Go Faster - 3 Weight transfer prologue at game&track YT channel

Awesome video, explained really simply, lateral weight transfer is a bit more complicated when topic about suspension stiffness merges in. Really looking forward to the main video. This was fun and educating, thanks

Lol, I remember several years back understanding why cars lean forward when braking, but not understanding why leans backwards while accelerating - the mysteries of my own stupidity.

I think vega555 will find this very interesting

 

It's interesting that you mention "leaning forward when braking", because I have noticed that the "rock back" when a car finally brakes to a standstill does not happen in AC. It would be nice to have that simulated. A minor point, but stated in the name of realism

 

Show people that you're italian.

 

@vegaguy 5555

 

WHO's THE MAN?!!


Thanks Aris

 

Weight transfer, the theory:

Thank you.

 

Thanks guys, this was great fun to watch

 

So if I understand well, the longer are the corners(high radius), a softer suspension is better?

 

This is just the introduction to the principles of weight transfer, it's not just yet about what suspension setup is better in which situation.

But to give you at least a general idea about that:
Once you drive through a long turn the car is pretty much settled and the main things here are bumps during the turn that can unsettle the car.

The harder/softer suspension is more about the moment you brake, go off the brake, turn-in and start to accelerate.

A softer suspension is more forgiving to the driver, you have more time to react to things that unsettle the car, but you have less precise feedback of what the car is doing and how it reacts to the track surface and weight transfers.
A harder suspension will give you more precise feedback, but you also have to be quick with your reactions to the car.

In the end, like Aris said, it's a balancing dance to find a compromise of hard enough for good feedback, but not so hard that the car gets unsettled easily and you have trouble to keep control or can't catch oversteer.

 

LOL
"AC has no weight transfer"

 

Ahhhhhhhh, now I got it too. Thanks.

 

Probably yes, you should have made good conclusion, probably Really looking forward to the main video.

But if I'm right when track has mostly long big radius curves it is always better to use softer ARB setting, and when the track has more tightness, then harder ARB settings are better. At least it seems like this gives good results for laptimes and handling to me I didn't understand whats the relation between front and rear arbs, IIRIC they affect each other a lot, but I don't understand how.

 

Maurizio has more simulation value than AC.

Good video Aris, looking forward to the in-game or real car video related to weight dynamics.

 

Front and rear arb are totally independant components on the car. They obviously affect eachother in some way since they change the roll stiffness of the front or rear axle which can give you a balance shift one way or the other (or even just in certain parts of the corner in some cars), but there's no physical relation between the front and rear arb.

It's also not just a thing of, short corners = stiff arb because what you are essentially doing is making your sophisticated independant suspension... less independant

 

Thanks Aris, great information and even greater sense of humor

 

Thanks Aris for taking the time to make these videos.

 

Yes, thank you very much.

Can't wait for the next one, I don't know for Maurizio

 

Maurizio was surely only chosen by Aristotelis so he can show off his thicker hair and fitter body, while Maurizio must fill in as the little pasta fed Italian

 

Another informative video and your having a laugh at the same time, but....

time for some constructive criticism I'm afraid.
The videos are too short, you need to tell us more.... I need to know more...


Cheers Aris, loving the Vids, keep them coming :bigthumbsup: