Re: Question on car skidding

Hi Arnaud

> When a car skids by rolling on the sidetrack (grass), it begins to skid
> in every direction and finally systematically turns backwards (in the
> opposite direction of the race).
> The fact taht a car skids on the grasssounds rather normalto me, but why
> is never occasionally ends up facing the trackdirection?
>
> Is there an algorithm somewhere that always moves the car in reverse
> when the car is doing a few slew round ?

No, not at all, during testing I had never that impression, but I try to 
spend most of the time on track, with varying success;-) Non the less, a 
slight (tiny) bias against some moving (not track) direction would be at 
least thinkable because of the center of gravity, driven wheels, etc.

If you have an analogue steering device (mouse, pad or wheel), you can 
usually catch the car with countersteering immediately, or locking the 
wheels up (brakes) until almost 360° of the spin are over, then unlock 
the brakes and catch it. Going neutral or disengage the clutch helps as 
well.

Kind regards

Bernhard


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