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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
You completely missed my point- I know all about the banned traction control systems. What I was saying is that any USDM production-car traction control is NOT designed for faster laptimes- it's designed for fewer crashes. The STi in showrooms now *might* be faster with the VDC active, but I will believe that when a professional driver goes around a racetrack faster with it than without it. That has nothing to do with competition systems.
Read the first line of my last post again:
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Originally Posted by BAN SUVS
You're confusing banned Formula 1 traction control systems with the kind of traction control Federalized, street-legal vehicles get.
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I'm not debating the merits of FIA-style traction control. I'm talking about electronic nannies to keep stupid Americans from crashing their car because they think they can do what they want in bad conditions. |
I agree with that statement in the case of SUV's and station wagons but the TC systems that come on sports cars do aide in faster lap times. Where as a good driver can make a mistake and correct for it, or slide the car around and still have control it still doesn't make for faster lap times, TC by not allowing these things to happen although maybe not as fun do account for faster lap times. Regardless of how tuned a drivers senses are and their skill level they can never match the speed and response of dedicated systems of sensors and actuators that can allow a car to be driven to it's exact enevlope and not cross over. I'll try to find the video of the Japan test where they were attempting to do exactly what you claim, they thought they could lap faster with traction control turned off and they ended up proving they couldn't.