How do assist affect the cars?

[Potwizz「ポトーリズ」]

I am trying out different assist modes in the game with various cars to see what kind of speed they reach, since i've seen people talking about how they affect the game. So far i've only tested top speed, and it seems none of the assist actually affect the top speed or the accelaration.

Of course I am not talking about the obvious affects, such as stability, since it obviously affects your ability to manouver. The question is does it affect stats or does it only make it more difficult to drive?

[Spendy]

no assists affect top speed, or any stats, they simply do as stated

[Potwizz「ポトーリズ」]

Originally posted by Spendy:

no assists affect top speed, or any stats, they simply do as stated

All right, thanks.

[👽H€L¡XX®]

In Career play, assists affect bonus payout. There is a multiplier at the last screen of the event that shows the number. That number will be different depending on the assists used.
I have never seen a real difference in top speed , just some other things like corner attack and ability to drift changes with stability and traction control.

[skinkken]

Traction control reduces throttle if traction is lost, in some cases it might help but practically it slows down you quite a lot and makes powersliding impossible. I recommend turning it off even for beginner.

ABS reduces brake if the wheels lock while braking, making braking more powerful. I use half, which allows brake lock in low speed cornering situations but activates at high speed braking.

This is my speculation confirmed by one other player about stability control: Stability control reduces throttle when powersliding, the bigger angle, the more reduction. When it's off, you get always maximum power, which can easily lead to oversteering and spinning out. I think that turning stability control off gives the benefit that it teaches you to manuever in such ways that you can take advantage of all the power, while putting it full on makes you rely on it, leading to bad practices and reduced power. Use full if you can't drive without it, but try to learn to use half if you want to become faster.

[mr. z]

I find Stability control pretty necessary - but only with the Sofa "car"...