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Originally Posted by sperry
Second, in real life, with modern tire and suspension technology, you will *never* be faster on tarmac e-brake sliding the car that you would be driving with grip. Even those fancy rally drivers that like to e-brake turn 1st gear hairpins are probably not going any faster than they would by just driving the corner with a proper apex. Sliding would only be faster in a corner that would require a 3 point turn otherwise.
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I'm going to venture into this forum to disagree with this statement. Yes in general grip driving is faster on tarmac and definitely in a track enviroment. However, in rally they aren't really driving on pure tarmac, they are driving on a road that is mostly likely covered in dirt and debris if from other rally cars if nothing else. Sliding is occasionally faster in a rally situation and definitely safer (crashing is ALWAYS slower, haha). There is a thread by a WRC driver on NASIOC that talks about this, it's pretty insteresting.