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Originally Posted by EpistemicConfusion
I'm unconvinced that oversteer makes for an effective track vehicle. It may be enjoyable - in fact, it IS enjoyable, but it isn't fast.
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Excessive under or oversteer is slow. That's not what we're talking about here.
I'm not a professional driver and I have admittedly limited track experience (two days). But from what I have found - and what my instructor stressed - is that the ability to wind in with the throttle and point the front end in the right direction effectively increases the length of your straights and increases the amount of speed you can carry through the turn and into the straightaway. In the keyhole at mid-ohio for example, if you find yourself drifting out wide, just get on the throttle a bit more and the car will turn in and correct itself. That's not something you can do with a car that understeers or a FWD vehicle. You'll go right off the track, especially in off-camber turns. There is a reason that maybe 10% of the cars you see on the track are FWD (if that) and all the rest are RWD and AWD.