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Originally Posted by hans007
I think compared to my last 2 cars the m340i's steering at least feels weightier. My b9 a4 and f30 328i just felt crazy over boosted.
That said I haven't driven an E46 in a really long time, and my roomate used to have an E34 back in the day. And i'm really not sure it is this crazy huge gulf everyone makes its sound like it is. They are different sure, but the g20 is not bad.
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They've definitely increased the weighting of the EPS steering although I find that in some models it doesn't feel very progressive or natural in its building of weight, and sometimes I feel that the sportiest of settings add too much synthetic heft, as BMW seems to associate weight with sportiness, and most of the general public do as well. For example, some of the M cars are honestly best left with their steering in comfort rather than sport or sport plus.
All together, I really think BMW needs to work harder on the steering. A decade later of BMW EPS and while progress has been made, its honestly still not enough. I get making the rack numb on your bread and butter 330i or X3 for the general public, but on the M cars there is zero excuses for numbness. They can't use their typical "but people don't want feel" card on the M cars which are mainly made, advertised and sold to enthusiasts who like steering feedback. I mean, there's a list of cars and manufacturers that I can think of off the top of my head that I have driven and have better steering feel than most new BMW's, and these range from Mazda's and Honda's to Cadillac's and even Mercedes, to of course Porsche and Alfa who have some of the best.