So when you play games (say Forza Horizon) and you see the more high end sports cars have spoilers that move up and down when it comes to high speeds and breaking instead of being static. Why do some cars do this? What’s the benefit to the engineering behind it?
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Spoilers don’t simply make a car better at all times. What they do is increase drag (slow you down), but increase traction(faster around corners). The angle of the spoiler dictates how much drag is created that then gets translated into traction.
The dynamic changing of the spoiler is an advantage because you don’t always need traction, like on a straight. So the spoiler changes its angle to reduce drag. That lets the car go faster.
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