his terms "oversteer") is a FWD. You need to take some of the lock off and get on the gas.

He only countersteers slightly because he is trying to sustain the slide somewhat.

[GratiusG]

What Chris shows here is the correct method of catching lift-off oversteer. Many people, even some serious racers, just countersteer. But, as he says, it's best to "pin the throttle".

[Gauntletbloggs]

yeah when you get liftoff oversteer the front end is travelling a shorter distance than the rear so speeding up the front will pull it straight. just like backing off in a rear wheel drive will make the car straighten up. its basic physics.

[lionpress999]

@Gauntletbloggs flawed

[Gauntletbloggs]

@lionpress999 elaborate

[balglas]

2:13

[Sensekhmet]

Thank you Peugeot, Renault and Citroen for introducing your torsion beam rear axle and thus allowing millions of people on the planet to have fun in FWD vehicles.

[scoot24925]

@Sensekhmet Renault in first place..they make the best FWD cars in the world

[uditha01]

@Sensekhmet You can actually do it more easily and predictably in something like a DC2R integra (wishbones), I don't think generating power off oversteer is isolated to the realm of torsion beam cars - more a function of good chassis and suspension tuning. For the record, I own a torsion beam FWD.

[Sensekhmet]

@uditha01 I definately agree, I can do this even in my dad's minivan (Volvo 40 series chassis, multi link at the back) but generally the French-type torsion beam (not the shit used by *some* manufacturers in their small cars) is the first thing to spring to mind. 

[Rogers1977]

@Sensekhmet Would having fully independent rear suspension make it a little more difficult to oversteer?

[clavering69]

5:04 is a brilliant face!

[ahpadt]

No, if you crack the sound right up (in windows or whatever) it's fine. Well, I wouldnt call it fine but the sound is there.

The reason is simply just bad editing by Drivers Republic, it has nothing to do with my rip.

[vanmonken]

Weird... last 30 seconds or so is missing the audio?

Anyway, ace video, cheers for sharing!