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      01-26-2022, 02:49 PM   #1
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Launch Control on a downhill?

Living in a big city, I rarely am able to find places to use launch control. I found myself going down an extremely secluded street and wondered why I needed to stop at the stop sign when there is not a single person or vehicle around. Given that I was already at a complete stop anyway, I decided to test out my launch control. Only issue was that I was on a slight (5-10 degree) downhill. Activated launch control and blasted off, but my rear wheels were losing a ton of traction. It was fun, but didn't really seem controlled. Never had this issue on flat ground.
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Try it off a cliff and the rear wheels will be even less useful.
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Living in a big city, I rarely am able to find places to use launch control. I found myself going down an extremely secluded street and wondered why I needed to stop at the stop sign when there is not a single person or vehicle around. Given that I was already at a complete stop anyway, I decided to test out my launch control. Only issue was that I was on a slight (5-10 degree) downhill. Activated launch control and blasted off, but my rear wheels were losing a ton of traction. It was fun, but didn't really seem controlled. Never had this issue on flat ground.
Of course it was spinning a lot. Downhill means the front tires we're loaded making the rear light and unable to put the power down effectively
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Engine + driver in front. Rear wheel drive. Do the math.
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Seems like a bad idea. It could have gone sideways (literally) really quick.
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Living in a big city, I rarely am able to find places to use launch control. I found myself going down an extremely secluded street and wondered why I needed to stop at the stop sign when there is not a single person or vehicle around. Given that I was already at a complete stop anyway, I decided to test out my launch control. Only issue was that I was on a slight (5-10 degree) downhill. Activated launch control and blasted off, but my rear wheels were losing a ton of traction. It was fun, but didn't really seem controlled. Never had this issue on flat ground.
The answer to everything is AWD that kicks in in the front wheels when the rear loses traction.
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