Poor Tire Traction

[flipspeedy69]

I was taking a practice run on an F40, and this game is just NO FUN. Poor tire traction keeps me going off track in every turn. They need to improive the tire traction because even in my real life car I don't get this much skidding. Maybe they should have an option to adjust tire traction settings for those who want a lot os skidding vs those who want great traction.

[WaxxFetish]

Yes, it's definitely a must-have. They also need to have an option to adjust brakes for those who want progressive braking and for those who want great insta-stoppers.

[rudski]

Another option would be to learn how to drive the car. 0.4 hours in game.....

[Ragequit Inc.]

The F40 probably isn't the best car to start with. But if you do, change to the better tires. (can't remember what they're called on that car) Other than that, practise. And then practise some more.

[Felipe Frota]

Originally posted by rudski:

Another option would be to learn how to drive the car. 0.4 hours in game.....

LMAO

[gomslork]

The default 1990s street tires are very slippery. If you select the Semi-slicks you'll have an easier time controlling the car.
Go to the setup screen at the start of a session, select tires and pick from the list.

[nop_jne]

Please go back to playing Big Rigs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6DtVHqyYts

[flipspeedy69]

Yeah, my best driving game was Euro Truck Simulator 2 - over 155 hrs in that! Other driving games wit6h too much skidding and poor traction sucked too, - I forgot the games that they were.

[Z OH 6]

Originally posted by flipspeedy69:

I was taking a practice run on an F40, and this game is just NO FUN. Poor tire traction keeps me going off track in every turn. They need to improive the tire traction because even in my real life car I don't get this much skidding. Maybe they should have an option to adjust tire traction settings for those who want a lot os skidding vs those who want great traction.

Two questions...First, how do you like your real life F40? Second, the F40 is one of the most challenging cars in AC to drive.

[flipspeedy69]

Oh, my real life car is just a Honda Civic. But I think real life Ferrari's should have good traction in corners. Like that Test Drive Ferarri game was stupid with too much skidding too - a waste of money game good for graphics only.

[Marty]

So are you entering corners in the civic at the same speeds as the f40, your civic also has the same hp at the rear wheels or is it an underpowered fwd car that has no similarity to an f40 mid engine rwd with massive turbo lag. Look at the speedo when cornering your likely going much faster then you think, there are also better tyre options for the f40 over the street 90s ones.

Try the abarth will be much closer to a civic and a fwd car needs to be droven so differently to a mid engine rwd car they are about as far apart as possible in 2 street cars. I assume you have never driven a high hp rear wheel car before and no matter what you do to a civic it doesnt make it a supercar.

Its still quite funny how some people claim the same game has too much grip while others say it doesnt have anywhere near enough. You may want to try the train simulator as everything handles like its on rails there :)

[yusupov]

F40 is one of the most difficult cars in the game...at least drive a 458 before you start complaining.

[QuartzYeti]

Learn to brake properly. F40 is not easy to drive in game or in real life. Don't expect to jump into it and be setting fast laps like you're Lewis Hamilton. As others have said start off with the fiat abarth. It's similar to your civic(except it has more power)

It drives exactly like it does IRL (I've driven one in real life) Unfortunately things like how F'ing comfortable/body hugging the abarth seats are can't be replicated but that's my fault for having a ♥♥♥♥ chair.

Originally posted by flipspeedy69:

They need to improive the tire traction because even in my real life car I don't get this much skidding.

Originally posted by flipspeedy69:

Oh, my real life car is just a Honda Civic.

Are you honestly comparing the traction of a grocery getter honda civic to a Ferrari F40? LOL, wow... some people

[Toe Rag]

For the F40 Put 90s semi slicks on and drop tyre pressure to around 17psi that is what I remember one of the Devs saying a while back.

[Z OH 6]

Originally posted by flipspeedy69:

Oh, my real life car is just a Honda Civic. But I think real life Ferrari's should have good traction in corners. Like that Test Drive Ferarri game was stupid with too much skidding too - a waste of money game good for graphics only.

That F40 makes more than 3x more power than your Honda Civic and is running on early 90's model tire technology which isn't nearly as good as today even if the tires are wider on the F40 than your Civic. Putting down over 3x more power is just going to be tougher, and that's assuming you are using the Stage 3 version in the game which makes more than 4x more power than your Civic.


The flip side is that its a vwery rewarding car if you can master it but that is what most people say about driving the car in real life too. Understand that just because AC's car physics aren't what you're used to, doesn't mean they aren't more accurate than what you're used to. Just because you can't jump into a nearly 500hp car and zoom around the track without making mistakes doesn't mean that the game needs to be changed. It means that you need to respect the car's power and learn to drive better at the limit before hammering the gas.

[Z OH 6]

Originally posted by yusupov:

F40 is one of the most difficult cars in the game...at least drive a 458 before you start complaining.

458 slips and slides quite a bit too though, honestly.