FWD Master Race Thread

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And Fuller's Dymaxion apparently.

well there is this V8 RF abomination
can hold 11 passengers and has rear wheel steering its also the gondola of an air ship

aside from its inventor the only person other able to drive it died while doing so
and with dignitary's on board

There are a few theories about chassis building and weight distribution and cornering about how an FWD could exit a corner faster than another optimal RWD or a similar RWD car.

Most of that is because an FWD would have lower weight, or because at low speeds the acceleration and turning without understeering could give you a safe way to press the gas earlier, or because if you slightly lose control an FWD will be a lot more stable and earn speed faster than a RWD losing traction in the rear.


Another thing that Veeky Forums benchracers forget is that even F1 drivers have fears and cannot drive to the edge of the limit all the time. FWD provides a very safe platform to have room to screw up.

They were a prototype. Give Fuller a break. It was about trying out different concepts. Conceptual vehicle. Not the end result that would maybe have been marketed.

>FWD provides a very safe platform to have room to screw up.

Ehhh there's many memering and race video's of fwd's eating shit disproving that. A FWD will snap oversteer at the limit sending you into a tree or understeer, sending you into a tree.

You can't ignore the fact that you can't control the back wheels on a FWD.

The issue about oversteer in an FWD is that retards cant setup their cars right. That's the big difference between a shitty track day FWD and a good one. While they cant oversteer from the throttle they can oversteer from lift off a lot easier. And since even losing grip in the rear can have you losing speed, a good way to set up the FWD is not just to reduce the tendency to understeer but ALSO to reduce the tendency to oversteer. Its a harder balance to get than with an RWD. However its also the reason why expert drivers in well tuned FWD like integras Type R and Civics Type R made some RWD and AWD eat shit in low speed technical circuits in both race and time attacks.

If you get on the throttle too early on a low speed curve on a RWD you are spinning. If you do it on an FWD you understeer, you let off, get a better line and do it again.