The Differences Between Understeer & Oversteer And How To Combat Them

If your car under- or oversteers suddenly, then it's good to be prepared and know what to do! Here's everything you need to know...
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[@thesixteenthstudent205]

Understeer: You get off the road. Oversteer: You get off the road. But in style.

[@enesaydn8504]

Lol

[@Filippos_77]

😂😂😂

[@Mukis.]

In other words, drift you moron. Cuz I'm a tree.

[@bayu-adi]

"And you die..." Same ending.. But in different style..

[@newchangeunlisted_viewer5594]

Lmao

[@owneddiagonal]

Another solution is to simply remove the tree so you dont crash into it

[@ziqrsx]

XD

[@justhan9630]

Modern solutions

[@sweettoxicity4980]

@@justhan9630 modern problems required modern solutions

[@darraghkennedy6110]

Noodles Wut just use your feckin hand

[@thomps0066]

And you died

[@hyperksaiki278]

Cop: "You do know that drifting is illegal on this road." Me: "Sorry sir i was *over steering* ." Cop: *"THE FU-"*

[@tuliotrivino2506]

LUL

[@iloane9748]

Underrated

[@Recals]

@Jordan Robshaw your comment deserves more grip.

[@Recals]

@Jordan Robshaw yes my delivery boi needs more tofu comments

[@Recals]

@Jordan Robshaw grip equals time. Drift equals style

[@reepi6250]

Thanks for teaching me how to drift, I’m going to Japan now.

[@kevinodhiambo2115]

😂😂

[@educkter6928]

Bruh

[@buntafujiwara4800]

NO ONE SLEEP IN TOKYO

[@rabbit-gamer574]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@wanmuhammadahnaf5595]

Litterally what I thought

[@juliandrennan4115]

Understeer: Driver shits themselves Oversteer: Passenger shits themselves​

[@sahalin12345]

Understeer - is when you hit the wall with the front Oversteer - is when you hit the wall with the back

[@HAL-dm1eh]

Having owned a 90s foxbody Mustang in my teens I can assure you oversteer is when both driver and passenger shit themselves.

[@AndrewKidd14145]

David McClelland when you can't drive

[@HAL-dm1eh]

I didn't say I couldn't drive. The tail was going 180 degrees from one side to the other on a 2 lane back road with curves after snap oversteer typical of Mustangs and as I said I was a teen with a lot of enthusiasm and zero training. I controlled it and went on my way, but it was memorable for both me and the passenger to say the least.

[@AndrewKidd14145]

David McClelland True. I've had that happen in my BMW slamming gears on the highway while it was wet. Fortunately for me my teen years I taught myself how to drift and it helped me correct before I killed myself at 120 😂

[@QTL6719]

Audi driver turned damage off in settings

[@samuelmarzo722]

LOL

[@ManLikeEddy]

Need For Speed omg

[@1cloud5]

This comment is very underrated..

[@boomboxlamb8791]

xXRedWolfXx yes, very

[@silverrain99205]

This made me lol

[@caesar8465]

Average man: Oversteer Me: Its a drift

[@wxvy4970]

Excactly

[@TheGreatHotDogConsumer]

Should’ve been Me, an intellectual:

[@onzichtbarevos6818]

drifting is actually understeer in the middle of a corner

[@meifungliew1637]

Deja vu

[@faisfaizal5194]

What about, *powerslide* ???

[@stradale1310]

"Oversteer is best because you don't see the tree that kills you" -Richard Hammond

[@husleepy9859]

"Understeer is when you want to turn but the car goes straight you hit a tree and you die. Oversteer is when you want to turn but the back of the car spins, you hit a tree and you die. Now oversteer is best because you dont see the tree that kills you" -Rochard Hammond

[@aidanjanemcintosh6919]

understeer: rimac oversteer: vampire

[@XandreUK]

Nothing will ever describe it as elegantly as Martin Brundle did. "Over steer is hitting the wall with the back of the car, Under steer is hitting the wall with the front of the car, Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall, And Torque is how far you move the wall once you've hit it."

[@junweiqiu3510]

Just had a car accident on the mountain road last month. I would say that every single word on this statement is so true.

[@flare2000x]

Got a link for that?

[@thelolmaster1997]

Is torque to do with ratios?

[@manlymantis101]

thelolmaster1997 it’s the torquing force created by the engine.

[@PelycheeaceRA]

@@thelolmaster1997 yes. thats what gears are for. every gear corresponds to a certain ratio between wheel rpm and engine rpm. say one gear turns the wheels at 1 rev for every rev of the engine. now you shift to a higher gear that turns the wheels twice for every engine rev. now the power is "diluted" over 2 wheel revs instead of 1, giving you only half the torque (rotational force) while allowing for higher speed without overreving the engine.

[@Channy132]

I have oversteered a few times in my gt-86. Can confirm the back swang round, I crashed into a tree and died.

[@McFreshfleisch]

Did you survive it?

[@Petrospect]

Channy132 Maniac.

[@rimvydassalcius3659]

McFreshfleisch no idiot dont you see.... he said he died

[@Channy132]

Definitely died

[@McFreshfleisch]

+Rimvydas Salcius You clearly didn't get the movie reference LOL

[@xNTFXx]

Understeer: your car gets anxiety. Oversteer: your car gets excited and pulls a Tokyo Drift.

[@jordanrobshaw1406]

Inertia drift*

[@nezutoch.1175]

Japan: "Did you know 'oversteer' translates to 'tofu delivery' in Japanese?"

[@calvinnickel9995]

Pretty sure tofu is the same in both English and Japanese and oversteer is an English pigdin in Japanese: “obasutea”.

[@ARB6769]

@@calvinnickel9995 r/woooosh

[@nsilvya6079]

@@calvinnickel9995 oh look at me taking a joke seriously, that means I'm smarter than everybody

[@Chris-uu9ce]

@@nsilvya6079 not a joke if it isn't funny

[@imdisturbeddd1625]

Drag comedy is subjective, if you don’t find it funny doesn’t mean it isn’t a joke. It’s still a joke whether if you think it’s funny or not

[@demonrinzler5106]

the best way to escape oversteer is when eurobeat kicks in

[@RandomL0s3r]

demon rinzler Best traction control idea: when the car loses traction it can either play "Rage your dream" for Understeer or "No one sleeps in Tokyo" for oversteer

[@slozzzy]

Heartbeat when you hate the guardrail

[@ADFGallant]

*Y E S*

[@fearson7831]

DEJA VU

[@nixxiuos5126]

Yep

[@senitnelav]

1:07 Gran Turismo damage physics

[@stooie]

Yes so true.

[@warner8011]

MRLITTLEGUY How even

[@MelloManLive]

Definitely true

[@ye7170]

MRLITTLEGUY *cough cough* forza

[@suubierex9396]

MRLITTLEGUY | little did we know, GT's damage physics is actually realistic

[@kirbythemusician5625]

If: oversteer. Then: *D E J A V U*

[@FadhlyHamzah]

Else: ded

[@kirbythemusician5625]

I've been in this place before!

[@balasankarajith2923]

Nani?! Kansei dorifto?!

[@Mcthindi]

@@kirbythemusician5625 reliving the future events....just you seen this before !

[@kirbythemusician5625]

@@Mcthindi Wut?

[@vitalik38815]

I don't even have a driver's license, why am I here?

[@swagga7644]

You aint the only one

[@DanielGarcia-nl3se]

Me neither, but I've used these tricks in NFS and they work👌🏼

[@aisfor1]

Just in case when youre in a pursuit

[@bossilays_i]

But i even play car sim in keyboard How i can throtle control?

[@iloane9748]

Same

[@BondTheOGYT]

Oversteer > Understeer We all want that juicy drift 😉

[@kal1mm]

I thought I'd see you here

[@Petrospect]

Bond, Maniac Bond

[@ghuldorgrey]

Bond i refuse to buy a gay ass bmw tho so fwd for me. other rwd cars are expensive

[@leslie7872]

Bond unless your driving a 1st Gen MR2 😂😂

[@TeqHDcasper]

ghuldorgrey Yeah. A mx5 is expensive. lol

[@blue-1ce]

That Audi bounced off the wall with way too little damage for that impact!

[@b6_ruby]

Blue ICE Audi ftw

[@Gronkhsau]

Blue ICE Well its a audi. Thats why

[@wassapdude94]

Blue ICE German engineering in a shellnut

[@Chuckiele]

Nah, if it was a volvo, it wouldnt have had a scratch either but the guardrail would have been completely destroyed xD

[@monterjamfan]

Forza logic

[@dankdrifter7329]

1:07 that car crashed but still didn't took much damage, I'm confused!

[@edmar100]

It had the *no cosmetic damage* option turned on.

[@HieroOnymos]

@@edmar100 Lmao

[@dionisis2487]

Someone must explain cause that fking audi left without a scratch

[@valsago]

Gran Turismo damage

[@krisr5228]

NiGga Used Hesoyam

[@YuriYoshiosan]

2:44 "And when you learn how to perfectly control it, every corner, roundabout and T-junction is a potential celebration of going sideways" "Heel and Toe downshifts" "Aggressive weight transfer, also known as the Scandinavian flick" "Pull the handbrake" *It's called drifting, and it's art*

[@nub9688]

That's why I ride a donkey, too much science and danger just to get from point A to B.

[@cnocee]

ok takumi

[@aravioli4203]

Ok booomer

[@Kirides]

*Donkey starts talkin' BS so you get angry, misguide it and fall off a cliff* _Shrek intensifies_

[@nuralimedeu]

@@Kirides Onions are like ogres.

[@rihansadiq5560]

Understeer is when you hit the fence with the front of the car Oversteer is when you hit it with the rear of the car.

[@raulcamero3180]

yea

[@freedommachine4633]

Rihan Sadiq kinda like Kyle Larson and when he is Always at the top of the track

[@IvanSensei88]

Understeer is playing Need for Speed Underground 2 Oversteer is playing Juiced 1.

[@ksatrya]

Rihan Sadiq that's correct

[@slkalmuhairi]

Rihan Sadiq just last week, i over steered my car into a front end collision

[@sgtfeign2121]

Understeer: Not Enough Oversteer: DEJA VU

[@sooryan_1018]

TFW when you realize DejaVu was played in one of those rare battles in which Takumi overtakes someone without drifting

[@slammuh6]

@@sooryan_1018 I know, that song only ever played once in the whole series, but somehow got popular from it

[@sooryan_1018]

@@slammuh6 memes getting overdone

[@sooryan_1018]

Also, Takumi actually uses understeer to slide his car, something as in "slip angle"

[@Tkcb2799]

Understeer: Audi Oversteer: BMW

[@ytacc2978]

does this still apply for bmw x drives tho

[@Tkcb2799]

SnipeLord No then it's understeer

[@ytacc2978]

Tkcb 2799 shit I really wanted to try and drift my dads m550i xdrive

[@atarvhegde5210]

Well , FWD BMW: No we won't oversteer

[@kalebisthestig]

had oversteer happen to me the other day for the first time...i aced it countersteered and got full control without crashing into a tree. thanks forza!

[@nolan4727]

kalebisthestig do you use a wheel for forza

[@ferox3334]

Hell yea. Honestly driving games played a not to underestimating part in my learning how to drive

[@WikkyPlays]

@@ferox3334 Same and for me I have a red stick shift Mazda truck so I drift out of our driveway in the winter, thanks to Forza, lol

[@jetstream321]

3:32 holy moly that celica drift was actually really damn good

[@g.ferreira6745]

"every corner is a potential celebration of going sideways" YEAAAH >:D "Except in the eyes of the laws, other road users and general common sense" Awww :(

[@Giovanni_II]

Br até aq, crlh

[@g.ferreira6745]

@@Giovanni_II estamos em todos os lugares

[@felipeferreira00]

Exatamente

[@HenrikMyrhaug]

It started snowing today, so my dad took me to a parking lot to test out driving in slippery conditions. I understeered a lot and managed to oversteer in a semi- controlled manner once. That was amazingly fun!

[@wavelesstime914]

question:Can I oversteer my bike? A.Yes? B.A C.B

[@qn2h]

A, B & C

[@Nawa11YT]

D

[@benjaminjones1505]

I would say yes. I mean, it snowed 6-inches where I lived a few months ago, and I was a drift master with drifting. I crashed a lot, though.

[@mark347347]

@@benjaminjones1505 FBI wants to know your location

[@mark347347]

Yes, it works. Keep a boot on the low side so you can kick the bike back up if it slips off the drift. You can easily clear a 360 spin, good trick to clear barriers.

[@armourshooter5517]

Fact: understeer scares driver oversteer scares passengers. True that.

[@DevasionX]

Bot everyone can drift, fact in my country insurance for rwd is higher because many wrap it around a pole.

[@Smity435]

I just oversteard in FWD Nissan. Idk how. But it was snowing

[@neurotica5461]

Michael Smith the rear wheels lost grip on the snow

[@lilt8607]

Armour Shooter true

[@carsonwardell551]

New owner to a rwd car, 2012 genesis coupe, and it suffices to say that I am a novice in the art of the drift, and I may have lost control in a spirited left hand turn without traction control, luckily no one was hurt and my car was unscathed. This video was super helpful in educating me, and I learned that traction control is a friend to the uneducated like me. So Thanks!!

[@seboy5483]

Looks like Takumi really achieved his dreams. He is now racing on a track.

[@BuggyGamer-db6mw]

"If you see the Tree you crash into, you have understeer. If you only hear it, you have oversteer." -Walter Röhrl

[@arcos7290]

@Chroch How do you hear a tree?!

[@bog4240]

@@arcos7290 When you crash into the tree, you hear a loud "CRASHHH" sound.

[@ghanaria7996]

They’re both right, just said differently.

[@NoOne-bj1ys]

yeah I did the scandinavian flick in my camry. Messed up the timing and crashed my car. And yes I was listening to Eurobeat.

[@spitfire5257]

It depends on what you’re listening too if it’s deja vu you go off a cliff if it’s spitfire you turn into a ww2 plane

[@Zulfburht]

Ahh the music is where you went wrong, it gave you too much confidence and you overshot you abilities

[@calligraphy4244]

You didn’t listen to the right part of the right song for the inertia drifting.

[@sevenstarofheaven]

@@calligraphy4244 for kansei dorifto i think it is no one sleep in tokyo

[@steinitainment]

he a bit confused but he got the spirit

[@ROFLgator1]

This is the best video I've found regarding over & under steer. Good job

[@1999GGO]

As a new driver today I had my first encounter with understeer on a van like car on a really tricky corner due to too much speed (I thought I was at another much bigger corner and I was partly blinded by an ass eater at night with not enough sleep) I didn't hit the breaks not lift the throtle but I did add more steering imput and a bit of throtle to avoid the bus comming the other way. Needles to say I'm gratefull I have some adverse conditions driving lessons in about 3 months (wish it was sooner). great video

[@georgepeckmedia]

That Celica drift was insane

[@alexkersten1964]

Insanely shit...

[@TheBb6prelude]

Alex Kersten drifting is lame

[@ye7170]

Alex Kersten IS THAT YOU ALEX!??

[@seantaylor2683]

Alex is just mad 'cause it can out drift his mx-5 :P

[@patrickm4281]

how the fuck can that even be done? no handbrake either

[@altSt0rm]

Audis also indestructible? 1:07

[@Anankin12]

Michael Reilly seems like it. not even a scratch.

[@0ffinnsive]

Michael Reilly init wtf

[@badboy8739]

its just like the movies lol

[@SolRyuKen]

Michael Reilly it came out newer

[@olivertoronyi2462]

NODAMAGE_1

[@terrymonettejr.6764]

1:05 that car is a fookin tank no scratch!!!

[@connorcarroll9959]

He turned damage setting off

[@fatyoshi69]

Forza damage physics

[@ajramirez9769]

One of my dads rules for driving is "if in dought throttle out"

[@thegamingcashew4304]

Aj Ramirez doubt* Still funny though lol

[@gospelhubdigital]

"Oversteer is best because you don't see the tree that kills you" my God, I laughed hard!

[@shahinbieandooh]

As an automotive engineer, I have to say this is one of the best videos I've ever seen on this topic :)

[@alexkersten1964]

Awesome :)

[@ShutUpBubi]

I lost it going around a sweeping left turn going probably 90mph in the rain and by pure instinct and drifted it to perfection in my GTI with my friend next to me, one of the coolest and scariest things to happen to me in the past year

[@obamnaprismus]

Oversteer in: Forza: drift Gran Tourismo: **BRAKES**

[@fourthstanza2915]

We need wide open asphalt patches in driving schools to practice recovering from slips and drifts. Plus, it'd be a load of fun!

[@renatoigmed]

the premise is that you get a simple driver's license. not a racing driver.

[@fourthstanza2915]

@@renatoigmed I live in Canada so I encounter slip conditions all the time. Luckily I had the instincts the first time around from racing games not to overcorrect too much and I managed to keep from going into the ditch. Would've been nice to have been trained how to do it properly though!

[@mingusboodle]

My teacher took us out on a frozen lake and taught us. It probably saves me from at least 3 winter accidents.

[@Aearian]

Thats what I was thinking. It would not prevent idiots but at least teach anyone how to recover, because panic = death in some cases...

[@Ethan007Hacks]

3:33 how about that mean celica drift tho

[@CarThrottle]

+Sparkle Dust it is a sight to behold

[@user-qn3ey1fr9r]

3:50

[@Sujiceel]

He’s gotta be driving on keyboard.

[@upwaveflash8429]

Powerslide Not drift

[@AmnesiaForever]

Nostalgia Rookie this guy gets it

[@sagehxx]

Such a great video!

[@mwong987]

"Oversteer: for most car lovers perfectly executed oversteer is as good a feeling as sex. It's the art of making a car dance beyond the limit of grip, and when you learn how to perfectly control it, every corner, roundabout and t-junction is a potential celebration of going sideways (except in the eyes of the laws, other road users, and general common sense)." Perfectly composed.

[@Spartan120]

4:25 "W-What?! Inertia drift?!"

[@ReddoX30]

NANI??!!

[@m4ru09]

*dorifto

[@j.bproductions5424]

Spartan120 XD

[@birddaddydetta]

J.B Productions K-KANSEI DORIFTU?!

[@murphy1832]

*KANSEI DORIFTO*

[@BlatentlyFakeName]

Nothing is more fun than drifting a GT86 around at 15mph in the rain (may require stock tyres) :P It's a shame they don't teach this stuff in driving lessons. They cover nothing about how to properly handle a RWD car and deal with oversteer. A lot of instructors will probably tell people to slam the brakes on if they loose traction, which will make things even scarier.

[@smokin_moses]

that's why I bought FWD as my first car, they're great for learning - I have a Fiesta ST as my first car to eventually make a transition to RWD so I don't kill myself in those, cause they literally told us jack shit about how to combat oversteer.

[@HybridofDoom]

I got hassled for not slamming the brakes when I wrecked my Mustang avoiding animals in the road at night. Like having all 4 tires skid across the road is going to make me regain traction or something.

[@adventure_F0x]

Smokin Moses I didn’t have a choice but FWD 😂 doing an apprenticeship while living away from home meant I wasn’t able to afford anything so had to use my mums aygo 😂 picking up my ‘first’ car (MX5) in a couple of weeks and I can’t wait for some mad skids

[@shaswatsingh1409]

@@adventure_F0x congrats on the new car man!

[@adventure_F0x]

Shaswat Singh cheers, can’t wait!

[@bri7203]

Thank you for this info, you may have just saved me and my cars life

[@cesinn1]

Awesome video!

[@vasilis23456]

Traction Control: *OFF* "KANSEI DORIFTOOOOOOOOOO"

[@sooryan_1018]

That's unless if you shift your weight. If not, then its Back on the Rocks for you

[@HellcatFTW]

that Audi was a disguised Volvo.

[@HellcatFTW]

omg so many likes thank you guys

[@DualShockTree]

hahaha disguised Volvo, love it xD

[@scottthewaterwarrior]

No, if it was a Volvo it would have gone THROUGH that barrier!

[@DualShockTree]

scottthewaterwarrior hahaha so true!

[@ojoface208]

@Enzo Ferrari uhhh he was completing you beacause the audi got out of the the turn like it was nothing and it had no damage beacause volvos are known to survive anything

[@shampoo1991]

omg I just watched that Hammond clip then looked this up to learn more, didn't expect you to quote the king at all.

[@gabrielramirez-bb9xe]

Awesome explanation. 👍

[@JoskitheBroski]

"This is known as oversteer." Correction: Listening to eurobeat.

[@angelsaurora1529]

Honestly, knowing your car is extremely important as well, since each reacts differently. I have understeered and even understeer drifted in my '99 Buick LeSabre, and with the right tires and wheel size it has some impressive handling. Now since it's an older car it doesn't self-correct, but that puts more responsibility on the driver. The good thing about these cars is that the suspension makes it lean around hard corners, but it won't flip on you. Indeed it comes down to "the driver and not the car" to an extent.

[@leanhanleleanah6929]

Ok man

[@wheelman1235]

Excellent explanation . Thank - you.

[@yerrytan]

I forgot how hilarious Alex back then. Thanks Alex!

[@rabidrabbittt]

dedication chris is famous for his well handled crashes.

[@ChrisDrift]

Haha famous for all the wrong reasons

[@Razyre]

Chris Crash mirite ;)

[@ReddoX30]

Every time you oversteer, there is always a tree waiting to claim your life.

[@D-J-Q]

Very informative. Imma try this now in Gran Turismo.

[@ARB6769]

Scandinavian flick? Don't you mean *KANSEI DORIFTO*

[@HarunaKaiNi]

​@Kevwe Patani *_K A N S E I DORIFTO?!_*

[@dreibf3156]

M- MASAKA

[@bugybulldog8143]

KONO DIO DA!

[@SovietPaul]

@@bugybulldog8143 just DIO as the with the tofu randomly screamin KONO DIO DA which makes you very fuckin scared and oversteer into some barriers and-

[@nicolaifeldthaus4649]

Pfp fits fuckin perfect

[@PemaMendez990]

"perfectly executed oversteering is a feeling as good as sex" I love it x'D

[@schkann1384]

yeet

[@euphoriess]

very detail explaination, thank you for the video

[@georgiacarmela7972]

Fantastic video

[@DFWsCars]

This is so great- hilarious. And also super accurate.

[@antwaynehanson9466]

Ferrari Dave I know rite.....u crash in the tree and u die

[@maxchu6396]

3:32 damn that celica oversteer is perfect!

[@IM-qy7mf]

Came here cuz I almost understeered into the grass few days ago - could even say that it could have possibly flipped my car. My car seems to engage the LSD very easily so I tend to do a combo of light-steer + gradual foot of throttle + gradual braking to combat oversteering when taking sharp corners. That it (the car) is also decently fast means it's easy to get into oversteering situations if I'm not careful. So, when driving the other day, I steered so lightly that the wheels barely moved, which I noticed only because I was much closer to the left side of the road than usual! Thank God I don't lose my cool easily; otherwise I would have probably done everything you mentioned here that worsens understeering.

[@IKATEN501]

One way to prevent under steer: Shift the weight to the front so the front is gonna be heavy so it will give you more traction but the drawback is that you're wearing out the front tires and brakes alot faster because it took all the load.

[@duhast466]

its actually no. then more weight 8n front then more front wheels are sliding forward not to the corner so you just slowing down by pushing the brake that giving your understeer a chance to catch the grip.+ the rear wheels are now sliding more so car become unstable because no weight on back

[@prohunter717]

Oversteer: Your heart beat suddenly goes up as you go sideways. Understeer: Your heart beat slowly slowly goes up as you come closer and closer to that inviting tree.

[@kal1mm]

thank god we got through the tree part with no Paul walker jokes

[@mgutierrez7737]

KAL 1 sadly he didn't get through

[@Aintitlucas]

Desert Fox Sure he did, the windshield tried to stop him though all jokes aside rest in peace

[@pinkpanther0001]

Thank you so much. I asked this in my whole life

[@ThisHandleIsAlreadyTaken839]

My dad was teaching me how to drive and I ended up under-steering and hitting a storm drain. He got really mad and I still don't know how to drive but most importantly I had no idea what I did wrong, it felt to me like I was turning the steering wheel more than enough and trying to brake in time and I had no idea what happened, thanks for the explanation.

[@alejmc]

Every time I see understeer I get sad. Every time I see oversteer I get happy. Also, after seeing the same car oversteering for 40 times straight, it still wasn’t enough.

[@DiViNiTY1337]

I drove my slightly modified 250whp Saab 9-3 Aero the other month at 3 in the morning home from a party, gave two guys a lift as they had missed their bus time window and were on the same way anyway. Turned out one of the guys owned a 400bhp WRX STI and as I took them for a spin he said he'd let me test drive if I wanted to. Now, I don't condone street racing or driving wrecklessly or anything like that, I'm a quite competent driver and I will say I did drive a bit too fast, but there are outer factors as well ON TOP of you as a driver being able to make a mistake, so if you're going to drive fast GO TO A TRACK! I realise I am contradicting myself by what I'm about to say here, and the reason I'm saying it is because I learnt my lesson. I took the STI on a test drive, reaching speeds of around 200kph + on backroads (120mph) and the scariest bit of lift-off oversteer hit me like a tonne of bricks in the middle of a corner, was going about the maximum radius arc the car would do and I had to lift off, and let me tell you, dumping the throttle causes a bit more problems in the real world than it does in Assetto Corsa, there's no restart button let me tell you that. Bottom line is, this shit happens easier than you'd think. I've always been way too confident in my abilities for my own good, luckily this time I was able to salvage the situation but another time I or someone else wouldn't be so lucky. I was going way, waaay too fast for public roads, yes. But then again, it was completely dry tarmac, in a WRX STI on coilovers and 235 wide tires, I mean really, the thing was _planted_. I used to think my 9-3 on 225's was good, this was in a whole other world, and out of nowhere it just kicks me right back down to earth like that. So remember that kids, stay on your toes, moments like these come when you least expect them to.

[@MrPiikkipallo]

Fredrik Nilsson I mean yeah, trying your limits on public roads is never a good idea, better to just leave that to the track.

[@diangelic1]

Ok

[@Triggernlfrl]

Had only once a rear wheel drive car a Alfa 75 with the heavy gearbox mounted in the back. It was made to oversteer and let me feel i could drive like sombody that can drive. So much fun and great handeling!

[@a4kata655]

good video very explanatory :) Thanks

[@jordanprice9285]

3:33 to those who say FWD "Can't Drift"

[@Saviliana]

FWD can drift, but far more styless and unwatchable.

[@raufmeister]

FWD can drift with handbreak the problem is you can not sustain the drift as much as a 4WD or a RWD

[@angrysocialjusticewarrior]

It's easy to drift a FWD. All you do is close your eyes while the car is traveling at top speed, take a deep breath... and then flick the steering wheel all the way to one side while lifting off the throttle completely. This is also considered a safe way of drifting too.

[@ssimon64]

They can't drift, they can only ass-drag

[@DustyyBoi]

No, they _literally_ can't, they can slide and or power slide, but they can't dirft

[@jlue1993]

A Video explaining the difference between Audi and BMW.. !

[@NSRSkyline]

Joshua L what difference?

[@sergioferreira5771]

1- rwd 2- lighter 3- hmmmm there are no more

[@BlacksterVFX]

Fanboy spotted... I like both companies and you are just wrong, mate. BMW are better around a corner, Audi is better in a straight line. Also Audi has measurably better build quality. (Smaller body gap dimensions) In terms of comfort both are equal and when it comes to design its just personal taste.

[@jlue1993]

BlacksterFX fanboy… ? I was making a joke… lmfao

[@pilotamar1242]

BlacksterFX lol straight line

[@SuperAaaakk]

- slip angle “this is bad “ for some reason started to laugh so hard hearing the way he is saying it made my day

[@classic0ful]

Nice, and easy to understand

[@rawree6134]

I am aware that this video is slightly old but I just want to take the time to thank the Car Throttle channel as a learner driver in the UK as it has provided me with helpful information and knowledge which I take into consideration every time I’m in a driving lesson, so thank you for your helpful and entertaining videos!!

[@smartdrivetest]

Hi Car Throttle - great video. As your video suggests - best to practice recovering from over- and under-steer on a track or other controlled roadway. Thanks for the video. All the best, Cheers Rick

[@sadmanpranto9026]

"Spoon in a knife fight.." John Wick: Challenge Accepted

[@EdCapone]

This video helped a lot with gran turismo 7. Thanks

[@Handler4071]

This is pretty helpful video. This will improve my skills in playing speed underground 2. lol

[@ziqrsx]

Of course it will!

[@imran6985]

make a video on different exhausts like x pipe h pipe ect

[@DFWsCars]

ALWAYZz-ME that's a great idea - as I know I had to do a ton of research to figure that all out

[@jacques713]

That's literally what Engineering Explained is for.

[@hodgoes2001]

also have a look at engine masters on motortrend... they just did a video comparing twin pipe, xpipe and h pipe

[@lucassvedlund3851]

look at motor trend channels Engine masters they did an episode on that

[@tracersedge]

Damn funny and informative video, you earned my subscription with this one.

[@Fokkas]

150 youtube videos and this was the only one with useful information for real world cars.

[@DieRuhe]

D E J A V U

[@vnom5789]

i have been in this place before

[@ye7170]

Mardy Crue i have been in dis place before I OWN THE STREETS!

[@vej5010]

SKYLINE GTR GAMING I've just been in this place before Higher on the street And i know it's a place to gooo

[@VG-Motors]

And the understeer is a mystery!!

[@sebastienc.6296]

Dat Cringy Car Channel lol

[@pagani9742]

AMAZING VIDEO !!! Congratulations for explaining this interesting subject !

[@musarra195]

Great video

[@Sean-es8uw]

Great video thanks

[@donaldfuckingtrump3670]

How to correct AWD drift. Pray 👏👏👏

[@emergencyshotput8147]

Donald Fucking Trump it’s called trees

[@baddriversofeurotrucksimul5759]

Nani? Kansei drifto?

[@koala_guest_rbx8344]

3:44

[@allezvenga7617]

Thanks for your sharing

[@skidwarfarebo2171]

I just had understeer happen today on a backroad doing under the speed limit around a steep right hand bend in the road saved it because I remembered this video after watching it 2-3 days before 😂 thank you

[@boweso1]

I find the best way to counter understeer is to come completely off the throttle allowing the back end to loosen up but before it comes past me I'm back on full throttle and pulling it back into a straight line in the intended direction... In my opinion its a lot easier than just easing off and less terrifying that reducing steering angle but it does take a bit of getting used to

[@masterbomber98]

I crashed my car yesterday like that. Unfortunately bad tires and water caused my car to oversteer as soon as I took out throttle :l