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      04-15-2012, 07:29 PM   #1
ThunderMoose
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Drives: PY E46 M3 and SG E46 M3
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: League City, TX

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A lil spin out at Texas World Speedway

I have been tracking for about a year and a half now. For the first year (~3 events), I was driving my E92 daily driver, so traction control seemed to be very prudent. Last December I bought an E46 just for the track. Even then, I was still keeping DSC on as I learned the car. This weekend I decided it was time to ween myself off of traction control.

I ended up spinning twice in my first session with it off + some oversteering through the chicanes. It was helpful having the SoloDL as I thought I simply let off the gas through my two spins, but it appears that I was braking while turning in both cases. I avoided spins the rest of the weekend by dialing it back a bit and making absolutely sure to straight-line braking + to stay on throttle through the turns. Very humbling but good experience.


Here's a video of a few laps from my first session with DSC off. Spin is at 2:57.

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