If we are going to get technical, I was thinking today about the aero in LFS. As far as I'm aware, the drag is constant no matter what angle (horizontal) you are travelling through the air. So if you were doing a 90 degree slide, there is no more air drag than moving straight through the air.
Now in reality the side profile of a car could well twice the size (if not more) of the front profile, and is obviously going to be less aerodynamic too (though by what extent I'm not sure), but for the sake of example lets say this increases the CdA by a factor of 3.
Wouldn't this make a large difference to high speed slide recovery if the aero was effectively pushing the rear back into line? I realise this would make little difference at low speed or for low angle slides, but perhaps it would help make the large angle slides a little more controllable (which is where it becomes more difficult than reality).
Any thoughts?
Now in reality the side profile of a car could well twice the size (if not more) of the front profile, and is obviously going to be less aerodynamic too (though by what extent I'm not sure), but for the sake of example lets say this increases the CdA by a factor of 3.
Wouldn't this make a large difference to high speed slide recovery if the aero was effectively pushing the rear back into line? I realise this would make little difference at low speed or for low angle slides, but perhaps it would help make the large angle slides a little more controllable (which is where it becomes more difficult than reality).
Any thoughts?