The back of the new XE can be made to easily step out by disabling the traction and stability control and getting a bit carried away with
the throttle on corner exit.
I like it that way since it cuts down on the need to be overly careful with
the throttle on corner exit.
Not exact matches
Those who played through 2010's F1 game will remember that if you so much as looked at the
throttle the wrong way
on exiting a
corner you'd end up careening nose first into a barrier from wild oversteer.
Oversteer is progressive and you feel the eDiff juggling torque between the rear wheels, especially during initial
throttle application when
exiting a
corner and while countersteering the many slides
on the slippery surface.
Those with lots of grip will use the full width
on the
exit from the right and then follow the white line around the first part of the left, only moving away as the
corner opens out and the
throttle can be meaningfully reapplied.
The brake - based bacon - saver is disabled beyond the third mode, but the fourth and fifth settings continue to manage traction with spark and fuel control, allowing you to get
on the
throttle earlier as you
exit a
corner.
Get
on the
throttle hard at the
exit of a
corner and one of three things will happen: Sometimes you'll feel the tyres dig deep into the positive camber of the road, wall of death - style, and slingshot you out like the car has just hooked an elbow round a lamp post
on the inside of the
corner.
Because of the smaller sideslip angle in curves the test vehicle equipped with AHK was more stable
on corner exits allowing the driver to apply
throttle much sooner and gaining higher speeds
on the straights.
The LSD allows the Type R to accelerate harder
on surfaces with uneven traction, to generate reduced wheel spin when
exiting corners, and to enhance the vehicle's responsiveness to
throttle inputs in
corners.
«A driver can make a difference by how smoothly he makes the transition from braking to full -
throttle acceleration
on corner exit.
The transmission automatically downshifts during hard braking before a
corner then holds a lower gear through the
corner for best control and then selects the most suitable gear
on corner exit to give the driver greater
throttle response.
«Roll
on the
throttle too early, or too heavily, and the front end washes out catastrophically
on all but the most mundane
corner exit.
Similarly,
on a road course, the driver can apply full
throttle when
exiting a
corner and PTM will automatically manage acceleration dynamics to maximize
exit speed based
on available traction.
As a fan of the high - revving GT350, I'm grateful for the extra overhead and immediately saw a benefit when I was able to hold a lower gear through a turn (rather than shifting up and down again), which enabled me to get
on the
throttle sooner post-apex for smoother, faster and more fun
corner exit.
The gearbox could have been quicker to swap ratios, apart from which it felt a bit confused about selecting the best ratio especially when I stepped
on the
throttle at
corner exits.
When the traction control is removed, it now feels as if the ferocious power of the engine really is being channelled down to two small contact patches
on the rear tyres, and anything other than the most precise
throttle and steering applications when
exiting a
corner will cause instant wheelspin.