understeer

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Noun

understeer (plural understeers)

1. The condition in which the front wheels of a car fail to follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following more of a straight-line trajectory, losing a degree of traction, and so slipping off the required line.

   Antonyms: oversteer

Translations

• German: Untersteuern
• Italian: sottosterzo
• Spanish: subviraje

Verb

understeer (understeers, present participle understeering; past and past participle understeered)

1. The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.

   Antonyms: oversteer

Translations

• German: untersteuern
• Italian: sottosterzare
• Spanish: subvirar

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