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Originally Posted by BobNovas
Are the G forces reported on traction circle readout thingy accurate?
Not meaning to criticize, but why aren't the G forces in the banked ring higher that on other sections of track - it looked like you were over 1 G both in the banked ring and on other places, but not noticably higher in the ring than the other places. Are they banked too?
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Yes Bob, they are accurate. They read lateral and longitudinal G force. The effect of banking is to place the car at an angle so that much of the lateral G force becomes a vertical vector, relative to the track surface. You get compressed
down, rather than
out to the side. That allows a higher total G load while staying within the car's lateral G limit.
Its interesting to see what happens if you overcook the banking - the forces push the car up [and in this case,
out] of the banking.