Poll: Oversteer or understeer?

[Peissi]

So, which way you prefer your car to act and why?
For me, an understeering setup is the quickest way around the track.
I just love the feeling that I really have to push the car into the corner and through it.👍

 

[Cultlife]

I prefer slight understeer... usually. But then there's times I want the back to slide out too.

I voted understeer, heh.

 

[cb8673]

Neutral. I like knowing I can put the car exactly where I want it without having to over-correct.

 

[spyrrari]

oversteer ...always!!...common,understeer is no fun at all....

understeering a car thru a corner is like waiting for the pizza guy...you have to wait longer than you want...

with oversteering you can at least get on the power soon to "push" the car thru the corner instead of waiting for the right moment to accelerete out of a corner while understeering....



spyrrari.

 

[Fujiwara-kun]

I voted for the oversteer.

Drifting is great 👍

Starting grip drifting Suzuka. Its going well

 

[kingcars]

Neutral is the fastest for me, but the most fun is a slight bit of oversteer.

 

[slicksabo]

Oversteer all the way.....Whats the fun in diving deep into a corner (last corner of Fuji F) and then turning and waiting???? oversteer (in my opinion) gives you lots more options in how to take a corner and offers more possibilities for corrections during the corner. With Understeer, if you turn in too late youre screwed. It takes more skill to perfect controlling oversteer...mainly patience and smooth feet!👍

 

[Vaxen]

Neutral for me. I like to concentrate on where to point the car, rather than how to do it.

 

[Jack]

Hmm I like it to be neutral but with a little oversteer thrown in the mix. I like the car to be set up so it will grip when thrown at the apex, but then on the exit its always fun to get the tail sliding.

 

[Jantsu92]

Oversteer of course! I like that when I can control car exactly like I want. I hate understeer because the car doesn't turn to corner when I want.

 

[gator of kana]

I choose oversteer because of I love drifting. If drifting wasn't invented then I would go for understeer because of the fun in FF cars. Thank you Japan for creating a type a style we now call drifting

 

[Nicksfix]

Oversteer by far , gives you the most feel of control of your car

 

[JohnBM01]

This is always an interesting question. It all depends on your driving style. I'd prefer more oversteer to better performance out of corners with a car that's well set up. However, I'd prefer more understeer for cars that are tougher to drive. Any car I can drive easily needs some oversteer. Any car I can't drive easily needs some understeer for better control. If I had to choose, I'd rather the rear wheels to lose traction than for the front wheels to lose traction because hairpin turns are terrible when the car refuses to turn properly (understeer).

So have me down for oversteer. This for a guy who still haven't played GT5: Prologue yet to know what the experience is like.

 

[Rykon Zero]

I perfer neutral to oversteer. I like directing the car presicely, but I like being able to drift the car if I want to.

 

[sesselpupser]

As a fan of a number of AWD cars (coincidental, not because I love AWD), I'd say neutral, but that's only because you can generally tune an AWD car to give you the understeer of an FWD, or the oversteer of an RWD, whereas its nigh on impossible to get an FWD to drift and powerful RWD's will never understeer under power.

So really it depends on the track, one with nice wide corners like, say, Fuji, can be fun with understeer because you can point it in the corner quite deep, get past the apex then pin open the throttle and end up on the outside of the corner without really trying, but for tracks like London it can be more fun to go with a harder compound for the rear tyre, make the rear higher and softer and apply a front brake bias, that way you can put the car in the corner facing the wrong way, swing it round, dab the brakes (very hard) then apply the throttle and it'll go round, albeit a bit slower than if you did it properly but where's the fun in that?

I think I'm getting carpal tunnel syndrome now, time to stop

 

[Tobias123]

I'm fastest with a bit of oversteer(I let the car turn itself often.) But I voted neutral, as it lets me be more consistent.

 

[kart racer]

Neutral ,don't mind slight oversteer.Understeer means to me that I missed the setup.

 

[supersonic-88]

I like a fairly neutral setup with some oversteer so i can drive well but still kick the rear of the car out on slow corners

 

[InTransit]

I prefer a fairly neutral car and like my car to do exactly as I tell it to.

That being said. I don't mind getting the back end to step out and prefer that over ploughing through the front tyres during corner entry or exit.

Like some racers say, 'understeer is never fast.'

Of course a very mild bit of understeer tends to inspire confidence in a driver a lot quicker.

It all depends on your driving style and how you like the car to behave through corner entry, apex and exit.

 

[BayConRong]

I prefer oversteer, I mean, who doesn't like to drift?

 

[Leonidae]

Oversteer has saved me more often than neutral or understeery handling. but the type of oversteer means a lot too.. power over is funb, but I prefer to cause the oversteer with my steering inputs rather than just smashing the throttle. scandinavian flick FTW

 

[NLxAROSA]

Neutral. I like knowing I can put the car exactly where I want it without having to over-correct.

+1. But, in the case I make a mistake, some oversteer (especially liftoff or power oversteer) can save the day. Understeer will not. So I want to have some oversteer at my disposal, just in case.

 

[rexc]

I try to go for a neutral setup, so if you do get a bit of understeer, lifting off will switch you to oversteer. Well thats the nice theory anyway. As usual practice can be a little different.

 

[Shakespeare]

Voted for oversteer cuz i hate waiting so logn to turn. A slightly oversteering car is allways easier to direct to me and it is also much fun. But i prefer neutral if i want a really fast lap.

 

[DaddyVDUB]

Neutral for me just the way I like most things predictable.

 

[Jay]

I like a neutral car that can be pushed into a predictable smooth oversteer on demand. So really a FR with great balance.

 

[Leonidae]

how about both Imprezas? they have nice stability, but tap the brake and rear breaks loose. Perfect for braking deep into corner.

 

[Shaun]

I like a neutral car that can be pushed into a predictable smooth oversteer on demand. So really a FR with great balance.

+1 👍

Suits my style of driving.

 

[Soundtrack]

As you gave the choice, I picked Neutral. Otherwise oversteer definitely suits me better than understeer.

 

[Tired Tyres]

I choose Neutral as well but given a choice I'd like a little bit of understeer to go with it.

That's generally the quickest way around a race track in the real world.

Oversteer is the most fun though.