Traction Control does not Brake the Slipping Wheel

Already fixed in 0.18


As shown in the picture. One drive wheel nodegrabbed up and throttle applied. The ESC reduced throttle but brake temp remain unchanged, and both of the car doesn't move an inch

 

Standard traction control systems do not actuate the brakes, they only reduce throttle input if the system detects the wheels are slipping from power, hence the lack of torque shown from the apps. It is behaving in the same way a real vehicle would in this situation. A fair amount of vehicles don't brake vector. I wouldn't expect a base model sunburst.

Edit: my info is wrong

 

Well looks like you didn't know the whole picture. Brake vectoring is present after the ESC implemention and until 0.15, however in 0.16 and 0.17 the TCS has a bug(already mentioned before 0.17) that prevent the TC from doing brake vectoring.
If you look into the "base model" Sunburst's ESC code you'll find that both the throttle factor and brake factor are not zero, meaning that it'll brake and reduce gas at the same time.

Code:

                    //TCS
                    "slipThreshold": 0.05,
                    "minThrottleFactor": 0.05,
                    "maxBrakingFactor": 0.85,
                    "throttleProportionalFactor": 3.5,
                    "throttleIntegralFactor": 5,
                    "brakingProportionalFactor": 2,
                    "brakingIntegralFactor": 1,
                    "brakeThrottleSwitchThreshold": 20,

Vehicle IRL is somewhat different. In early days TCS only brake and not reduce gas. Only modern vehicle TCS does brake and throttle reduction at the same time.
Note: Brake Vectoring is a term that describes an open differentialed vehicle that uses brake to improve cornering handling.

OP edited to be more polite instead of just saying "this".

 

I guess I learned something today. i tend to jump the gun a lot in conversations. Sorry about that.

 

In the esc.lua
line 397 to 407

Code:

        if crossWheelSlip <= currentESCConfiguration.slipThreshold then
          --tcsWheelBrakeTorques[wheelIdCache[i]] = 0
          --No slip here, let the next frame know that we have at least one good wheel
          throttleFactorData[throttleFactorName].allWheelSlip = throttleFactorData[throttleFactorName].allWheelSlipSmoother:getUncapped(0, dt)
        else
          --tcsWheelBrakeTorques[wheelIdCache[i]] = wheel.brakeTorque * wheel.tractionControlBrakeFactor
          --try to reduce the slip based on the current slip value and the last frame's information about allWheelSlip
          tcsActive = true --activate the esc light
          throttleFactorData[throttleFactorName].tcsActive = true
          throttleFactorData[throttleFactorName].allWheelSlip = throttleFactorData[throttleFactorName].allWheelSlipSmoother:getUncapped(1, dt)
        end

The "tcsWheelBrakeTorques" has been "--"ed
And in line 458

Code:

    tcsBrakeMode = "hold"
    tcsThrottleMode = "reduce"
    tempRevLimiterTimer = 0.3

There's no "hold" function afterwards, only "reduce" and "relax"

 

Can you replicate this problem while the car has it's wheels all on the ground? I'm reasonably sure lifting only one wheel up for an extended period of time is a use case for TCS most manufacturers would not consider in detail. In fact, many cars disable TCS when only the fronts or rears are spinning for emissions and dyno testing. After all, it's hard to get a good smog rating if the traction police won't let the tires spin.

 

As shown, all wheels are on the ground. ESC sport mode, Throttle cut(-64Nm engine torque) and no brakes.

In game version 0.14 ESC sport mode, the braking force is significant and the acceleration is faster.