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Originally Posted by stugray
I want whatever you are smoking! You have almost everything you said backwards. You never want a racecar that understeers.
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That's not true, it's driver preference. Ideally you'd want entirely neutral but that isn't always the case so racecars get setup to land either a bit loose or a bit tight depending on what the driver feels more comfortable manipulating (oops, oversteer or understeer). It's almost impossible to get the car bang on perfect, especially over an extended amount of laps. Drivers don't tend to reveal their preferences and I haven't been paying much attention to motorsport recently but I know Jenson Button prefers a bit of understeer:
http://safeisfast.com/qa_sessions/7#.UmlNMvmsh8E
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I normally set the car up with a bit of understeer so that I can look after the rear tyres. But sometimes, if you set the car up with too much understeer you end up hurting the rears anyway because your positioning is wrong at the exit.
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