In regards to understeer.......

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Originally Posted by anonymous user

Loren,

I'm actually coming from AWD. My goal in the next few years is to practice FWD first (the yaris), then pick up a RWD vehicle to learn that platform. I was thinking mr-2, lotus elise, or 370 z. We'll see. I'm working on FWD for now.

There is your problem.

You can't drive a FWD or RWD car like an AWD car.

You can't get on the gas to straighten the car out and the car will not turn if you are threashold breaking and start to turn. It sounds like you are overdriving the car into the corners.

Think of a FWD car as only being able to do one thing at a time. It can either go, steer or brake. Near the limit you can only do one of these things at a time. As you get better you will learn how to blend them together.

Do your breaking before the corner, take a smooth line off power to the apex then get back to the gas on corner exit.

A Yaris is a momentum car. If the front or rear tires are sliding you are doing it wrong, and losing time.