Yup ! Understanding the response of suspension is way easier than the tires. Tires are really really hard to model and understand with their non linearity !

Apologies If I couldn't spot the sarcasm but to me the smaller bronze wheels look way cooler than the bigger ones !

I don't know your driveway so I cant really comment much on it but if you think the ABS kicked in, I am not sure how you slid to the road. Its safe to say that if it does kick in and is faulty like you say, you would probably just under brake out of the house. And I am not sure what speed you are doing out of the…

This article is exactly what I had in mind as response to those who felt a million horsepower + manual + no aids as the way to go.
As a engineer in this industry I can add a few points
1) Society in general is becoming more and more idiot proof. Forget the cars and look around you ! Safety is the buzz word in…

Good point ! Actually modern fighter jets are so computer controlled that even the most digital car would feel perfectly analogue !

Partly true as its the stability control that helps ! They dont have to tune with a understeer bias like they used to

Although its too late now but I think OBD/check engine light/CAN bus are something that is really taken for granted. Lot of us hate the dreaded check engine light and think its useless but imagine how many more cars would be stranded on the road if we didn't have it ? Forget getting stranded you say ? how about…

What do you hate the most ? Bro Trucks, Ricers , Donks, Lowriders or any other subculture ? Rank em if you can !

Well winter car control is good to help but I can assure you, even for the most expert driver repeatability is much much better with ABS than without it. I am not sure what kind of car you are driving or if you apply brakes in pulses on your ABS car like non ABS car but the threshold braking in real world in ice…

Cut in half at 100 mph ? Pfff
Aventador wants to have a word with you
All it took was 40 ish mph

This is actually a feature on modern ABS systems. It is called off-road ABS and its smart enough to know when to engage this mode ;)
Source: My livelihood

Even for the Stig, I doubt he would get the repeatability as one does with these systems !

Seriously ! Someone who drives in the snow states will know very well the true value of it. In addition to what you said, even a regular stop for a intersection will be impossible when there is ice on it. Forget making a lane change on ice/snow without ABS

Forza is pretty okay for simcade but if you really want to see the beauty of sims then you gotta try Assetto Corsa or GTR2 or iracing or even Rfactor
Heck GTR2 for its data acquisation used MOTEC which is one of the tools the race teams use to see their data.
You gotta try assetto corsa for its brilliant tyre…

Or get involved in Sim Racing if you have the time for that. Thats how I got better at this, more so than what I learnt in School

Nascar cars are not set up to track straight well atleast suspension geometry wise! Their suspension is not symmetrical for oval track races

Sadly that's true for the most of us ! Heck I work in vehicle dynamic controls for a living but still I don't get to practice it too much. I suppose unless you are into heavy R&D or in one of the racing teams, you don't have to use it much.
That book is pretty good as far giving a very strong basics of VD. I use that…

Yep ! 6 years is a long time to remember some concepts. This was something I always made a mistake with until corrected by a race engineer during one of our vehicle dynamic class field trips !
And oh I am fresh out of graduation so it remains to be seen how long I remember this theory. Just curious, which VD book did…

One word for it "GAWKER" !

Even the NSX and the S2000 had EPS and was praised for its steering. Its ALL in the calibration/ steering boost and the supension geometry !