Both cars are so damn close in so many aspects that it really comes down to personal preference. Since I can predict what the next 20 posts are going to say, I’ll offer something different.
Do you want to learn how to really drive? The reason a lot of people say the EVO is sharper is because it’s easier to drive. Both cars do a lot of the driving for you, but an sti is going to require you to take things like understeer/oversteer into consideration more than an evo will. A novice driver is going to put an EVO around a track a little faster than an sti, but as many test drivers and roadcoursers have discovered, once you figure the sti out the rewards are just as great.
To quote my good friend Jarrod at the last autocross,
Fuck you, I don’t have to be good. I drive an evo.
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