chgoblue

Not sure everyone knows this, but the HUD not only shows your G-force through the turns, but keeps it up there for a few seconds so you can see it after you're done with the turn, and can focus on it more safely!

Pretty cool feature if you're driving on curvy roads.

All you do is hit the 'Options' button on the upper left hand side of the dash.

PS: No, not much on RTFM!

btw- has anyone noticed the force where the tires break loose? Should be about 1G, but wondered about first-hand experience.

dr.stephan

I got a 1.06 recently and the tires *barely* broke lose...i could not believe it. I think its how I approached the turn that got such a high number. My previous record was 0.99.

This is a Z51 6-speed Convertible.

chgoblue

Interesting. I should have mentioned that I have a Z51 07 A6, but I haven't pushed it to the limit, except for once when I pushed the car too fast into a turn on one of the canyon roads I drive on.

Tires broke loose, and would have bet my life I was going to end up in the guard rail with $4k in damage, but the car recovered...wouldn't have had time to see the G-force, but it obviously would have been too high.

cclive

Remember though that as the tires break loose, the G-force will drop, so a turn where you lose it may or may not actually show a higher G number on the display.

AFVETTE

Yup. Sliding reduces lateral grip.

Tom

chgoblue

Good point, but after thinking about it for a few seconds, trust me, the last thing I'd be doing is wondering what my G-force if the car's skidding!

cclive

Then again, when the car hits the wall, the G number will really go up

EDinPA

There is also a way to recall your highest g reading for a drive cycle before you shut it down.



How to: post 17
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c6-c...l-control.html

chgoblue

Damn, another thing I just learned. Guess you're not gonna make it easy ,...so I'll have to RTFM!

Knob Jockey

Hold the page button down to display the highest G number.

This works once then you have to start over.

geewez

How exactly does the car measure the G-force? Is there a built in G-force meter somewhere behind the dash?

cclive

There are very accurate sensors that provide info for the Active Handling system among other things. It's really easy to just pull that info from the computer system and display it.

bps999

track day peak reading 1.25. G-tech, not HUD... street tires.

chgoblue

Thanks, didn't really want to have to RTFM this weekend.


bps999: track day peak reading 1.25. G-tech, not HUD... street tires. Wheweeeeeeee.

FortMorganAl

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/1571069821-post8.html

And it doesn't continue to display "for a few seconds". It is fairly instantaneous all the time. You can recall the highest since the car was last started by holding the Page button which is the second one down on the left.