cornering Options

[beno]

Just a quick question

Does a fwd car have better cornering than a rwd car?
Not including drifting


Thanks

[Bigmeanbulldog55]

typically speaking... FWD cars can enter a corner faster because of inherit understeer during entry... but the same understeer also limits acceleration out of the corner. A rwd car on the other hand is almost opposite... because of snap oversteer, corner entry speed can't be too fast... but that oversteer allows you to accelerate through a corner. On a short track with tight corners, RWD is a bit better. On a circuit track, it's a toss up.

Yeah, but on a really small autocross type track, the FWD can be better. This is only because you can chop almost all wieght from the rear and just fling it around. The little cars like the Mini's are a good example of this. It has to be super tight, and the car has to be set up for it to work that way though. I like them both, but the close together the front and rear wheels are, the happier I am.

[Kwanza26]

Yeah, but on a really small autocross type track, the FWD can be better. This is only because you can chop almost all wieght from the rear and just fling it around. The little cars like the Mini's are a good example of this. It has to be super tight, and the car has to be set up for it to work that way though. I like them both, but the close together the front and rear wheels are, the happier I am.

Ahem... have you raced tight tracks before? If not... I suggest you stop right there. BTW... the reason the Mini does well is because of its wheelbase... but it still can't touch a stock Miata.

i say it depends on the suspention, tires and driver. I know guys who can drive bone stock RWD cars better than a modified FWD car on a track, and i know guys who can smoke any rwd cars with a bone stock fwd. I say its all the driver, suspention and tires.

True... but i'm gonna assume everything is on equal grounds here besides the drivetrain layout.