[Vracer111]

You are really feeling the difference between and older FWD vehicle and newer RWD vehicle. I depowered the power steering on my 90 Integra RS...and it was marvelous, though slow speed turning really worked your arms; depowered/devalved quick ratio power rack + Nitto NT01's tires + small diameter MOMO Monte Carlo steering wheel (320mm). The chassis on that car sucked in comparison to the FR-S though, one big limp noodle - chassis deflecton was crazy when jacking it up.

FWD vehicles will have a different feel in the wheel due to them also being the drive wheels in addition to steering...you will never get the same feeling through the wheel with a RWD car. What a precision driving focused RWD car like the FR-S will give you though is an unrivaled chassis dynamic and immediacy in response that you can't get from a FWD vehicle. As good as the steering felt in the Integra it can't overcome the chassis issue. Overall the car did not feel as quick to respond nor stable at high speed...

There's one thing that really I can't get over in my FR-S and that is how stable it is at high speed... absolutely unreal how lightning quick it can react yet it does so with an absolutely planted feel (Note: my FR-S is not stock.) Solid steering rack bushings (aluminum) + Grimmspeed strutbar + Lightweight 17x7.5 40mm offset wheels + 205/45-17 Continental DW tires + aftermarket seat and slider setup that connects you much more to the chassis = this crazy lightning quick yet absolutely planted feeling.

With as great as the Integra RS track car was with its steering feel, the FR-S just does everything better and you have more feel of what it is doing...the Integra RS was much more of a handfull on track and nowhere near as stable/planted at speed. The FR-S is just like an extension of your driving conscience - works as flawlessly as you do, no drama, no worries... just perfoms with an immediacy and precision that is very hard to come by in most any other vehicle.

Also had a 4th gen Camaro and 2005 Impreza RS...those boats don't need any further disussion - they are not the most responsive of vehicles no matter how much you try to make them so. Did have the power steering go out on the Camaro when coming in from a track session. Roughly 3,200lb car + 275/45-17 DOT-R tires + small diameter racing wheel + no power for your power steering = FUN in the pits! Was literally flexing and bending the steering wheel to turn... my arms regarded this as steering feels taken too far! LOL