Lift off oversteer tuning

[Digital Angel]

Hi all, when driving around with fwd cars, I tend to suffer alot from lift off oversteer. Can anybody help with the suspension settings assuming both full adjustable settings and settings limited to camber toe and tire pressure? Thanks in advance

[bigbawmcgraw]

Try putting rear toe up and add negative camber. If the car allows it change brake bias to the front.
Lift off oversteer is a characteristic of FWD cars, especially if you don't drive them smoothly.

[Digital Angel]

@bigbawmcgraw: Will attempt it but most of the time it happens when approaching a bend with slight steering input before easing off the gas. Will update status after tinkering with rear set-up!

[bigbawmcgraw]

Of course you can always plant the throttle when the back end starts to come round on you, another characteristic of FWD cars ;)

[Digital Angel]

Thats what im always doing, but it affects the lap times if i go f-dori mode lol. I tweaked the camber and toe by abit and it really helped tons. If only i can tune the suspension to make the front end stiffer...

What if the whole suspension can be set up, how should i tune it? Including the anti-roll bar stiffness and what-nots.
Thanks for the replies btw!

[kazereal]

Depending on car and setup, softening rear ARB might help.

Another thing to consider: if you have to lift-off, you might have problem entering the corner too soon or with too much speed. So adjusting driving line, braking point etc. might be helpful so you don't need to lift when cornering.

[Simon said EAT DUST PLAYER_1 !]

...especially softening the REAR anti-roll bar. Simultaniously: tightening the one in the front might give you a little less snappy turn-in. You need to find a balance where the front still retains enough traction and grip for turning and the rear does not get too loose as to keep the car tracking properly.

more negative camber at the rear means a little more grip in feel, yet can result in snappier loss of grip. less negative camber gives you more progressive rear traction-loss.

But most-importantly: try to train your right foot in how you push into the power and how abrupt you get off it. Try to be smoother at throttle-application. Left-foot braking is another technique for fwd & awd - cars and is utilised to various effect, depending on driving-condition and setup. Learning the "dance" with the two feet and transitioning efficiently between the afforementioned functions is a bit of task - and not achieved in a day or two.