Oversteer
Oversteer,
in an automobile, occurs when the rear tires experience a loss of
traction during a corner, causing the rear of the vehicle to head
towards the outside of the corner. A more technically correct definition
of oversteer is that the slip angle of the rear tires has exceeded
that of the front tires. Rear wheel drive cars are generally more prone to oversteer,
in particular when applying power in a tight corner. Oversteer in
front wheel drive cars can be induced by braking or lifting
off the accelerator mid corner, this shifts weight to the front
of the car and therefore reduces traction on the rear wheels causing
'lift-off-oversteer'. Lift off oversteer can usually be corrected
by applying more power, reversing the weight shift and returning
traction to the rear wheels.
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