3 years ago
Grip Calibration problem
Game: F1 2022 Platform: Steam I have observed with other players that there could be an error in the grip calibration for different players and platforms. It has been empirically verified that us...
Here we have the proof of same setup used by limitless in spa with F1 2022 hot lap, as an example. As you can see nearly same position entering the curve, same speed, same brake point...as you see i cant turn as well as limitless do. I even turn the wheel more than him with less speed but car not responding...
But you're not driving the same?
You're inducing understeer by increasing the steering lock while being hard on the brakes. By "turning the wheel more", you're actually making it worse.
Number 1 countermeasure against understeer on most cases is actually to open up the steering wheel.
You understeer because you're demanding too much of the front tyres (braking+steering). You need to ask less of them so that they can bite up again and rotate the car properly.
So ease off the brakes, shift the BB backwards, and open the steering.
And as we've said previously, the skill ceiling is very high in these games. Even more so on a game with not the best FFB on the market. You should not be comparing yourself against other drivers if you want to make it a point that the grip levels are different across different platforms.
Edit: editing to make it clearer.
Grip is like a budget for how much work tyres can do. When you exceed said budget on any given tyre, it will break traction on that axle.
Exceed the grip your front tyres have and you'll understeer.
Exceed the grip your rear tyres have and you'll oversteer.
Basically, that's it.
Steering is fun in how it works. There's this thing called slip angle, which is the difference between where your front wheels are pointing to, to where your car is actually going. There is always some degree of slip angle, even when you're way within your grip budget.
When you understeer, that slip angles increases a lot. So much so that the front tyres get worse at their steering task. There's an optimal slip angle range your tyres need to be to be at their best.
So if you exceed your front tyres grip and get into understeering, you need to ask less of them AND to close down that slip angle so that it gets back to full steering capability.
Keeping so hard on the brakes will make it tougher for the front to bite again. Keeping it hard on the brakes AND increasing the slip angle by turning the steering wheel even more will just compound the mistake.
I did that way to proof that i can touch the Vertex of the curve at same speed as limitless for example. I need to brake before to kiss It, so i lose speed in curves...
Seehow i have to do It...
The camera settings are making your car squishy and the whole picture harder to compare. Seems like you've got your outside wheel on the grass at the turn in point while the Youtuber is clearly off of it?
The coefficient of grip there in the grass will be significantly lower than that of the tarmac and even lower than the kerb's.
Your outside tyres are the ones most loaded up, thus the ones chiefly responsible to steer the car in.
Having it on a less grippy surface will reduce its budget. For braking and steering, both.
What is the configuration of the redbull camera. I watched the video it looks like you drive better with that camera