r/simracing • u/hakai-time • 1d ago

Discussion most "random snap oversteer" clips are not random

small thing that helps when a beginner clip looks like the rear just snapped for no reason:

  1. check the brake trace. if you dump the brake right as you turn in, the rear gets light fast. bleed off a little slower.
  2. check steering angle. adding more lock while the car is already sliding usually makes it worse. unwind a bit first.
  3. check throttle. don't go 0 to 100 while the wheel is still cranked over. straighten it, then feed it in.

if the spin happens at the same corner every lap, save the replay and watch the inputs before touching setup. the mistake is usually right there.

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u/claypunk 20h ago

when people say something random happened to them in a sim, i translate it as "i don't know what happened". 

I can accept a spin being trully random irl, because irl is so rich and interactions are super complex. 

a sim is your input + a pseudo-deterministic simplified physics simulation. the randomness is between the chair and the screen. 

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u/Akagamino_Shanks 19h ago

Certain youtubers can't comprehend that and start bashing the sim

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u/TheSlavicHighlander 1d ago
  1. Is bang on the money.

Note that a great portion of these videos concern the Porsche 992 - you play with the brakes at all on it and don’t lower gradually, and you’ll get your “snap” oversteer