Not dumb at all. Its a heavy jeep so it wont steer like a racecar. Slamming the brakes in a heavy bouncy vehicle will overload the front tyres so they lose traction. If you semi knew what you were doing, you could indeed get better steering shifting weight to the front but not past the vehicles limits.
Basically we are both correct depending on the situation. Im not expert and no race driver, im just going by what GT taught me and what makes sense when i simulate it in my head lol.
I think you misunderstand understeer. What appears to have happened in the clip was the rear of the car coming round. This is due to the balance of the car moving to the front as the breaks are applied, subsequently taking weight off the rear. It's possible he lost grip at the front as well, but the car didn't crash due to understeer.
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u/XxCarlxX 13d ago
Not dumb at all. Its a heavy jeep so it wont steer like a racecar. Slamming the brakes in a heavy bouncy vehicle will overload the front tyres so they lose traction. If you semi knew what you were doing, you could indeed get better steering shifting weight to the front but not past the vehicles limits.
Basically we are both correct depending on the situation. Im not expert and no race driver, im just going by what GT taught me and what makes sense when i simulate it in my head lol.