[Boss330]

Originally Posted by JoeFromPA

For reference to those who are prone to forgetting:

- History is strewn with far more terrible hydraulically assisted steering systems than good ones.

- The e39 m5 (and 540i for that matter) had a recirculating ball system that was, to put a fine point on it, numb. The f8x m3/m4 is now the same size as the "legendary" e39 m5. Based upon my driving of f30s, their base model steering is already better than an e39 m5. Let's actually see what the f8x feels like before smacking at it.

- 3kg is 3kg, but more importantly by not having to develop a wholly new steering system they saved money to spend elsewhere. Where did it go? We don't know. CF Driveshaft? Better turbos? Additional cooling? The point is that sticking with a EPS system saved 3kg AND allowed them to spend more time and money on something else.

- If they had created a hydraulically assisted PS steering, it may have sucked. The presumption is that it would have been amazing. That is a presumption, since no such system currently exists for this chassis.