Have to agree - I find any car with non-assisted steering very awkward feeling these days - in the good old days (1960s) I hated assisted steering.
Power steering for me is still for the towcar. I have cars here with probably the worst and best powersteering feel. 71 Galaxie, 4 turns from lock to lock with very little feel. 6 deg of caster helps a bit!
Conversely the FG Ford ute I drive is almost heavy with too quick a steering. For street use I find the AU Ford nicer in feel. Responsive and lighter.
Great for the road. I did hillclimb an FG earlier this year. The steering then was ok, BUT I still prefer manual steer.
My old Torana Sports Sedan was surprisingly light with 6 deg of caster coupled with a modified LX Torana rack had great feel.
The XE I play with though really is too slow. 3.5 turns lock to lock! But the feel and weight is ok. Though for hillclimbs with 'bus stops' I had to take some caster off of it. Heavier and slower than the Torana though with far smaller tyres.
In classic speedway Supermodifieds many of the [older] blokes are fitting power steering. I call them girls! Though I did replace the worn out 16-1 Holden box with a 20-1 Falcon box which was a near bolt in,, and in stock. That car is set up properly and does not need power steering. The slightly slower, .9 to 1.1 turns I found to be better. On track I am still only using less than half a turn. Too quick is often detrimental,, though too slow is worse, but lighter.
A few dirt oval street stock racers are finding that no power steering makes them faster. Even using power steer racks. More feel, less crash!
In motorsport these days how many power steering failures do you see. Quite a lot. Without one less thing to go wrong, or at least for short events