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Originally Posted by glhs837
Hi guys,
Heres my monthly question.
It was prompted by a discussion with an LEO (law enforcement officer) over at LXforums. Question in two parts, short form, yes or no answer, long form if you can/will share any tech details short of actual numbers/values, which I know you cannot.
1. Does HAL ever stop attempting to recover the vehicle from a spin?
2. Meaning, is there a point in the software where ESP just flat gives up? While discussing the suitability of the Charger to perform a PIT maneuver, it occured to me that PITing a vehicle with ESP (either as the car being stopped, or the one trying to stop the bad guys) might just lead to behavior never briefed to LEOs in the course of EVOC (Emergency Vehicle Operators Course)
EDIT, SRTEngineers are now in-thread, welcome.
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1) HAL will never give up on you, but he can't break the laws of physics. Tires can only generate so much force.
2) When continually cycling ESP from knocking someone sideways, it has the effect of slowing the car down as throttle is cut and various brakes are dragged. Even if you can't spin the perp out, I'd think you would be really slowing him down.
If you need a test driver to help you with Spin-n-pin manuevers, let us know!