Oversteer: What Is It & How Do You Control It? Performance Driving Tip

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Over: What Is It & How Do You Control It? Performance Driving Tip
Oversteer. While it's a common term used in performance and race driving circles, it's important to be very clear on what it is - and more importantly, how to control it. In this Speed Secrets driving tip I talk about what causes oversteer, and how to manage it.
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@diggershave3 4 жыл бұрын

Great simple explanation, you explained oversteer in a few minutes what some take half n hour ,well done you!

@FujiboHeavy 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for this! Im new to rwd (GR86) and I had my first oversteer spinout at Summit Point Main (40F, wet) coming out of T9 and gave too much throttle mid turn and was not prepared how to correct it. As I started to skid, I took my foot off the gas (mistake 1), then tried to countersteer to get the car straight, but since I let off the gas, all the weight transferred to the front while trying to countersteer and not having prior practice was a scary, but good learning experience. After watching this, it makes alot more sense and I will make sure to apply in the future and keep practicing

@hyper1le486 8 ай бұрын

This just happen to me at Barber,, I was going into turn 1.. My car came around , I some what lifed but never hit the brakes. Car came back around and I was fine.. Lucky i guess..just stay focus..Great vid

@davidcooper3871 Жыл бұрын

Really great to understand everything that is going on with the car and understand how to compensate.

@JonUpchurch 8 жыл бұрын

Really made this topic make sense!

@redzone5655 5 жыл бұрын

Beautifully explained. Thanks sir!

@Route765 3 жыл бұрын

Nice video! Not lifting off the accelerator feels a bit counterintuitive and can be kind of difficult to unlearn

@pearldruming 6 жыл бұрын

You should make more videos like this.

@pearldruming 6 жыл бұрын

Nevermind. You already did! Thanks for all the content.

@jayoungbee 8 жыл бұрын

Does it ever pay off on a long sweeper to throttle steer (off and on) to keep the speed up and the car doing just a bit of over-steer? This seems to speed up a long turn, but does it mean I am just not going fast enough to begin with? The car I speak of has an oversteer bias, but is mostly balanced. (lightweight 300Z)

@Speedsecrets1 8 жыл бұрын

+Julia Young Don't you wish there was a rule that said, "Always do this" when it comes to driving?!! Or maybe not - that would take the fun out of it. My point being that what you're suggesting might be the best way in your car in many corners, but not always. For sure, what you're suggesting can work and be effective. And really what you're talking about is managing the weight transfer to get the car to do what you want, which is great. But to your question about whether this means you're not going fast enough, unfortunately I can't tell you without knowing more. Being able to modulate the throttle to change the balance and make the car oversteer (or understeer) does not necessarily mean you're going too slow. But it could. Try going faster to find out!

@kristupasantanavicius9093 5 жыл бұрын

Oversteer is scary in high grip (summer tires, hot asphalt) scenarios. If you are inexperienced driver (like myself), and you try to push the car hard into a long tight street corner, the back might step out so fast that you won't be able to control the car at all..

@lawpenner Жыл бұрын

That's why he said squeeze the throttle not push it

@anomalyp8584 3 жыл бұрын

Is this why they say you have to accelerate mid corner?

@Speedsecrets1 3 жыл бұрын

It's certainly a big part of the reason. It's all about balancing the car, and maximizing acceleration out of the corners.

@anomalyp8584 3 жыл бұрын

@@Speedsecrets1 When going karting i experience sometimes experience oversteer, where in the corner, the tyres lose traction just for a sec, but it brings the engine revs right down and kills my exit speed. What can I do then? All I can think of is lower entry speed and like you said, maybe apply throttle through the corner a bit.

@lawpenner Жыл бұрын

At the middle of the turn you want to engage the throttle just enough that the lean of the car's weight is balanced thru the side center. ...not too much weight in the front or the back. As you're coming out of the turn, progressively increase throttle keeping the car's centrifical weight balanced. Progress into slingshot acceleration letting the feel of the car dictate

@mycomment6699 3 жыл бұрын

So many praising comments, but the whole scenario is vague, you said you want to go right, so why steer left first, which is supposed the mistake that got you in oversteer, unless you are intentionally trying to drift, which i doubt because you are explaining for amateurs.

@Speedsecrets1 3 жыл бұрын

Where do I say I want to "go right"?

@mycomment6699 3 жыл бұрын

@@Speedsecrets1 1:15, any way sir, I would recommend adding some graphics in such topic, maybe am as prof driver completely understand what you are saying, but I follow the scenario in details, and another hint, probably better since most modern cars are all wheel drive, better to address the axle drive you are explaining, as front wheel, rear axle or all wheel drive, and if the driver is using traction control or not. Thank you

@productdesign9626 10 ай бұрын

@@mycomment6699 Wow. A "professional" driver who knows more than this _extremely_ experienced racer and instructor, but doesn't recognise opposite lock when it's demonstrated. The action shown at 1:15 is the most basic technique taught by every single driving instructor - if the rear steps out while turning, turn the wheel the other way. That means correcting oversteer on a left-hand corner by turning the wheel..... TO THE RIGHT!!!!! Thats how you catch a slide. ***we are talking about a rear-wheel-drive car, before you start complaining about that***