How to use SLIP ANGLE in Karting (tutorial)

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[woodleyjohnson]

Thank you for clarifying the difference between slip angle and drifting. I used to use slip angle and felt faster but I was told Im drifting and drifting slow you down. You've given me something to work on

[AhriUwU]

I think it's incredible that you're somehow the only person on youtube who can actually explain karting tips

[j.bryant]

This has got to be the best description of the magic of slip angle. I've watched a ton of videos and was just barely getting the concept.

[OskartWild]

I have watched some videos explaining slip angle, and I’m talking about famous YouTube channels/simracers.
I never got to understand what the hell it was.
And now, just watching your video, which is under 3 minutes long, I finally understand it!

You are a legend, Omar! Thank you for sharing this valuable piece of information with us.
When I drive in Karting Rivas again (the two floor track I showed you), I’ll try all of this and see how it works.
Thank you 🙏🏼

[Bluebird]

I always loved to use slip angle, but in rental karts you rarely can use it. So I was happy to use it when i found 16hp rentals, where it was a little bit more possible to use slip angles.
Then I tried a Rotax Senior, and I loved everything about it. I excessively used the slip angle. But when I started to put in a Mychron, where you can see the lines, and you also get a live delta time, Ia started to understand that with the grippy Race kart tires, slip angle is not really an advantage anymore. Because they are way more sticky, and if you slide, the rubber cant really stick. If you lift these karts from the ground for maintenance, you can hear a plop sound and you feel the resistance of getting the kart up let go, because of the sticky tires. With rentals, the compound is so hard, that slip angle can really help you in some corners. But with more stick tire, it mostly slows you down again.

[richardlemasters]

I'm a NEWBE there is a lot of great content in the channel!!! THANKS FOR SHARING!!!

[azaph_yt]

I understand what you are saying, but it's not easy to pull off. If I try to drive like driver B, I often end up sliding/drifting.
It actually works best for me in hairpins, when I lean out at the right moment, the cart rotates notably and I have a much better angle to start accelerating out of the corner. In fast corners I often go sideways too much, probably need to slow down more before the corner.

[hoineenietjij]

Personally driving big events in rental karting and i don’t totally agree with this one. Factors such as weight, tyres and track play a huge rol. 9/10 times any type of oversteer is a absolute no go in rentals because of lack of power. I would recommend watching some onboard laps of “ Jon de valle” he is a 3 time world champion now

[IcedFireboy]

I use slip angle a lot, especially in low downforce cars like the Ray FF1600 in iRacing. I only learnt about it about a month ago but I am so much faster now I know about it, around 5-6 seconds faster. I haven’t tried it in karting yet but I should be doing some open practice soon so I can’t wait to put it into practice! I know the slip angle will be high in LDF cars like karts and the Formula Ford which is why it looks like drifting even though it’s not.
I control it with maintenance throttle with the Formula Ford as 1. Most corners on the track I’m racing this week only need a lift (and because the car is so sensitive to weight transfer that sends lots of the weight to the fronts which induces oversteer) and 2. brake release is usually not enough. If the oversteer can’t be resolved with maintenance throttle I use passive countersteer (letting the force feedback countersteer for me) to keep all 4 tires on the limit for as long as possible, and if that doesn’t work I aggressively countersteer to make sure I don’t spin.

[yert]

I would love to see a video on how to properly warm up hard rental kart tires. Ex weaving/braking hard/driving hard in the corners. What’s the best method? Thanks for the content!

[Veer_Shandilya]

This is definitely gonna help me the next time I go for an arrive and drive and I like the new look of your videos! Keep ‘em coming 🔥🏎️

[lifeatthebackofthegrid]

I'm going to be giving this ago and see if I can improve some lap times! thanks for the explanation

[RainbowSheep_was_taken]

everytime i watch ur videos i get faster by 2 seconds on the track lmao. thanks!

[magicmatt]

I need to try this I think.

I’m just a weekend warrior, love Motorsport and driving karts.

Track I go to is indoor, using Sodi 270cc 9hp karts. I’m about 1 second off the best laps there, trying to work out where I’m going wrong, I believe it’s a hairpin where I’m slamming brakes on to break traction and rotate the kart. But might be drifting too much, might try slip angle.

[Skaloody]

thanks for that mate one of the biggest problems with my handling is that my cornering can be very choppy and the steering moves around alot every corner whilst still oversteering making me scrub speed but you did it very smoothy so thanks for the tip

[PrinceWillPlaysOfficial]

I used this to my advantage many of times when karting and won the race.

[marcellans]

I love the slip angle, and also need it to overcome my natural understeer (weight), I'm still practicing it, as I do not always get it right, and even in 1 heat, the grip differs round after round on the same spot sometimes. (and I know you know Omar :) )

[mib_ua]

Thank you for another informative and useful video!
Off-topic question: which action camera would you recommend for learning/working on mistakes?

[Haligonian]

Thanks for the awesome video! I would love to see some hotlap videos with no commentary so I can see (and hear) these techniques in action :)

[shenyuhao]

Thank you so much for clarifying that! I was wondering if the slip angle technique could also to applied to a back to back tight and short U turns considering the examples shown in the video are all wide corners. Much appreciated!