What is oversteer ? How does does a car oversteer ? Tips to do a controlled oversteer and the theory behind oversteering.
A car is said to be neutrally handled, if the car is pushed neither to the limit of oversteer nor to that of understeer. It is quite natural that the racing car drivers prefer their car to be in a slight oversteer condition to rotate the car around a corner. But still this seems to [...]
In contradiction to the common opinion, the modern rear wheel drive cars are much user friendly in regards of oversteer, as they are set up to understeer, and the powerful cars have onboard computer systems which can even brake the car automatically or override the throttle inputs by the driver. This is simply since understeer [...]
When the rear tires have a loss of traction while cornering, thus causing the rear of the car to head towards the outside of the corner. Drifting is actually a popular form of motor sport that originated in Japan, and is done by deliberately sending the car sideways through a series of corners. Technically speaking, [...]