What is the best method to correct oversteer in a rear wheel car?

andy2kbaker

To correct oversteer you first must ask a couple of questions.
1 is the car under acceleration or decceleration?
the reason for this is simple. Under acc, the way of countering oversteer is to turn into the direction of the slide. In practice you simply point the front wheels in the direction you want to go, balance the throttle (constant throttle NOT full throttle) and the vehicle will straighten up.
Under decc the back wheels will be trying to pass the front because of momentum. Normally this results in a spin, however a rally tecnique uses this to good effect. Its called the pendulum turn or scandinavian flick. When entering a tight corner, lets say a right handed bend, the driver over brakes to throw the weight of the car forward over the front. This in turn lightens the rear wheels and allows, with help from steering input, the car to enter a positive slide. (to the left so the car is in fact facing away from the corner) At the desired moment the steering is flicked back to face the inttended direction and the brakes are applied again in a jab. The whole car is "flicked" into the turn and as power is applied, oversteer is once again countered by progressive throttle inputs and countersteering and the car leaves the corner.
Hope that helped.

Tony Hi_teck

slow down

mykidsRmylife

Hit the gas and turn into the corner. DRIFT IT, YOU BAD BOY!!!

Mike10613

Does it have traction control and we are talking good conditions. Then the answer must be to change the down force. Maybe, a spoiler. Check you have the correct wheels and tyres too. Oversteer, can be caused by fitting fancy alloy wheels!

oadbywonder

take the tyres off and put a lawn mower there

bostonianinmo

Counter steer into the slide, and control the slide with the throttle.

Nimbus

most rear wheel drive cars will feel neutral, some you may feel over steering, but this is not the same as a rear wheel skid where the classic response is to steer into the skid.

Oversteer is to do with the balance of the car and there is not a lot a driver can do other than to know it exists as to control is speed into the corner so that the car is neutral through the bend and smooth on its exit

creviazuk

In the DRY - Lift off the gas...the rear tyres will then stop spinning / slipping and return to normal, careful what you're left pointing at!! A bit of opposite lock might be required.

In the WET - same principle as in the dry, but it takes longer to correct, so be prepared to steer INTO the slide (opposite lock) to correct the rear end hanging out. Can sometimes fish-tail a bit, especially if you re-apply the power a bit early.

ANY conditions with LOTS of space - FLOOR IT!!, Pedal to the metal & steer into the turn. This will give you a powerslide, lift off the gas to return to normal.

Random Sam

Don't instantly lift off. Although this may be instinct, it will cause the rear wheels to lose even more traction, causing the car to spin eratically. Conversly, don't floor it and give it loads, as this will creat the same effect.
Try to ease off the throttle slightly, obviously steering into the slide with opposite lock, you may get a bit of fish tailing but each time just try to correct it, and you should come out of the other side right way up.

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