Chassis Reinforcement

[Kingsly]

Is the chassis reinforcement bad for your car?
I have bought it for about 10 of my cars and i think they handle a lot worse.
Has that happened to anyone else or just for me? I have since stopped buying them and hoping for an explanation to this.

 

[freight48]

It's a waste of money to be honest.

 

[Sandy106]

I could never tell the difference between a car that has it and a car that doesnt.

 

[AcceptYourDeath]

I won`t buy that, and i never did! It could be handy for rally maybe.

 

[caladina]

it will stiffen the chassis, you will need to set the car up accordinly, if you have a stiff chassis and a too stiffer set-up the car won't have enough give in the suspension to absorb braking dive or body roll, it will break grip, sticky tyres help

all stiff is good while its gripping but it lets go quicker than soft

soft is bad because it wallows but doesnt snap away as quickly

a stiff car will lock its tyres almost straight way if you jump on the brakes hard

its about knowing what you got under you and what your style of driving is, some people like it hard some people like it soft..........(leave it!!!)

 

[10Ten]

my full mod M3 was surgically precise until i ran it into so many walls. then its precision, ability to hold a line, and ability to land flat from a jump went away, and the thing is just kinda soft. eventually i bit the bullet and did the reinforcements. then it was as precise as before. but that's a lot of credits for that. i only do the chassis maintenance when i really need it. most cars won't need it, at least up to where i'm at (level 24 or 25).

 

[ElSecundo]

Is the chassis reinforcement bad for your car?

"Here's 20 thousand credits. Can you please do something sucky to my car?"

Kingsly, I'll go with Caladina here. That said, if PD's model is true to real life, then probably every street car could use a stiffer chassis to go racing, especially if you're going to add power. Before carbon fiber, it was a real challenge for chassis constructors to make a car that was both rigid and lightweight -- both good in a racing environment.

Now that I think of it, I'd like to get two of the same car, add some power to both, and stiffen the chassis on one. Take them to the track and look at the lap times.

 

[Kingsly]

Now that I think of it, I'd like to get two of the same car, add some power to both, and stiffen the chassis on one. Take them to the track and look at the lap times.

Thanks, i'll try that

 

[BKViper]

my full mod M3 was surgically precise until i ran it into so many walls. then its precision, ability to hold a line, and ability to land flat from a jump went away, and the thing is just kinda soft. eventually i bit the bullet and did the reinforcements. then it was as precise as before. but that's a lot of credits for that. i only do the chassis maintenance when i really need it. most cars won't need it, at least up to where i'm at (level 24 or 25).

He's not talking about the restore function in the paint, wheels, and areo section.
He is talking about the chassis stiffen bar in the tuning section, under "Body and Chassis".
The restore function is always a good idea, it's just figuring out when it is necessary, so as not to waste money, that is the trick.
I wish they only let you do it when it really needed it.
The Chassis Stiffen Bar however can have detrimental effects, as others have described above, if the extra stiffness causes the car to break grip.

 

[tribolik]

In some cars it will make them understeer alot but will make them also more stable when turning but for those that suffer with oversteer and unstable behavier it might be good

 

[caladina]

another way to see it, look at a normal road car when it brakes really hard in a straight line, the body dive it produces absorbs all the energy through the actualy diving effect, ie pushing down on the springs and sending all of the cars weight to the front, which can be good for a road car,

take it to the extreme and lock the springs solid so the car is effectivle as stiff as possible, brake hard in a straight line and there is no where other than the tires for all that stopping force to go, the tires will become unable to grip in a much much shorter time and the car will simply lock up and skid
bad for a road car but great for a race car as they very rarely come to a full stop in a race lap

so you have all the cars energy and motion going straight to the tires with wallow or dive, if you have something like an f1 car thats as light as possible and has the stickest tyres possible this is going to work out great, as long as the tires hold out (they don't) as long as you stay on the track and not ride the kerbs and he track is smooth

anything else will need some roll and dive to absorb a bit of the energy, the better the cars aero and race build the stiffer you can go

again its all about setting up the car to your style, i've not added stiffners in gt yet as you don't need them, the suspension adjustment will cater for this

 

[Luca_Toni_perna]

Chassis reinforcement was what helped ZR1 win "like the wind"
I lost maybe 20 times straight and was so desperate to win
so I bought and instantly won. I felt a huge difference on that car.

 

[BPskeet69]

Damit, i have it on 90% of my cars. Lots of them have understeer aswell. And theres absolutely no way to get rid of it?

 

[DMoss84]

Most cars will absolutely 100% perform better with the chassis reinforcement. This allows many cars to corner faster on smooth surfaces; however, your car will respond more erratically in bumps - but this can be addressed via tuning dampers, spring rate, and roll bars.


If you know little about tuning, I suggest you do not buy the chassis reinforcement.