Starting not to trust GTVault...

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If you've got a car that gets airborne or thrown off course by the slightest upset, typically a high stabilizer value is the culprit. The stabilizers are also called "anti-roll bars" so naturally they are meant to arrest the natural rolling motion of a car traveling over a surface which is not level perpendicular to the direction of motion. They are meant to keep the two wheels on the same axle on, or close to the same plane relative to the car's position in space. (Sorry if my geometrical explanations are confuzzing you. I'll try to find some way to put them in simpler terms...) So, if your stabilizers are set too high, and you run over something, say the curbing on the inside of a corner at Opera, the wheels will not have the range of motion to absorb the impact, and the energy will then be transferred to the chassis, throwing the car off its intended line of travel.

The major culprit is usually the spring rates being far too high to absorb the motion transfer. Secondary culprit would be the shock absorbers being set to high and not actually absorbing the shock as they were designed to do. However, most folks overlook the stabilizers because they play such a limited, backup role in the car's suspension dynamic. If these are set too high, even when all else is perfect, it can spell disaster at the least little bounce.

Does that make any sense to you?

Damn ig, thanks for the info.
 
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If you've got a car that gets airborne or thrown off course by the slightest upset, typically a high stabilizer value is the culprit.

Yea that was one of the major problems, I would come up over the hump at nurb and would go airborne and when I land I slam on the brakes to stay stable but I end up in the wall anyways.
 
Yea that was one of the major problems, I would come up over the hump at nurb and would go airborne and when I land I slam on the brakes to stay stable but I end up in the wall anyways.

:lol: Your talking about the one right after the first check point, right?
 
Yea the one before the right turns that lead to the chicane.

That's Flugplatz, and the approach to that particular corner has always been tricky for most drivers. Best approach for that is to reduce speed a bit before the hump, to be sure that your traction loss is minimized. I promise you, tapping the brakes here is a lot less costly than sliding completely off course in the corner. It'll also set you up that you can apex the corner at or near WOT.

If this corner in particular is the area of concern for you, then your problem is actually a matter of approach angle. With your stabilizers being set as they were, as well as your shocks, your suspension is fine. Work on setting up your approach to Flugplatz to ease the problem.
 
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