Sentences with phrase «in slow corners»

Occasionally in slow corners, where you need the very low 2nd gear, the inside front wheel will spin up.

The steering is precise and well weighted, although it is surprisingly slow; you need to apply a lot of lock in the slower corners.

As a result it develops understeer in slow corners where lateral G is not high.

But data from the FIA states that they could be up to 40km / h quicker through the fast corners, with speeds increasing in slower corners too.

Being the first one out on the track, I was initially concerned by the amount of understeer developed in slower corners.

If the car is like a bobblehead doll after hitting bumps, pitches and rolls in slow corners or is noticeably unable to quietly absorb all but the slightest imperfections, then it's time.»

If you're not careful, it's all too easy to hurry your inputs and fall behind the ACR in slower corners, because the long wheelbase and the slow steering do you no favors in tight confines.

Having unbelievable levels of downforce is good, but the trade - off with the tyres is you lose mechanical grip in slower corners as you have to make the tyres strong enough to take the high loads.

All - wheel drive makes you more aware of the front tires in slow corners, and it can fool you into thinking the car is pushing, but you should remember that the i8 is meant to go fast, and the 49 percent front / 51 percent rear balance, the wide track dimensions of the chassis, and selection of tire sizes front and rear are set appropriately.

The 3.4 - litre engine in the old Cayman S only managed 273 lb ft at a lofty 4500rpm and so the tall ratios often made it feel a bit gutless in slower corners, or if the engine wasn't quite on - song.

There's much more torque available from its 2.0 - liter turbocharged engine, and a tendency to understeer forces patience in slow corners.

Weight transfer that leads to understeer or oversteer is remarkably palpable in slow corners, thanks in part to the chassis stiffness and lack of feedback - muddying deadweight like nav systems, airbags, and stereo.

It exhibits little or none of the understeer often present in slow corners or in wet conditions, the transition into oversteer is smooth and precise, and the brakes — which have been so easy to lock up in the past — work brilliantly.

You might also need to add steering correction even when you're off - throttle in a slower corner, so keen is this Lambo to point its snout down the next straight.

You can get the tail to hang out in slower corners when the PTM is switched off, but it takes a good deal of provocation.

To get a good lap, you need to find a rhythm in the slowest corners for sure — like turns 5, 6 and 8.

It also has to fight off understeer, especially in slow corners, and no amount of left - foot braking will swing the tail out enough to overcome it completely.

For such a long and relatively tall car, the optional four - wheel steering system is surprisingly effective, resulting in increased agility in slower corners and unshakable high - speed stability in faster sweepers.

You can carry loads of speed through the fast corners and these SUVs only feel heavy and ungainly in the slower corners.

At its heart though the RS3 follows tradition with massive, trustworthy traction levels and a tendency for the front end to push wide in slow corners - it makes nearly 400bhp on a short wheelbase feel quite benign and usable, which is remarkable when you think about it.

Coulthard revealed that the car felt like it was understeering in slow corners and this was because Newey had designed a car in which aerodynamic grip superceded mechanical grip.

In slow corners, it feels like a bus.

In slow corners it can understeer a bit (it's got a massive great V8 up front after all), but for the most part it's neutral and shifts into small angles of oversteer on corner exit.

However, in slower corners the electric power steering is too light and the front end just doesn't feel like it's keyed into the tarmac as you want.

But you learn to work with this, understanding how much speed you can carry, and in slower corners you quickly find that trail braking keeps the car loaded up nicely.

In slow corners the car behaved differently than it did in fast corners, so th drivers had to adjust for the amount of grip they would have at various speeds.

At a slippery intersection, in a slow corner, or while crawling up a hill, you can call on this kind of traction control as needed by depressing the gas pedal.