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Originally posted by swedish
yeah, thats the general rule. however, there are cases where rwd will understeer (mr2?) and vice versa
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The MR2 tends to understeer because it has so much mass in the back end (compared to a front engined car) that it's hard to break it free, making the front end lighter. Therefore, the front end will plow, creating understeer, seeing that it can't really break the rear wheels free because of its lack of power.
That's why Porsches of the past were considered so hard to drive. If you break the rear wheels free, you're never getting traction back until you slide a long way or hit something. There's so much mass back there that it builds up a large amount of momentum. The momentum combined with the power able to break the wheels free creates awful oversteer. But in skilled and experiences hands, they were some of the best handling cars int he world.