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Originally posted by Tervuren
It honesly depends on what you are tryin to do. In high power applications in a light weight vehichle, I'd prefer a RWD car for sure. But say, in a light car with a mostly fowards weight balance, FWD can suddenly become a very exciting drive. Such as modified mini's, etc.
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This is the best answer of the bunch.
I had been racing a FWD Sentra SE-R and you might be surprised how good FWD can be. A well set up Honduh with double wishbone can be even better. You must drive them differently and in some ways you can drive a FWD a bit more aggressively through tight corners.
It's not hard to set up FWD to oversteer. In many ways it's easier to control oversteer with a good FWD set-up. When the rear starts to rotate, all you do is mash the throttle and you can get a nice neutral drift. I have experienced this in a race. It's pretty amazing. Once you get the hang of it it can be quite fast. An LSD is a bit more important with FWD than RWD.
A good FWD set-up is probably easier to drive fast than a good RWD set-up for the average person. However, for those who can get the most out of their car, all things being equal I think RWD has a bit of an advantage.
I'd be careful dissing FWD cars if you don't really know what you're talking about.