Why are the cars so twichy

[peteduggan35]

Why is it that most of my cars in AC are very twichy on the throttle, some to the point where they are almost impossible to drive. The back wants to swap ends with the front

[Sandborne]

turn on stability control

[Hank from breaking bad]

You're most likely overcontrolling. If you're using a controller you have to be patient and extremely precise. Drive as if your goal is to not leave the track instead of trying to go fast and it'll help build up your skills.

[peteduggan35]

Everytime I try and be precise the AI are disappearing into the distance. You need to get on the throttle coming out of the corner not holding back or correcting a slide. This does not happen in rfactor2 and as a result you have much better competitive racing with a feeling of satisfaction if you can catch and overtake. There's nothing like a good high speed dual

[Meow]

What do you drive with? Keyboard? Mouse? Controller? Wheel?

[peteduggan35]

Thrustmaster t500 with Ferrari F1 wheel

[Toukoi]

Stick with it dude, once you get there you'll get a lot of satisfaction from your skills. Or do like Sandborne said and turn on Stability Control and Traction Control. The AI is fully adjustable to your skills though and you can adjust them as you get better at the sim.

[Kudlaty]

Since you mentioned rFactor2, Assetto has bit different overall feeling and FFB, but it's not to the point you need to re-learn driving. If you are able to handle cars in rF2, AC should be no biggie after couple laps.

Also, it's hard to help and share tips when we don't know whether you're new to simracing or not. Knowing what cars you're talking about can be helpful too. If it's stuff like AC Cobra (waaaay to high power to weight ratio ) then yeah, these cars are really touchy. You may be used to driving FWD cars in rF2, where vast majority of AC's are RWD.

Anyway:
If you belive there's something wrong with game/physics, not your driving, be sure to double check your controller settings, especially look sensivity and deadzones.

If that happens only or mostly on corner exits you may be simply stepping too hard on throttle with too cold/hot tires, bad weight distribution, awfully powerfull car with no traction control, going a bit to far out of track on that green(not grass) slippery thing and stuff like that.

If you are new and wanted to try to race AI in carreer mode I'd advise to skip it .Just go for custom championships or single races where you can find car and AI level that fits you. I know you can change AI level in career mode but It's hard to actually race with them there no matter what setting you use (no quali, always starting at end of grid, very different cars, nfs style 3-6 laps races)

I'd not advise using Stability Control (game setting) when using steering wheel. In my feeling it can help develop bad habits which are hard to unlearn later. Traction Control (car setting) - in many cases it's better (and realistic) to have it on.

[clairvoyantwolf]

I'd like to second everything Kudlaty says while adding a couple things of my own. It is possible that the sympthom you describe, oversteer on corner exit, cannot really be attributed to or cured by an overly senstive throttle. I have long suspected that most sim racers find themselves in a push-loose situation and blame the simulation, or other factors, for what is in essence driver error.

To describe how it works mechanically, the average driver believes that the key to fast lap times is corner entry, which is not completely true. Anyway, he enters the corner very fast while slowing down, heavily loading up the front end of the car, causing understeer. Several people have complained over the years of cars understeering, this is the reason why. On corner exit the driver presses the gas causing the lightly loaded rearend of the understeering car to come right around. I've done this before on a wet track in real life and the car spun like a top (and that was with traction control and stability control ON).

Push-loose is primarily fixed by being mindful of your turn in points, how fast you turn in, and weight transfer (smooth application of the throttle and brake). Personally I think the Mustang is a good teacher of how to handle a high HP car in AC. It is soft enough that you can really feel the weight transfer. Furthermore it responds slowly enough that you are able to catch mistakes and figure out what happened, which isn't always possible in a more aggressive and precise machine.

Another mistake I see a lot of people make is thinking that they have to be in the lowest gear possible on corner exit. In many cases it is better to be at full throttle in a higher gear than part throttle in a lower gear, this is especially true in a high torque car. In both cases the power to the ground between say full throttle in 3rd is the same as part throttle in 2nd. But the driver in 3rd just has to steer. The driver in 2nd has to perfectly roll on the power.

Hope that helps.

[✗ mRt.]

:)

[Thogmar]

To find out your variables with controller, skill, cars, tracks, etc, start with some of the GT2/GT3 cars. The BMW, McLaren, Mercedes, Ferraris and to some extent the Porsches all can be driven by simply pointing and stomping the throttle pretty hard with any amount of braking you like to feel comfortable. They're purposely designed this way so they don't immediately kill the rich guys and new kids who drive them.
If you find these cars twitchy, then you'll need to adjust your wheel/pedals/driving technique until you feel smooth and comfortable in them.
This should readily point out the less twitchy cars for you, then you can proceed from there to cars that require more input and skill.