Slippery when wet

[craigupnorth]

I had a situation the other day, pulling out on a slope onto the highway in the damp.
Put my foot down, a bit of skidding, then no power …
Its like the car decided to go into snow mode ??
It was actually unsafe, the car wouldn’t accelerate when I needed it to.

What I really wanted was a rally car at that point …
Ideally all 4 wheels spinning as fast as they could , with lsd, to get me up to speed !

So I’ve been doing some experiments - for science, in the name of safety of course -
Basically -
In the wet, in a straight line, with ESC off in sport mode - the car is great !
Its actually reminded me what an awesome car it is at times.
Wheels spin, and its freaky fast up to 100km, takes your breath away

BUT - add a sharp corner in, and even with ESC off, nanny mode seems to kick in ??
Its actually really frustrating and dumb.
The car simply doesn't do what you want it to do.
Is there any way to get it to behave like an old school analogue car ?
To get the car to do whats its told ?

 

[JonnyG]

Have you tried Track mode ?

 

[craigupnorth]

Have you tried Track mode ?

Hmm … no ! Good advice, ta.
I’ll give it a go.
In the name of science ?

 

[olliewebb]

Have you tried Track mode ?

As far as I’m aware it does nothing to the way the car drives, just provides a timer.

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

Track mode display featuring data analysing vehicle performance, power distribution, speed/time, G-Force, steering angle, and throttle.

I've used it once.

Impressive G readings!

You (me!) just forget it's there in the menu tbh.

 

[neilj]

I had a situation the other day, pulling out on a slope onto the highway in the damp.
Put my foot down, a bit of skidding, then no power …
...
BUT - add a sharp corner in, and even with ESC off, nanny mode seems to kick in ??
Its actually really frustrating and dumb.
The car simply doesn't do what you want it to do.
Is there any way to get it to behave like an old school analogue car ?
To get the car to do whats its told ?

I wonder if this is in any way related to the cruise control slowing down with even the slightest steering input, e.g. a minor bend on the motorway / dual carriageway?

 

[Bricktop X PWR]

I wonder if this is in any way related to the cruise control slowing down with even the slightest steering input, e.g. a minor bend on the motorway / dual carriageway?

A software update to R46 cures the ACC hesitancy and allows increments of 1 mph to be selected.