All else equal, you WILL lose some of the sensations when you go from HPS (hydraulic power steering) to EPS (electric power steering). Whether you notice the loss or care, that's another question.
EPS inherently has more friction, so it tends to erase some of the fine sensations you might get in the steering wheel that tell you about the road surface. A lot of cars are set up (through bushings etc.) to dial those fine sensations out anyway, so it's not always a noticeable loss. In a sporty car, though, it's a big loss.
EPS systems also tend to be programmed to counteract certain vibrations. Those vibrations may or may not have been useful for the driver to feel. Sporty cars tend to do less of this filtering than non-sporty cars.
Other aspects of feel are effort and cornering loads. No real difference between HPS and EPS here.
I have EPS in my current car. I definitely notice the loss of those fine sensations. I'm okay with it because the steering is excellent in every other way, and because I get enough feel from the rest of the chassis anyway.
EPS inherently has more friction, so it tends to erase some of the fine sensations you might get in the steering wheel that tell you about the road surface. A lot of cars are set up (through bushings etc.) to dial those fine sensations out anyway, so it's not always a noticeable loss. In a sporty car, though, it's a big loss.
EPS systems also tend to be programmed to counteract certain vibrations. Those vibrations may or may not have been useful for the driver to feel. Sporty cars tend to do less of this filtering than non-sporty cars.
Other aspects of feel are effort and cornering loads. No real difference between HPS and EPS here.
I have EPS in my current car. I definitely notice the loss of those fine sensations. I'm okay with it because the steering is excellent in every other way, and because I get enough feel from the rest of the chassis anyway.
