One of the hardest things to coach is smooth inputs, because it feels slow, versus the aggressive style that tosses the car around, which is actually slower because of the loss of traction. I use the Bentley Secret of the unloading tire losing traction faster than the loading tire gaining traction to help students understand the physics behind the "smooth is fast" mantra. By the way, I prefer "load transfer" to "weight transfer" as the car is not actually shifting it's weight around. Thanks, Ross.
Ya my tires tell a story from the amount and type of driving I do. They'd love to sell me new tires but shake their heads because the wear is so even. I tell them I only drive on straight roads and they break out in laughter, lol!
I had a blast creating this "explainer" video about Why Smooth is Fast. I use a concept I call the "Traction Unit Number" to illustrate why smoothness leads to a better balanced car, which leads to more traction, which leads to being faster. Check it out, let me know what you think, and share it with others, please.
It's a great way to explain how to drive 'smooth' and maintain good balance throughout. When I play a racket sport for instance I try to maintain good balance, before, during and after every shot. I use good anticipation so I can put myself in the ideal situation for every shot. That spot (situation) is referred to as the 'strike zone'. That's where I like to be when engaged in the act of driving. Easy, smooth acceleration gliding from one side of a curve to the other to lessen the 'pull', g-force or whatever you want to deem it. Yeah I don't get close to as low as 36 total unless it's a sharp curve. I have a clear ball filled with liquid on my dash which tells me how I'm accelerating, braking and turning. Cheers!
LOVE this graphic illustration of the 'traction transfer'... Could you also do a similar illustration of front/rear transfer during braking and acceleration, please? And then a "combination study" of braking, turning, and accelerating thru exit.. ? Smooooth Weight transfer effects all three aspects simultaneously... and our little gray brains must "calculate" all of that in one on-going analysis...
Nice! Really clear and a great tip. I've really been enjoying your whole channel; it's excellent and I'm sure with enough time and publicity it will grow in popularity. The illustrations on this one were good too. Keep it up!
Maybe answer is really found at 2:05 mark. 😳 Trying to get back into “track shape” and my field of vision is too low. As I relax and pickup my eyes, my lap times have dropped. Wear and abuse to car has decreased as well.
Beautifully done! Thank you. I would like to hear where the missing units go while in the corner >> but I take it, they don't matter. It only matters we know they are not in any active forces on the ground? I think they go to my gluteals.
+Julia Young Well, they don't really go anywhere, since the units are really just a conceptual thing to illustrate what's happening. Yes, you get the point... the take-away is that the more weight transfer, the less overall grip we have; the less weight transfer, the more grip we have. Thanks.
One of the hardest things to coach is smooth inputs, because it feels slow, versus the aggressive style that tosses the car around, which is actually slower because of the loss of traction. I use the Bentley Secret of the unloading tire losing traction faster than the loading tire gaining traction to help students understand the physics behind the "smooth is fast" mantra. By the way, I prefer "load transfer" to "weight transfer" as the car is not actually shifting it's weight around. Thanks, Ross.
Ya my tires tell a story from the amount and type of driving I do. They'd love to sell me new tires but shake their heads because the wear is so even. I tell them I only drive on straight roads and they break out in laughter, lol!
I had a blast creating this "explainer" video about Why Smooth is Fast. I use a concept I call the "Traction Unit Number" to illustrate why smoothness leads to a better balanced car, which leads to more traction, which leads to being faster.
Check it out, let me know what you think, and share it with others, please.
It's a great way to explain how to drive 'smooth' and maintain good balance throughout. When I play a racket sport for instance I try to maintain good balance, before, during and after every shot. I use good anticipation so I can put myself in the ideal situation for every shot. That spot (situation) is referred to as the 'strike zone'. That's where I like to be when engaged in the act of driving. Easy, smooth acceleration gliding from one side of a curve to the other to lessen the 'pull', g-force or whatever you want to deem it. Yeah I don't get close to as low as 36 total unless it's a sharp curve. I have a clear ball filled with liquid on my dash which tells me how I'm accelerating, braking and turning. Cheers!
LOVE this graphic illustration of the 'traction transfer'...
Could you also do a similar illustration of front/rear transfer during braking and acceleration, please?
And then a "combination study" of braking, turning, and accelerating thru exit.. ? Smooooth Weight transfer effects all three aspects simultaneously... and our little gray brains must "calculate" all of that in one on-going analysis...
Thanks. It would essentially be the same. Any time there is load transfer, there is a reduction in overall grip.
Nice! Really clear and a great tip. I've really been enjoying your whole channel; it's excellent and I'm sure with enough time and publicity it will grow in popularity. The illustrations on this one were good too. Keep it up!
Maybe answer is really found at 2:05 mark. 😳
Trying to get back into “track shape” and my field of vision is too low. As I relax and pickup my eyes, my lap times have dropped. Wear and abuse to car has decreased as well.
Beautifully done! Thank you. I would like to hear where the missing units go while in the corner >> but I take it, they don't matter. It only matters we know they are not in any active forces on the ground? I think they go to my gluteals.
+Julia Young Well, they don't really go anywhere, since the units are really just a conceptual thing to illustrate what's happening. Yes, you get the point... the take-away is that the more weight transfer, the less overall grip we have; the less weight transfer, the more grip we have. Thanks.
Most excellent!
I'm pretty sure you've got the axis description on the graph wrong. Shouldn't it be "load" on the "x" axis and "traction" on "y"?
Good catch Shady! I ran the video past half a dozen people and no one caught that. Hopefully the concept still comes through okay.
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Absolutely, the videos are very insightful, keep them coming!
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That helped me a lot, thanks!
I knew that balance moves around the car, but not that it means losing total grip in corner!
How did I get here from a GTA V stunt video??
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