Over-steer or Under-steer... that's the question...

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Originally Posted by GmanMD

Just thought the following would be interesting to read. It's from Wikipedia:
It should be noted that the judgement of a car's handling balance is not an objective one. Driving style is a major factor in the apparent balance of a car. This is why two drivers with identical cars on the same race team often run with rather different balance settings from each other. And both may call the balance of their cars 'neutral'.[/I]

The full explanation of oversteer/understeer is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oversteer

This is so true. How different drivers set up for a corner greatly affects perceived car balance and handling. This is why every car that is driven to the limits of traction should be set up for driver style and preference. John and Jim might (and probably would) drive the same car and one would notice distinct understeer, the other would find the car very neutral to his driving style. Care to guess which one is which??