Yeah, I'd have to agree with that. The only time a car is really hard to control when it's sliding is when it's set up for final oversteer, which is not something you typically want in the first place. Pieter Bervoets told me in his Donkervoort that full opposite lock drifting, even on racing slicks, was actually very easy to do once you practiced in a parking lot for awhile. And this is in a 650Kg car with 280HP... He demonstrated this to me going through a corner once. Normally he'd use a lot of throttle at the apex and simultaneously straighten the wheel and just steer out of the turn with the throttle. Then, he went ahead and used a lot more throttle and we went quite sideways. Full opposite lock for a second or two, then bang, straighten the wheel and let off that excess throttle and the car straightened up immediately.
Fear was plentiful in my mind throughout that, even though there was nothing to hit but a couple of small ditches on either side of the road
Edit: Oh, one more thing. Typically even on public road ways when there's an accident or near accident involving a spin, the car generally does not just spin around. Rather, it goes very sideways and the driver overcorrects. I.e., the slide left, turn right, then don't begin to straighten the wheel until the car is pointing forwards again. By then it's too late because the car is yawing even faster now in the opposite direction. Slide left, then spin around to the right. I was a passenger in a '71 Firebird as a teenager that did several such oscillations before finally spinning around three complete times and stopping dead in the middle of the freeway. 120mph off road excursions need to be dealt with carefully
Excellent lol