VEHICLE CONTROLLER AND VEHICLE CONTROL METHOD

A vehicle controller is configured to execute a recognition process of recognizing a state of an object in a recognizable area set on a front side of a host vehicle, and a driving control process of performing a vehicle control of causing the host vehicle to travel based on a recognition result of the recognition process. The recognizable area includes a regular recognition area and a quasi-recognition area when a band-shaped scheduled traveling area along a travel route on which the host vehicle travels is curved. The driving control process includes performing the vehicle control according to a first driving mode when the recognition result of the recognition process indicates that an obstacle exists in the regular recognition area, and performing the vehicle control according to a second driving mode when the recognition result of the recognition process indicates that an obstacle exists in the quasi-recognition area.