Sentences with word «oversteering»

It is possible to induce a small amount of oversteer on power or with an off - throttle flick into a fast sweeper, but really Project 8 wants to dig its claws into the surface, and even a very heavy right foot adds only a fraction of attitude.

And the harder you punt the S4 into a bend, the better it seems to like it, especially with the Driver Select control in its Dynamic position which noticeably helps tip the nose towards the apex and even allows a degree or two of power oversteer if you're really brutal with the throttle on the exit.

Its front - end is tenacious and while it can snap into oversteer on the limit it's not vicious and can be caught without breaking into too much of a sweat even if its steering isn't quite as telepathic as its Carrera GT contemporary.

It turns in keenly, can be coaxed into oversteer in a reasonably easy fashion in the higher - power versions and has top drawer body control.

The second - generation RS, launched in 2009, looked wild, sounded plain naughty with its turbocharged 2.5 - liter five - cylinder engine and delivered an almost cartoonish driving experience — warbling like a Quattro rally car, weaving around under power and arcing into lift - off oversteer if you wavered for even a millisecond on the throttle mid-corner.

With the optional PTV Plus (an electronically controlled differential lock) fitted it will even indulge in power oversteer if you're brave enough.

Focus RS Drive Modes, which include Ford - first drift mode for controlled oversteer drifts under circuit conditions, and launch control for ultimate performance off the start line and 4.7 - second 0 - to - 62 mph acceleration.

Great power, great handling dynamics; a touch of understeer, but you can induce slight oversteer with throttle application.

With the stock front sway bar and upgraded 034Motorsport Solid Rear Sway Bar, body roll is virtually eliminated while turn in and off throttle oversteer are greatly improved.

Although the AHK steering rear axle offers a degree of stability control for oversteer DSC can not match, DSC is clearly the most cost - efficient technology of both.

Even more bizarre is that the lowest level of the selections actually feels like it makes cars harder to drive rather than easier, inducing oversteer like there's no bloody tomorrow.

The suspension and tire package enabled agile, neutral handling with just a touch of oversteer when you needed it and understeer when pushed too hard.

It just feels like you are the one in the car, battling with understeer on the way through a fast corner, wrestling with snap oversteer on an exit kerb.

It serves as a basic form of launch control, but can also be used on the move, enabling the GT3 to be «popped» into power oversteer at low speeds.

It takes several attempts to learn that the RS in Drift Mode doesn't oversteer as easily as a rear - wheel drive car, like I thought it might, and that it also doesn't so predictably understeer like many all - wheel drive ones often do.

Making the rear dampers stiffer might give you more oversteer at the entrance of a turn but will only delay the inevitable.

The system controls oversteer by increasing the vehicle's physical limits.

While Track does allow for a good amount of rear - end lift - off oversteer before reining in the fun, if you want to get all drifty, the BRZ will now leave you to your own devices — you can fully extinguish all electronic safety aids by thumbing a button.

Correcting oversteer during a high - speed corner makes you feel like a hero, and on default settings, F1 2017 gives you enough feel and enough warning to do it.

It also prevents the rear of the car from oversteering if a wheel loses traction under full power.

In fact what the driver has to do when a rear wheel drive car oversteers is in opposition to the natural driver's reaction.

The selectable Lamborghini driving modes STRADA, SPORT and CORSA are tuned to provide oversteering characteristics, emphasizing authentic rear - wheel drive behavior.

Entering a corner with trailing throttle transfers weight to the front and adds a braking component to the already lightly loaded rear tyres which are forced to operate at larger slip angles, effectively becoming nearer neutral or even oversteer depending on speed and engine braking.

You're not getting oversteer under power like you would in a rear wheel drive car, you're getting it at arbitrary times.

Take the suspension, which offers the best of both worlds: a little understeer to warn the timid, a little oversteer to reward the brave.

(Alright, so the big VW was even more phenomenal six days later, see page 91, but it didn't oversteer on the way there, or sound like an»80s F1 car).

BMW has revealed a new autonomous driving assistant system that is capable of operating a car in a range of different driving situations — even sending it into a wild oversteer drift on a circuit...

The seat - of - the - pants meter reports that the new Si hustles around a corner just as well as the old model, with the same neutral handling that can be finessed into slight liftoff oversteer with just the right footwork — an admirable capability in a front - drive car.

The VSC system helps restrain sideways slippage of the vehicle during a strong understeer tendency or strong oversteer tendency while cornering.

You might even sense a trace of mild oversteer if you're going really quickly.

The ESC system helps counteract understeer or oversteer conditions by reducing throttle input and / or deploying the appropriate brakes.

Exit traction is sensational, and in Sport and Corsa mode, it's permissive enough to allow oversteer without scaring the switched - on driver too much.

It's a big improvement over the base Hellcat's terminal understeer at entry followed by wild oversteer when you try to get back on the power.

At extremes the i30 felt more likely to move into a lift - off oversteer stance, but was also more prone to run wide with the power applied on the exit.

Once the front tires bite and you're on the throttle, the big sedan errs towards oversteer rather than howling push.

If you switch the stability control to its midway point (called MDM mode), the rear - biased four - wheel drive system really lets you have some fun; get it on track and it will slip into tail - out oversteer like the great M5s of old.

Another benefit of AWD is the ability to vary the front: rear torque split to mitigate oversteer during fast cornering by providing yaw damping.

If the system senses oversteer, it closes the multi-disc clutch completely, sending the maximum possible torque to the front wheels.

It continues to operate under braking but disappears under load, setting the scene for lurid oversteer as well as an arcane ability to light up the rear tires in first, second and third gears.

Where the 911 dances and slithers and slides, the Viper simply Velcroes its way across the track, segueing into mild, controllable oversteer at the limit.

Thanks to the rigidity of the chassis, the natural tuning of the throttle pedal, and the supportive seats, you can perfectly read and anticipate the differential's actions, inviting explorations into controlled oversteer without threatening a smoky spin.

From the factory, the system is set up to provide slight oversteer in handling, and in fact the harder the car is cornered, the LESS the AWD system engages the front wheels.

Driven in anger, the newest Ferrari handles like a formula car, almost always perfectly neutral with a slight tendency toward oversteer.

By modulating the flow along the chosen trajectory, torque vectoring actively helps to set up the car for maximum grip, minimum understeer, and only the faintest trace of exit oversteer.

At low speeds, you get a four - wheel drift, then suddenly, power shifts rearward and you get oversteer.

On track the M2 is feisty, wanting to oversteer almost everywhere.

This pointy front end endows the RS with a naturally neutral to oversteer balance on corner entry.

A power - assisted steering system limits understeer when parking and prevents oversteer at highway speeds.

Dynamic Performance Control also counteracts oversteer in its early stages, switching drive from the outside rear wheel — which is experiencing particularly high centrifugal forces — to the inside rear wheel.