Someone said that "in cornering pedals are more important than the steering wheel".
He was SO right!
Try to pull something that is on your desk. Now put some weight over it. The friction is greater as the weight on the first object increases, even if the contact surface desk/thing being moved is the same.
Cool. Keep it in mind.
Now notice another thing: the force to actually get the thing moving is bigger than the one needed to keep the object moving .
That is why you want to keep the weight of your car on all the 4 wheel, braking too hard, turning the wheel too hard would make one or two wheel having less weight, thus, less "grip" to the road.
Remember the difference between getting something to slip and keep it slipping?
Same with your wheels. If you act too rude with your car and get a wheel to loose grip and slip it may keep on slipping even if it gets "re-loaded" later. Keep it slipping requires less force than getting it to slip.
So, be smooth in braking and turning the steering wheel, you do not want your tire to start slipping... it may look cool but it pretty ineffective for having the highest cornering speed possible.
Think at that! =)
He was SO right!
Try to pull something that is on your desk. Now put some weight over it. The friction is greater as the weight on the first object increases, even if the contact surface desk/thing being moved is the same.
Cool. Keep it in mind.
Now notice another thing: the force to actually get the thing moving is bigger than the one needed to keep the object moving .
That is why you want to keep the weight of your car on all the 4 wheel, braking too hard, turning the wheel too hard would make one or two wheel having less weight, thus, less "grip" to the road.
Remember the difference between getting something to slip and keep it slipping?
Same with your wheels. If you act too rude with your car and get a wheel to loose grip and slip it may keep on slipping even if it gets "re-loaded" later. Keep it slipping requires less force than getting it to slip.
So, be smooth in braking and turning the steering wheel, you do not want your tire to start slipping... it may look cool but it pretty ineffective for having the highest cornering speed possible.
Think at that! =)