I have been seing lots of videos about oversteering and understeering, full 30 minute documentaries but this 28 second video explained to me more than any other video ever.
@@DaveMcIroy probably because your comment is new and just shy of 24 hours ago since being posted. Difference is OP is either long gone or has long since forgotten about this account but you'll definitely see the reply. You're questioning a 7 year old commenter, other dude is questioning a barely day old commenter. Makes sense?
For the longest time, I was embarrassed to admit that I didn’t quite understand understeer and oversteer. But after watching this 28 second video, I am more than confident to explain this to anyone who asks me.
It's not rocket science. Understeering happens when hitting a quick turn at fast speeds and can't turn on time due to your velocity, which happens alot with FWD. Oversteering is when you turn too hard on that same quick turn, except your backend goes flying off instead of your front-end.
We'll never have another show like this. Perfection. You'll notice he was playing with the BMW correctly because he didn't use its signals to indicate a turn, like all BMW drivers.
Well those cars he used to demonstrate don't have airbags and they're already a bit tight to get into in the first place, imagine crashing inside one of those
My brother was caught in a car accident, he had an oversteer but somewhat survived unscathed. He laughed about it because this episode reminds him of his accident.
"oversteer is best" well, he's technically correct, with oversteer, the back of the car gets impacted first, reducing the amount of direct impact on the driver themself XD. In theory, in a non-fatal crash, oversteer d result in less physical injury
Naturally it was Hammond. He was the one to present so many great documentaries in the last years like about Shinkansen development and train technology, weather, differect structures, scientific projects. I really enjoyed them all.
@@farhanatashiga3721 i understand your point and i could've figure that out myself. My actual point was, that among them, it is HIM who was the type of person, who explains the science behind stuff. He just had the right personality, the personality of a documentary presenter or some like that.
Normal documentaries: So before we understand oversteering and understeering we must understand a car and after we understand a car we must understand what steering is. Richard Hammond: Yeah both are bad and you die but one is better because you don’t see what you die by.
Understeer is usually a result of not knowing the car, and oversteer can be the same, but if you understand the car then your probably doing it on purpose.
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Actually, oversteer is the best in this scenario because the back hits the tree. Therefore there is much more “break zone” between you and the tree. Also, oversteer causes you to be pushed in your seat whereas understear causes you to slam forward.
He’s right, you know ;) Some Say he’s smaller than he appears to be, and he’s physically unable to drive a supercar without crashing in an amusing way... All we know is, he’s called Richard Hammond!
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I would think oversteering is preferable to understeering, because: a) Easier to compensate for oversteering b) Driver is better protected from rear impact than front (This is a gross oversimplification).
Understeering leads to you heading straight to a wall, hitting it full force and most likely death or grave injury. Oversteering leads to a uncomfortable and scary experience, a minor crash or maybe just a slight inconvenience.
It's good in most cases, but with cars like, the bolide, in beamng drive, it can be very very unpredictable. But in most cars oversteer is usually predictable.
Most manufacturers design in some understeer (you’ve got to have one or the other at the limit) because yer average driver instinctively backs off the throttle when it starts to happen and that usually helps. Of course if you’re in a 2.7 RS 911 it’ll go into snap oversteer and kill you but hey, that’s what “iconic” means isn’t it?
People want to make a big deal about watching 30 minute documentaries to compare it to a TV show that explained it in 28 seconds, it's called Top Gear 🤦 I can't with Society anymore
Understeer: the front wheels loose traction of the road which causes it to slide. Oversteer: the back wheels lose traction which causes it to slide but when your turning the the front goes sideways but because the back wheels don’t have traction it just continues on sliding.
Understeer is when you fatally collide a tree guaranteeing your death Oversteer is when you might be lucky that you missed the tree, assuming the car does not roll over as a result though.
Depends also on the ditch though. Steep ditches are already bad, but oversteer will be even more likely to produce a particularly nasty rollover as described.
@@-shurikenpaul-6931 Have you tried slowing down on gravel or wet dirt when going quickly? Try it, we don't expect you to come back and reply what you found.
It's true that oversteer is best, because you don't see the tree that kills you. Because you don't want to spend the rest of your life looking at your killer.
Understeer and oversteer arent bad, are dangereous, with perfect over/understeer settings you can make every car turn at its maximum potential, Understeer gives you more secure handling and Oversteer push the turning of the car at its maximum. You need them two to make the perfect handling.
@@igoresque I think on a track rwd is undoubtedly the best option. Maybe one day they’ll engineer some awd system that mainly keeps only the rear wheels moving but engages the front too at certain times to help with hard cornering if you were close to slipping the back wheels. Idk. All I know is fwd is not nearly as good because the front wheels are doing too much all at the same time. While the back wheels, which literally do nothing, are still doing nothing. That’s why rwd is the best because the back wheels are responsible for spinning which is all they do anyways, and the front wheels are responsible for turning, which is all they really should be doing on a track. I love some awd rally cars though. Real beauts
Honestly Top Gear feels like they were just given a massive budget and told "Yeah do whatever you want as long as it involves cars or something." and that's exactly what they did.
Did I just learned something more valuable on a video in my recommendations from 13 years ago than I have ever learned anything valuable in school in less than 30 seconds?
@@VanWolf Jesus Christ! You scared me. For a moment there, I thought he had died crashing into a tree... had to look it up... Hehe... Regardless, the video still is funny.
@@VanWolf Haha... no worries. Yeah, there are more than a few comments I regret or that I've changed my opinion on... But this one stood the test of time. I don't even remember when I joined RU-vid... let me se.......... Holy cow! It says here: Joined Dec 26, 2006... so... that was... 16 years ago? If my math is right. I'm fucking old, lol.
