3:07 so you could save some time

One of the VERY few videos of actual snap oversteer. You can tell how he did react properly at first by staying on the throttle, so he didn't spin out from lift-off oversteer, but then he countersteered too far and/or too long = snap oversteer.

That was probably the most dramatic case of snap oversteer from an Mr2 that I've ever seen. *cues shooting star meme*

He came off of the inside curb and lost rear grip, and while he was sliding he let off the gas and counter steered as if he was in a FR layout car. When your fulcrum is in the back you can’t being doing dat

watching this without timestamps goes like "Oh shit a corner, rip" but then he survives and its like "oh cool he made i-- oh no another corner" and then you look in front and lo and behold, there are more MR2s...

The driver must be a FR owner is his past life. He held that counter steer wayyyyyy to long. If this was a AE86, or a S13 etc... he would have been fine. To much weight transfer on the correction in the rear, which caused the snap oversteer

I always here profusely by the MR2 community that it can be countered relatively easily if you know the car and know what you’re doing but dam, that snap is brutal! Seems like once it bites, it *really* bites, with little driver input can do.

Skip to 3:00 for crash

Confucius say "slow in fast out, or ass about". Simple as that. Mr2's don't have snap oversteer. Drivers do.

3:06 if you don't want to watch the whole clip, your welcome.

Slow it down to 1/4 playback speed and you can see around 3:07, the back end got light over the curb on the right-hander. Maybe he let off the gas..not sure ... it looks like the weight shifted forward about a second later, and the driver over corrected on the steering, and that put him into the grass on the left. Maybe a little less countersteering and not lifting abruptly on the throttle, and it could've been saved in a four wheel drift. Maybe. Once he it the lawn it was over. In a front-engined car if you weight shift forward, it can get tail happy, but there is less weight out back to throw around so it is easier to get it back. With a mid or rear engined car, there is a lot more momentum in the wiggly rear end. You're throwing the weight of the engine/trans back and forth. That's why you want to come in a smidge slower than a front-engined car and smoothly get on the power in the turn to keep the rear end firmly planted. Balancing traction between front and rear wheels matters more when the drivetrain weight is on the rear axle and steering is on the front axle.

Right at 58 seconds I figured what car was going down. Great driving mate

First time I experienced oversteer in my 90 mr2 it instantly reminded me of my first car, a 59 Bug, no issues though, came back like it was last week, though it was more like thirty years ago!

Oh of course it's an mr2

S N A P O V E R S T E E R T I M E

and THAT boys and girls is why you DON"T tailgate an MR2

Damn lol rip, Almost did this in my S6 in the rain once, Instead I got a sick wheel misalignment.😂

What did he do? It looks like he let off instead of keeping it down while turning. Thinking of getting first gen MR2. Had a Miata 20 years ago,in an LS460 now.

I removed my fuel tank and mounted a 12 gallon fuel cell in the front trunk, then relocated the battery to the area the fuel tank was, there is a 75% improvement in the way my 89 MR2 handles.

Traction really said “A d i o s”

The downshifting with no rev match is painful...

Seems like braking and turning simultaneously is not a good idea in MR2s.

This is why mid-engines scare me. All that weight behind me.

*[Marks & Spencers advert music]* "This isn't just any snap oversteer. This is Toyota MR2 luxury snap oversteer..."

Well, allow me to be the first to articulate it ... "Oh, Snap!"

Rage Your Dream by M.O.V.E starts to play at 3:00

Am I correct in assuming that if you've had experience with AWD sliding out behind you on slippery tyres, had the Normal snapback and correct, then you should be ok to correct this situation just .5 of a millisecond slower in reaction in Snapback?

So many in the comments saying this is not snap oversteer, it seems a lot of people have the wrong idea what snap oversteer is, and this is CLEARLY a text book example of snap oversteer. (Snap oversteer is when you loose grip in the rear and corrects it and it snaps back into place with such force and momentum that it sends you into often a 180 or 360 spin the other way).

That car shall henceforth be known as the Turbo Merry-Go-Round 😁

u spin me right round

Snap oversteer a dangerous condition that fucks up laptimes oh and also His inner confidence level

i wish every person who talked about snap oversteer like it was some sort of mythical beast that is inherent to to mid engine cars had to surrender their mr2s to me

pls no snap oversteerino jimmer

I have a Fiero and boy, when it’s icy, I get a fuck ton of snap oversteer.

Funny how the sw20 in initial d snap oversteered and lost the race

*snap oversteer moment*

Kai Kogashiwa can approve

Woah, i see many comments speaking about the car, the driver, many tecnical stuff but i think that he lost the car because he gave throttle on the curb.......

This is what happened to Gordon smiley

Did this in my 02 wrx trying to drift and jumped a median but gotta say the wrx is a tank cuz nothing happened to it just jumped the median like a champ

i have seen honda ek racecar & experienced it in my k24 ep3 snap oversteer either wet or cooked tyres. the good thing was it was on a track with great runoff & not on the st with curbs & power poles

As soon as he hit grass it was over and the mid engine effect took over

It was spinning around like it was a video game

Hey did you manage to get any footage of a yellow elise s1 yesterday? I didn't switch my camera on lol!

that's not snap oversteer, thats just driver error. looks like he freaked out and overcorrected.

3:08 is when snap over steer Begins

Wonder if it has an open diff or a worn out LSD. Seems like it unloaded the right rear as it drifted left, then snapped back hard when it caught traction again.

Wouldn’t putting something heavy in the front keep it planted more?

why did you add much of the video's length before the actual snap oversteer part?

It's super useful to go f*** around in your car and get a fuel for sliding it just in case it ever happens. Mr and full rear engine cars may work better to an extent but honestly it's not worth the trade off. Even my Mustang versus my mom's Corvette, the mustangs rear end is a tendency to slide out a little bit easier but if it does it's a lot more savable than on the Corvette. the Corvettes were in with the engine even being as far back as it is does not like to slide as much and can get real sketchy.

Jeeeeez this man spun and the passenger wanted out he’s like fuck this shit I’m out haha I ain’t about to be next 😂

looks like the top gear circuit in UK, is it ?

Well, the main reason this car oversteered is because the steering wheel is on the wrong damn side of the car. No one noticed this?????

I’m making a video on snap oversteer. Would it be cool with you if I used your video for the video I’m making? I will make sure to credit you if it’s okay.

This was driver error, got loose on exit, over-corrected steering and lifted the throttle which threw the weight onto the front tires which were then pointed in the wrong direction.

Yall focusing on the spin out im checking out mans downshifts, real bad.

Oh, snap!

Still not gonna stop me from buying one

No. Liftoff oversteer goes specifically into the turn.

When I’d play Gran Turismo Sport, I would sometimes use snap oversteer to my advantage in turns. Especially S-shaped turns

I notice the Chevy logo on the steering wheel

That guy is sitting way to close to the steering wheel I hope he can adjust his seat

3:07 me driving road cars in gran turismo 7

Dude literally he snapped it flicked the wheel the other way and didn’t expect it not to happen I know fucking mr2s are known for it but damn that isn’t my kinda forte though 😂

i think the tires gave up

I think he powered on too early, causing it to drift and when he felt it instead of punching the gas, he just let the car gain traction causing it to snip snap

Did he try to wave to him while he was trying a 1080* in a MR2🤣😂🤣🥲

Till now, I didn't realize the MR2 became well known (and kinda meme-ified) due to snap oversteer. I was kinda wondering why the MR2 is a bit more "gimmicky" (I don't know how to describe it in any other way) than any other MR car I've driven in Gran Turismo 5.

s🅱innala

He almost recovered. Just needs a little more practice.

He was kinda asking for it the way he was driving :D If he would've drove smoother and used all the track like POV car there would've been less change this to happen xd

Oh snap moments 😂

True or not true do Porsche and Ferrari suffer from snap over steer? Almost same set up

That isn't snap oversteer. The driver had his right foot pushed down too far as he was exiting the bend. Any rwd car with a lsd will do that.

3:08 S🅱️innala

Bro had the 'Realistic' setting turned on for his steering 😭 shoulda kept it in 'Simulation'

ive never had mine snap yet, and i have a rev 1 which is meant to be worst for it haha

The problem is morons trying to drive a mid-engined car the same way they do one w/the engine in the front. Owned an '85 for five years and a '91 for eleven. Never ONCE spun out.

It’s because he responded to the oversteer by braking instead of accelerating out of it, and he fishtailed into a spin.

Maybe not a great idea to drive a mid engine short wheel base MR2 if your driving skills are low..

3:03 is what you came for

S🅱️inalla

why did he countersteer so aggressively, he barely spun

Too much countersteer

In racing games I tune my cars for snap oversteer. It's how I drift. I only do it in AWD cars tho, so I can power through and keep going. That's how I hoon.

I've lost control of a manual, and an automatic sw20. Keyboard warrior clan

Oh MR2 Owner’s, oh you.

Easy for me to say but it looks like he was trying to do that, he was turning late and yanking on the wheel kind of hard. But thats easy for me to say, I wasn't in the car.

ofc its an mr2 lol

No drift no fun)

i got awd so when i get snap i’m fucked looooooool

You should have slowed down immediately behind him rather than overtaking from the right HOPING for the best!

there's no such thing. There is lift off overseer, snap only occurs when a driver doesn't return to center on time after a slide... as In this case. To add to the viciousness of the spin, he not only let off, but he also mashed the brakes. All big no nos.

That wasn’t snap oversteer, he got a normal oversteer and stayed on the gas pedal, over corrected it and went off track, no snap oversteer

3:07.

Stay in it... you over correct and let off all and once and bingo imbalance and too much grip...

3:06

Thats not snap oversteer, the rear stepped out and he over corrected causing it to spin

3:13. Did he hit you?

That thing is a death trap.