To be fair, the STI is the GOAT. Literally. After a few laps on Trial Mountain, I actually said aloud, "Holy shit, this car is awesome. I feel like I'm riding a mountain goat."
I imagine many of you are having the same, "HAHAHAHA!! What the fuck??" reaction my friends had, so I'll explain. After spending many hours finessing cars through corners, driving the STI felt as simple as diving in to a corner, rotating to point at the next apex, and diving towards it. It felt like I was careening down the side of a cliff as effortlessly as a mountain goat, only needing to decide which boulder (apex) I was leaping to next.
Oof.