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Originally Posted by mcsoul
I was thinking about this slip sensation you guys are describing and then I remembered watching video of the initial reviews for the Ferrari 488, it has something called SSC (Side slip angle control) which softens the dampers in the rear to help find traction under load. The reviewers (more than one) described a sensation that sounds similar to what you are talking about. Then I remembered that the 488 has very similar MRC dampers from Delphi, maybe SSC (or something very similar in code base) is just a software enhancement that can be added to any Delphi MRC deployment and not necessarily proprietary to Ferrari.
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I read about that system on the 488, it did seem like it could be just software but you never know with these things. I would imagine the sensation is a bit similar - only Camaro doesn't have the system and everything flexes side-to-side as well as up-and-down. BMR has a few videos of the suspension during some hard driving, filmed with a gopro attached to the bottom of the car.
GM does have some brilliant chassis engineers, maybe they thought it all out and the flex is engineered into the car. I just didn't like the way it feels, knowing exactly what the car is doing and being able to control is is a big part of driving a proper sports car. I'm not going to set any lap records anyway.