Stamina and G-forces in Monte Carlo

[DaveKillens]

Good point Ciro, that concept I wasn't thinking of. When you think of it, when a driver goes over a harsh bump or curb, the negative G's must be there. First they get slammed up by the curb, then pulled down by the downforce of the car making it pronounced, then the impact of landing. And for instance, when Webber flipped his Mercedes at LeMans, it was on a crest leading downwards, at speed.

[King of Spades]

Thinking now about the car, for lateral acceleration is pointless to make a distinction (unless you need to decide, as for example while using accelerometers for data logging, that left is positive and right negative or viceversa but it’s purely convention)...

Based on the conventional Cartesian co-ordinate system it is likely that if g-forces are positive in the downward direction, they are also positive in the starboard and forward directions. Similarly, negative g-forces would be in the upward, port and backward directions.