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awd understeer is built into the car just like any other car. fwd awd rwd they all understeer its just a matter on how you controll the rear.
awd does not understeer if you know how to drive awd cars. they need to enter a corner at a specific speed with a chosen line. this works great if you know the road/track ahead and you are not disturbed by other cars cutting your line etc. if your line is disturbed or enter a corner to fast you can always use left foot breaking while hitting the accelerator to swing the rear around and eliminate understeer. this is also used when taking tight corners. also steering alot in the beginning of the corner then going back to a more normal angle also helps with the understeer.
you can compare awd vs rwd to turbo vs non turbo. the turbo car is almost always faster because of more power and trq. but the car with the NA engine can more easily play around with the throttle and change lines and balance of the car mid corner. awd cars cant do that they need to enter the corner put the foot down on the throttle and keep it there. if you lift of bad things happen ;-)
but yes ofc everything can be optimized and setup for the better. and an awd car will understeer more then a rwd car out of the box. but you can improve it alot by modding the suspension. but a good driver who knows how to drive awd and leftfoot breaking is worth alot more then the mods. look at rallycar drivers how they drive awd cars. there is alot of difference compared to track drivers.
as they say in racing a understeering car is often the faster car. because you can push the car harder because it feels safer.
so to sum things up. all cars understeer his is not special. ;-)
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