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Originally Posted by Icecreamtruk
So legit question here. Why does everyone and their mother in autoX wants their car to understeer to hell and back? Wouldnt a car that rotates easier be a lot more enjoyable to drive (and possibly quicker)? Those videos posted there. That car has very much chronic understeer (not once did it do anything other than push, push, push), yet he suggest more front bar and/or stiffer springs? Im not questionning anyone's ability here, I have never autocrossed and im just curious.
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Here's how my pro friend has explained it: you don't want a car that rotates too easily when driven under the limit, because at the limit it will be too difficult to control and you will have to correct or lift and scrub speed.
You want a car that is somewhat pushy under the limit, because as you push harder and approach the real limits of the car, it will become more neutral.
Keep in mind that, for him, pushing harder does not happen in the braking and turn-in phase of the corner. He never brakes late and overslows the car. Pushing harder for him is the exit phase of the corner -- getting back on the gas right at the apex. He maximizes the acceleration zones, and stays on the gas as much as possible, so the car's natural tendency at the limit in such circumstances is for the rear to want to rotate anyway.