1. understeer - Noun
2. understeer - Verb
understeer (plural understeers)
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.
Antonym: oversteer
understeer (third-person singular simple present understeers, present participle understeering, simple past and past participle understeered)
The action of a car when it does not follow the desired curve while cornering. Tyre slip of the front wheels.
Antonym: oversteer
Understeer is when you see the tree you are hitting, if you only hear the tree then it was oversteer. Walter Röhrl
Additionally, VDC continuously monitors your steering and braking actions, senses any oversteer or understeer, and compensates by reducing engine speed and/or applying brake pressure to specific wheels. Source: Internet
Driving delicately just got you midcorner understeer. Source: Internet
Imagine our surprise when the first fast corner we attacked with the NSX was met with howling, unfixable-with-the-throttle terminal understeer. Source: Internet
More surprisingly, for a fast Audi, it is impressively resistive to understeer. Source: Internet
Then there is a new infotainment system, torque vectoring to help keep understeer at bay and improve cornering and, lest we not forget, those funky looks and bright colours. Source: Internet