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<blockquote data-quote="Redd" data-source="post: 100824" data-attributes="member: 200"><p>i too favour a slightly oversteery car. easier to take the turns as the rear tightens up the lines instead of the nose pushing wide.</p><p></p><p>that said, it is not impossible to tune a FWD for oversteer. anyone who thinks a FWD will only understeer needs to take a ride in my fat pig of a 156 at sepang. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>also, ive seen RWD cars understeer like hogs. yes, im talking about ur bimmers here, too. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>so im gonna just stick to the under/oversteer references and keep the FWD/RWD out of this. im sure most of u who've tracked recently know of this one particular white FWD which ran rings around RWD and 4WD cars. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>for novices, an understeering car is safer and more confidence inspiring. its more "instinctive" to recover from understeer vs oversteer. oversteer is more fun and dramatic, but also more punishing and less forgiving of mistakes.</p><p></p><p>at the end of the day, its who's quicker on the track that counts. in most cases, novices will be quicker in an understeering car due to higher confidence level and easier to drive on the limit. </p><p></p><p>where's the f.man when u want him? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>e46f, i remember a few years back a certain FWD marque won the ETCC (as it was called then) 2 yrs in a row. i guess things musta changed since then cos RWD cars won this year. maybe FWD will be back in vogue again next year, who knows eh? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>redd</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Redd, post: 100824, member: 200"] i too favour a slightly oversteery car. easier to take the turns as the rear tightens up the lines instead of the nose pushing wide. that said, it is not impossible to tune a FWD for oversteer. anyone who thinks a FWD will only understeer needs to take a ride in my fat pig of a 156 at sepang. :) also, ive seen RWD cars understeer like hogs. yes, im talking about ur bimmers here, too. :) so im gonna just stick to the under/oversteer references and keep the FWD/RWD out of this. im sure most of u who've tracked recently know of this one particular white FWD which ran rings around RWD and 4WD cars. ;) for novices, an understeering car is safer and more confidence inspiring. its more "instinctive" to recover from understeer vs oversteer. oversteer is more fun and dramatic, but also more punishing and less forgiving of mistakes. at the end of the day, its who's quicker on the track that counts. in most cases, novices will be quicker in an understeering car due to higher confidence level and easier to drive on the limit. where's the f.man when u want him? ;) e46f, i remember a few years back a certain FWD marque won the ETCC (as it was called then) 2 yrs in a row. i guess things musta changed since then cos RWD cars won this year. maybe FWD will be back in vogue again next year, who knows eh? ;) redd [/QUOTE]
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