The Crossfire has an older type of steering system called reciprocating ball. New cars have much more sophisticated types of steering systems. The car is a sports car however, and as such it's reflexes including steering should feel tight. As for Japanese cars and the front wheel straightening out, you are probably noticing this mainly on front wheel drive cars. As the front wheels turn under power, they want to go in a straight line; therefore, the wheels straighten out. If you accelerate hard on a front drive car, you'll experience what is refered to as torque steer. Torque steer is the action of the steering shifting quickly from right to left as the front end gains traction and tries to straighten itself out. Hope that helps a little.