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Old 10-26-2003, 12:22 AM   #16 (permalink)
Lotus Fury
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Lifting the Throttle during a turn can actually spin you the opposite way of the turn. If you're drifting (intentionally or not) through a turn and lift the throttle the back tires act like brakes and the car reacts like someone kicked the rear of the car in the opposite direction.

Example:

During a left hand turn I was massively oversteering the car. The rear of the car was spinning towards the right. As soon as I lifted the throttle the car immediately spun to the left. When I hit thewall I contacted with the front left bumper first then the car spun even harder to the left and hit the left rear corner. Very luckily no one got hurt and I managed to not even get a ticket for anything (despite me pretty much deserving one). That was a very expensive mistake.
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