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Originally Posted by litemup
Duly noted. Guess I need to start looking for some BRZ springs. 
Edit: I take it back. There is an SAE definition for the terms as well as a specific test. I'm slapping my forehead for having forgotten it from school. Simply put, with the vehicle going in a fixed-radius circle, while gradually increasing speed, at the limits of adhesion, what does the driver have to do to maintain the fixed radius?
Turn more = understeer
Turn less = oversteer
I've been practising this in empty parking lots since I first started driving the car but failed to remember the reason why I did it the first time - tuning the suspension of our formula SAE car in college. DUH!
(yeah, I finally played that card)
Sticking to my original argument, the FR-S is pretty damn neutral. Pick up the speed steadily and one feels all 4 wheels let go at the same time.
This is a very specific test and, by itself, is not a fair way to describe overall handling. Compared to any other reasonably accessible performance machine on the road, out of the box, nothing comes close to either of these cars.
...IMHO |
You just restated what I already said, a single event corner. So next time you decide to drive in big circles in parking lots go ahead try to suddenly flip the wheel the other way. The FRS will spin out before the BRZ.
Still stock for stock the BRZ is the (minutely) faster car around a given road course. does thay really matter? Depends on how you use your car, certain classes in autoX/racing then sure but once you modify the cars suspension it's irrelevant. I'd still rather have the BRZ because a multiple of reasons (the only objective one being the Bi-Xenons) but there are other threads for that.