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Old 10-03-2012, 04:22 PM   #18 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by niky View Post
Understeer is always preferable. Because when something unusual happens, people have two instincts:

1. Let go of the gas.
2. Hit the brakes.

Either of these actions will tend to cancel out understeer and cause oversteer...
I agree, in most modern cars the setup is just to reduce the oversteer rather than go into oversteer - sometimes it is so slight that most drivers don't even notice. If they oversteer they think it is unstable, which is kind of true I suppose.

If they hit the brakes something like ASC will make sure they avoid the wall / fence / ditch by preventing oversteer via adjustng the brakes using the ABS system.
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