I left something out in the above post . . .
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Originally Posted by Norm Peterson
I'm also hesitant about handing off understeer mitigation to still more electronics - if only because their calibrations will be optimized for the OE tire and wheel package and to suit corporate standards aimed at protecting the less skilled rather than any upgraded tire & wheel setup. Never mind that I'm philosophically opposed to the use of electronics to make the driver think he's better than he really is (not the same thing as saving his a$$ in an emergency that's outside what his skill set can cope with).
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Building a car that's inherently closer to neutral-handling (mechanically) is almost certainly going to mean more aggressively-acting stability and other electronic controls, as they'd have less time to act once they determined that they had to act at all.
Norm