Mattstruck wrote:chrisdoherty87 wrote:I always turn the ASC off when off the black stuff. In the bush, mud, rocky hillclimbs, creek crossings and other various terrain the traction control is great and works well. However on soft sand my personal feeling is that it interferes too much as it cuts power at first sign of wheelspin which then slows the vehicle. Where I prefer it to wheelspin a little with feathering the throttle and keep momentum up. This is a lot more enhanced in 2wd but also noticeable in 4 high. I have driven sand now with tc both on and disabled (as explained earlier in this thread) and find soft sand is now far better with it disengaged. However on hillclimbs I tried it just to test without tc and as expected it is useless without it.
Mate TC does not cut power. The ASC does cut power.
The TC does NOT.
All it does it brake slipping wheels so the wheels with traction turn.
TC does not, never has, never will, cut engine power.
TC is good in the sand, ASC is dreadful in the sand.
Im reading the same old misinformation about "TC in the sand" on other forums too.
Not sure who or why this myth is being spread.
My guess is most likely by people who do not know how the technology works...
TC is amazing in any situation any tyre or tyres loose traction. End of story.
Ok let me rephrase it. The tc on soft sand in 2wd has, in my case caused things to be more difficult than what it would of been if it wasn't turned on. It may not cut engine power so to speak but from what it feels like is happening is it gets a slight bit of wheelspin as expected coming up to a bit of soft stuff and instead of just a little bit of spin through it and continuing on with momentum, the tc brakes the wheel that is spinning and allows the other wheel to drive. Though in this case (soft sand) that wheel then spins which leads the TC to then brake that wheel and repeat the process. This has (once again in MY case) slowed the vehicle substantially and causes drama that wouldn't of been there if it just wheelspun a little. Also in some cases the TC does feel like it cuts power (not telling-asking) as on a wet slippery grassy paddock one time we went to have a little bit of fun and with ASC deffinately off and the TC working, the car refused to wheelspin and power just backed right off. Now if it is on a surface with such low friction how would it not wheelspin? I was under the impression that the TC braked one wheel and sent drive the the other wheel and if it did this a few times to no avail it then backs power off a bit. That was my seat of the pants feeling anyway.
And Cowboy Dave, yes it can be quite fun with no traffic around
