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Yep, the progress bar causes oversteer...

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Old Jul 26, 2003 | 02:33 PM
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Yep, the progress bar causes oversteer...

So I was on the way back to the city late last night...On the way to the Queensboro bridge from there are a bunch of constant radius, 90 degree left-hand turns. With no one in sight and two lanes to work with, I decided to see if I could make the rear kick out a little since everyone says the progress bar makes your car oversteer. I noticed the huge difference on highway sweepers but never saw this oversteer everyone was talking about, so I figured what the heck.

I entered the turn quick enough to hear the tires just a litte bit. I left it in 2nd and when I came up on the apex, I punched it a little and then lifted.

oh nelly. I HUNG that tail out for a good 3 seconds and countered to the right to get it back in line. It was kinda unexpected for the tail to jump out that much, but it was pretty easy to control. I guess that answers that question. Next time I'll take it to an empty parking lot...
Old Jul 26, 2003 | 03:59 PM
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I did that on a onramp once.. it was by mistake I was doing like 60 trying to slow down my back jus went out a little.. scared me ****less
Old Jul 26, 2003 | 08:16 PM
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that happened to me once going down a hill to exit a mall parking lot.. i think there was gravel on the road but other than that my addco works just fine... please be careful out there.
Old Jul 26, 2003 | 10:26 PM
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Yup. Snap oversteer. I wish it didn't happen so suddenly on the Maxima, but hey, what can you do, it's FWD.

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Old Jul 27, 2003 | 09:36 PM
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i like it, a fwd and oversteer...its just fun.
Old Jul 27, 2003 | 10:31 PM
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oversteer......hehe fwd drifts
Old Jul 27, 2003 | 11:57 PM
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yea i think there is a maxima drifting video on vqpower.com, go check it out if it still exist.
Old Jul 28, 2003 | 06:35 AM
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also remember that the 59th st. bridge onramp is really slippery. i bet you wouldn't drift and snap on a nicer road.
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