Thanks Betty and Jase for the great explanations of what TTO and throttle steering are :D . Now I can actually understand what you all are talking about.

Good for you Pari. Now here's a quiz, does your car come with a throttle? And for 50,000 bonus points, how do you operate it? :P

Here's a quiz for you Jim, can you remember what your throttle blip sounded like? Have you started making vroom vroom noises while sitting in Dino yet? And for the last question have you found the purple lipstick you have been looking for to match dino yet? Some purple highheels would go well with the lipstick :P
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AHHHH.... I love Smack! :twisted:
Thanks for the fix Pari.

Oh! OH! Now here's something I can definitely help with! I just happened to buy a pair of killer purple, snakeskin heels today.....What size do you wear Jim? :lol:

Great explanations guys. I love these kind of threads.

And Jim, Pari's got you on the "my car is faster" for now. Even after the rebuild, how are you going to compete with a 600hp, 1200lb SC?

:lol: Smack down :twisted: !!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ROFL

Anytime Ted, I learned from one of the best, Smackman :wink: !

Throttle steering is, for me, what makes this exhilarating. When I discovered at the HPDC this past April that I could essentially dance my car through a cone slalom course using only the throttle, I was hooked. It meant that driving could be like downhill skiing if only I could master the art of balance and control.

I guess I'm not there yet since I'm still wary of TTO. I've played with TTO some between turns 6 and 7 at Summit Point, but I'm more comfortable with power oversteer as it seems more controlled. TTO does seem necessary--and I found this out instinctually--when I've early apexed carrying a lot of speed and have too little grip at the front to steer. A quick lift on the throttle seems to slow the car down, restore grip at the front, and get the back end rotating around the turn in the direction I'd like to be going. But it's the loss of grip at the back that makes me wary (though I'm learning that if I lift only gently the slide is more controlled). Fortunately, when I've done this I've had the foresight to get back hard on the throttle before the back end rotates too much, which seems to allow the oversteer to continue while the car accelerates around the turn, at least until front end becomes unloaded again, but hopefully by then I'm exiting the turn and ready for a nice drift to the outside.

I know, this is probably all very basic, but I'm still finding it fascinating. And I'm realizing there are a lot of variables, as Jase has mentioned, that I can still learn.

It is going to vary quite a bit from car to car model and power available. TTO and sometimes opposite lock at the Oak Tree for me and definitely throttle steer at5, 6,7 at S.P
Dirk