Nissan Skyline - the car from hell

Can someone please explain to me how the Nissan Skyline is supposed to turn through corners? The steering wheel appears to be ornamental rather than functional

 

You dont turn it so much with the steering wheel more with weight shift and getting it rotating on entry, then use throttle to balance it out and also power out on entry. Being an AWD car you dont want to shift down too late and cause any compression lockups on entry as this will also likely lock the fronts a touch causing more understeer. A bit of trail braking on entry but dont come in too hot as the key to pace out of it is keeping it balanced on entry slightly loose is ideal and then using the AWD advantages especially out of slow corners, its far from the fastest car mid corner or in a straight line but can get a good lap time as it will get better traction out of all slow to medium speed corners.

The outside front tyre may get cooked so need to watch temps and pressure of this and if your coming in too hot into corners it will just cause more understeer overloading the outside front overheating it more and making it understeer even more to the same corner next lap.

 

Definitely turns much better under braking. Heavy braking turns the front in really nicely, and trail them off as you go through, then happily put the foot down for joyful corner exiting.

 

I think I am starting to understand the car after a practice session at Brands Hatch Indy. I try to avoid stepping out the rear to any great extent in most of the cars that I drive, but it seems like the Skyline actively wants you to do it! It seems to be remarkably stable through corners when driving it like this, and so much more enjoyable. Thanks for the tips, guys Of course, the real test will come when I race it online....

 

I found that in low speed turns, the car actually turns better with a little extra throttle. Very counter intuitive compared to other AWD cars like the old Audi Quattro.

 

Me too I think it drives great but different to any other car in AC also a lot different then GT-R.I throw it into corner and with little throttle drive thro it and then full throttle a lot sooner then any car.You have to try it more and see its special shame we dont have version with more power...

 

That's 4 wheel steering in a nutshell.
You have to be mindful of the other guy sitting in the back with his own steering wheel. He's might be annoying at low speeds, but shuts up when you go fast.

edit: oh yeah and there is this freak sitting below you pedaling away on your driveshaft as Arch mentions.

This whole circus reacts to steering so you sometimes want to steer more than it seems sensible to get them to work.

 

The ATTESA in the R32, 33, 34 and 35 actually increases rear torque with more slip angle.

Of course, this is up to a point and different versions, especially the ET-S PRO changes how it behaves, but generally, you do want to slide a bit.