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Originally posted by Geo31
Have you ever raced or seriously tracked a FWD car?
The two are just different. Both can be throttle steered, but that in and of itself does not a great car make.
As for the sterring feel, I think a FWD car has better feel. I have a much better feel for what the driven wheels are doing becaue have one more input for evaluation. In a FWD car on the limit I can feel real nuances in the traction.
Still I do that those with the very best of skills will get a bit more from RWD.
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Again, I didn't say that FWD can't be throttle-steered, just that it doesn't have quite the range that RWD has for throttle steering. It's a matter of degrees, not absolutes. As I've said (I forget if it was here or in another thread), I've seen and driven some FWD cars that would almost certainly show their tail-lights to my 951 on a track. It's not that it can't be made fast or good-handling, just that I think there are a wider range of control options with RWD.
For me, FWD muddies the steering feel. I get a little bit better feel for propulsion traction, but I just don't get the same feedback for steering and whether the tires are going to break loose in steady-state that I do with RWD. FWD tends to dampen steering feedback because the what's best for preventing torque steer and what's best for preserving road feel as far as suspension design are at loggerheads. I've driven many FWD cars where the compromise is very well executed, but it's still a compromise. I just can't feel the road through the steering in FWD the way I can in RWD. Heck, I can't feel the road through the 951's power rack the same way that I can through the 914's non-power setup.