turning on slopes. why so hard?

[Jeruzalem]

so, this is something thats been bothering me since the beta. its also a point of concern that i raised multiple times with the devs, with not even a single reply about it.

why are tanks having a hard time to turn on slopes on warthunder? i mean most tanks. alot of times you see just 1 of your tracks spinning like crazy and you turn either not or very slowly.

[AttackerCat]

Tank steering is not like a wheeled vehicle steering mechanism. In order for most tanks without regenerative or neutral steering to turn effectively they need a small amount of speed built up - this is because in order to turn a tank you have to essentially cut or drastically reduce power to one track, and this is also why turning on a slope is not easy in WT. Since going up slopes is slow, most times you don’t have the speed (or traction with a single track turning) needed to make a turn quickly.

The probable is negated in tanks such as the Panthers or the Churchills, which have neutral steering ability when stopped and let them rotate tracks in opposite directions.

“Early steering systems were adopted from tracked work vehicles, generally using a clutch to reduce power to one track, causing it to slow down. These designs have numerous problems, notably when climbing hills or running at high speed, as the reduction in power causes the overall speed to slow. Delivering power to both tracks while turning them at different speeds is a difficult design problem.

A series of more advanced designs were introduced, especially through World War II, that maintained power to both tracks during steering, a concept known as regenerative steering. Some also allowed one track to move forward while the other reversed, allowing the tank to spin in place, a concept known as neutral steering. The first really successful system was the British double differential design of 1924, which was copied by both the US and Germans.”
Ripped shamelessly from this Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_steering_systems