Why is it so hard to control something that’s steered by the rear wheels?

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Like a car in reverse or a forklift. What makes it feel so unstable?

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It is absolutely more difficult to control, and anyone who tells you differently doesn’t understand the physics involved. Just because Joe from the warehouse can drive the forklift like an F1 car, doesn’t mean it’s a racecar.
When you remove the steering input from a front-wheel steer vehicle, physics wants to turn the front wheels back straight and you end up driving straight again.
when you remove the steering inout from a Rear-wheel steer, there is no force acting on the wheels to straighten them back out, so you keep turning unless you correct it yourself.

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