Vehicle running control apparatus

Abstract

A vehicle running control apparatus for executing a turn assist control which controls longitudinal forces of wheels so that longitudinal force of a turning inner wheel is lower than longitudinal force of a turning outer wheel by lowering the longitudinal force of the turning inner wheel. The lowering of the longitudinal force of the turning inner wheel is made more difficult to be started and a lowering amount of the longitudinal force of the turning inner wheel is set smaller when difficulty in driving vehicle by wheel drive forces is high as compared with the case where the difficulty in driving vehicle is low. The difficulty in driving vehicle includes at least one of resistance against vehicle movement by wheel drive forces and difficulty in transmitting driving forces from wheels to road surface.

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