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I know what 4WS is. I searched for it on here and didn't find anything.

Can someone explain to me how it works (as in when it works). To my unederstanding 4WS only kicks in under 40kmh (that's how it was on my friend's eunos I think).

I also have a friend with an MX6 ??? and he said he tried drifting and the 4WS just f**ks it up for him.

R32 GT-R do have 4WS right? When is it active?

Thanks in advance

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I know what 4WS is.  I searched for it on here and didn't find anything.

Can someone explain to me how it works (as in when it works).  To my unederstanding 4WS only kicks in under 40kmh (that's how it was on my friend's eunos I think).

I also have a friend with an MX6 ??? and he said he tried drifting and the 4WS just f**ks it up for him.

R32 GT-R do have 4WS right?  When is it active?

Thanks in advance

The 4ws system in Skylines is called 'HICAS' - do a search for that and you'll turn up a bazillion threads with the info you need....

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HICAS, rear wheels turn 3mm either way after 80klm. Theres an extra 2 oil lines that run to your rear wheels that are fed pressure once you hit 80klms. If have trouble drifting with hicas ( need slightly quicker reaction time ) can buy a kit to block of the 2 extra lines or can simply put to screws into the lines to stop the pressure being fed to your rear wheels.

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thanks for that falcon

helps explain it quite easily.

so the advantage of HICAS is that you can corner better at higher speed right?

Wouldn't it wear the tyres faster and also make it harder to break traction?

Is the rear wheel steering as responsive as the fronts? Like is it quick enuff that it can be safe to go from OP lock to OP lock?

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so the advantage of HICAS is that you can corner better at higher speed right?

Wouldn't it wear the tyres faster and also make it harder to break traction?

Is the rear wheel steering as responsive as the fronts?  Like is it quick enuff that it can be safe to go from OP lock to OP lock?

Yup, the whole point of HICAS is to stop the rear end from breaking traction and allow ordinary mortals to corner faster. Hence why drifters and those that like to hang the tail out hate the system.

Tyre wear - shouldn't make any difference, if anything it would reduce wear. The angles shown on that diagram are exaggerated, in reality the system only changes the rear wheel angle by < 1.5 degree.

Quite safe to go from OP lock to lock - the reaction time of the system is very fast.

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