understeer

To turn less sharply than the operator would expect. Used of vehicles, especially automobiles.

The tendency of a vehicle to understeer.

The condition in which the front wheels of a car don’t follow the desired curve while cornering, instead following a more straight line trajectory. The front wheels loosing a degree of traction and so slipping off the required line.

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