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PhilAlary's avatar
4 years ago
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On throttle differential on start

Hi. On most videos for getting a good start, they give advice to lower the on throttle differential to something like 65 or lower to minimise wheelspin. For me, there is something wrong. A differen...
  • EA_Barry's avatar
    EA_Barry
    4 years ago

    @PhilAlary 

    Differentials allow the wheels to rotate at slightly different rates while cornering.

    On a straight (or corner), under heavy acceleration (with some wheelspin) each side will have a different amount of grip and the side with less grip might just spin up really fast while the other maintains traction but does not get much torque.

    A limited slip differential will limit the one sided wheelspin and provide more torque to the wheel with more grip. 

    The operational parameters of the differential are important in corners, on straights, while accelerating/decelerating etc.

    I recommend researching this yourself as how a differential works is fascinating from a racing/engineering perspective.

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