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Old 09-20-2013, 10:00 AM   #140
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Originally Posted by regal View Post
The FRS is obviously faster in a straight line and right out of the box is nearly as good handling, but its not perfectly neutral yet. Its silly the way they set the car up to oversteer and be unsprung up front, why not just make a neutral car ?
Are you still on stock tires? I remember trying to autocross on stock tires and the tail coming around everywhere under power.

But it's a different story when you change tires. On decent summer performance tires, with just maintenance throttle, the FR-S will understeer slightly. But it's very close to being neutral. You can transition it to oversteer with moderate throttle or lift.

Personally I think the FR-S suspension was setup from the factory with mild to aggressive (ultra high, max, extreme) performance street tires in mind. Ditching the stock Prius tires would probably make you very happy.
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