Differential
Hi all! I was messing about 2 nights ago in the BF1 when I decided to try and learn the Clutch Pack differential. So, at first, I put it at maximum locking power (80%) which made the car oversteer quite a bit on the throttle and then made it loose as possible (10%) which made the car understeer. Now, I understand how a differential works, more locking means that the differential will make the drive wheels spin at similair speed and vice versa.
However, something that puzzles me is that if the differential is loose, meaning that the inside wheel will spin at a higher speed than the outside wheel, why does the car understeer, I mean, isn't there less grip at the back if one wheel is losing traction and all the strain is being thrown onto one wheel? and vice versa with a locked differential.
FWD oversteer
Another thing that I tried recently was messing about with setting up a FWD car (i.e.: XF GTi). Like anyone who is trying to learn setup , I tried extremes with the suspension. From what I understood and read about suspension:
Soft front suspension: more oversteer in the phase of deceleration (i.e.: braking for a corner, lifting off the throttle)
Stiff front suspension: ^ Opposite
Soft rear suspension: more traction or understeer on the throttle or when the weight of the car is pushed towards the back.
Stiff rear suspension: ^ Opposite
I know that my setup knowledge is very basic but thats the reason why I'm messing about so that I can learn .
These rules apply fine when driving a RWD or 4WD car but whats confusing is me is that it seems that the opposite of all the above (i.e.: Stiff front suspension: oversteer) happens with FWD cars. I was told a while ago to look at in the way that since the drive wheels are on the other end when comparing it to a RWD car then the setup changes would flip around but I mean, I think I understand weight transfer so it just doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks!
Hi all! I was messing about 2 nights ago in the BF1 when I decided to try and learn the Clutch Pack differential. So, at first, I put it at maximum locking power (80%) which made the car oversteer quite a bit on the throttle and then made it loose as possible (10%) which made the car understeer. Now, I understand how a differential works, more locking means that the differential will make the drive wheels spin at similair speed and vice versa.
However, something that puzzles me is that if the differential is loose, meaning that the inside wheel will spin at a higher speed than the outside wheel, why does the car understeer, I mean, isn't there less grip at the back if one wheel is losing traction and all the strain is being thrown onto one wheel? and vice versa with a locked differential.
FWD oversteer
Another thing that I tried recently was messing about with setting up a FWD car (i.e.: XF GTi). Like anyone who is trying to learn setup , I tried extremes with the suspension. From what I understood and read about suspension:
Soft front suspension: more oversteer in the phase of deceleration (i.e.: braking for a corner, lifting off the throttle)
Stiff front suspension: ^ Opposite
Soft rear suspension: more traction or understeer on the throttle or when the weight of the car is pushed towards the back.
Stiff rear suspension: ^ Opposite
I know that my setup knowledge is very basic but thats the reason why I'm messing about so that I can learn .
These rules apply fine when driving a RWD or 4WD car but whats confusing is me is that it seems that the opposite of all the above (i.e.: Stiff front suspension: oversteer) happens with FWD cars. I was told a while ago to look at in the way that since the drive wheels are on the other end when comparing it to a RWD car then the setup changes would flip around but I mean, I think I understand weight transfer so it just doesn't make sense to me.
Thanks!