{"id":32647,"date":"2020-09-21T03:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T10:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=32647"},"modified":"2020-09-03T16:19:28","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T23:19:28","slug":"q-can-i-use-the-g-load-ratings-from-my-data-system-to-tell-me-im-driving-the-limit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-can-i-use-the-g-load-ratings-from-my-data-system-to-tell-me-im-driving-the-limit\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: Can I use the g-load ratings from my data system to tell me I\u2019m driving the limit?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q: <\/strong><em>\u201c<\/em><em>I always read your content, love racing, and have a quick question on g-force. Are all &#8220;g&#8217;s&#8221; created equal? Meaning, I&#8217;m making 1.6g on a high-speed turn but only 0.8g when braking. If I&#8217;m more aggressive with braking, should I be able to make 1.6g on braking as well?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: From a physics perspective, yes, all g\u2019s are created equal, since that\u2019s the force of gravity. I haven\u2019t personally asked Sir Isaac Newton about this, but I\u2019m pretty sure gravity doesn\u2019t change! J<\/p>\n<p>The g\u2019s you experience in your car may not all be equal, though. Why? Because what you experience is affected by the amount of grip your car\/tires have, and that can change. For example, if you go through a fast corner, and you generate 1.6g, that might be because that part of the track has more grip. On top of that, if your car has any amount of aerodynamic downforce-generating abilities (wing, splitter, etc.), the faster you go, the more the car will be pushed into the track surface, generating more grip. Then, let\u2019s say you get to a braking zone, and the track surface has some type of sealer on it that makes it more slippery, then you\u2019re not going to generate the same amount of braking g\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>Having said that, it\u2019s easy to \u201cexplain away\u201d a lower g-load in a certain section of track, when it might be that you\u2019re just not driving the car as close to the limit there.<\/p>\n<p>If the track surface is identical, and there are no elevation or camber changes, then you should be able to generate very close to the same amount of g\u2019s in both the lateral (cornering) and longitudinal (braking) directions. If you\u2019re not, then that\u2019s a good thing to look at. Is it the track surface? Is it a problem with your brake system (i.e., the brake pads are not providing enough \u201cbite\u201d)? It could also be that the tires you\u2019re using generate more lateral than longitudinal grip, although the difference is small (not the difference between 1.6 and 0.8g\u2019s). Or, it might be pointing at your driving.<\/p>\n<p>All things being equal, the g-load you\u2019re capable to generating should be similar in cornering and braking.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: \u201cI always read your content, love racing, and have a quick question on g-force. Are all &#8220;g&#8217;s&#8221; created equal? Meaning, I&#8217;m making 1.6g on a high-speed turn but only 0.8g when braking. If I&#8217;m more aggressive with braking, should I be able to make 1.6g on braking as well?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32647"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32647\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32651,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32647\/revisions\/32651"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}