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Old 06-21-2004, 02:10 PM
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I can't speak for Chris, but from racing cars and following Motor Sports I can kinda understand what he was trying to say there...

"unchangeable drift" would be a slide initiated through understeer (front wheels slipping). Understeer, even though it is a loss of control, is more controllable as your car wouldn't be doing a bunch of 360's in the road. "outta control" would therefore be a slide initiated by oversteer (rear wheels slipping).

From Chris' acct of the accident, it seems like he understeered for most of the slide, and only oversteered at the very end.

-Chike
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Originally posted by arondale
What is the difference between "outta control" and "unchangeable drift"??
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