Hyundai Elantra N TCR

A front-drive TCR saloon: the front axle brakes, turns and puts the power down. It rotates willingly when the rear is light, then pushes if you ask the loaded outside-front to pull and steer at once.

Finish the rotation off-throttle, open the wheel, then use the turbo. Protect the front tyre every lap.

Symptoms this car reads differently

Steps out on entry

Under hard braking the rear is lightly loaded; a sudden release can snap yaw. Bleed the pedal before adding lock.

Pushes at the apex

The front is already busy. More steering only heats the outside tyre — wait for the car to finish rotating.

Runs wide on power

Classic FWD power understeer. Unwind before committing to boost rather than asking one tyre to do two jobs.

Falls off over the stint

Front tyres pay for rushed entries and early throttle. Cleaner rotation keeps them alive.

What this car's answers lean on

Compared with other TCR cars

1. Anti-roll bars used more than on most cars like it
2. Tyre pressures used more than on most cars like it
3. Free changes — driving, not setup used more than on most cars like it
4. Braking system — bias, ABS, pressure
5. Camber, toe, caster
6. In-car driver aids and gearing
7. Damper clicks
8. Spring rates

What you cannot change on this car

• The differential is fixed on this car.
• Engine braking is not adjustable on this car.
• This car has no adjustable aerodynamics.
• Total brake pressure is not adjustable on this car.
• Gearing is fixed on this car.
• No third spring on this car.
• No adjustable bump stops on this car.
• This car has no dampers with that adjustment.