understeer

Meanings

Plural: understeers

Noun

• 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.

Verb

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

Antonyms

oversteer