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Originally Posted by heavyD
Ferrari uses RWD because real sports cars are RWD only. AWD is nice and all for helping average drivers go faster by adding grip but RWD is the holy grail of sports cars. I find it hard to look down on FWD from AWD as both setups understeer by nature and neither are RWD at the end of the day.
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Don't look down on AWD just yet
AWD cars were mostly born from rally. Group B Audi Quattros made it extremely popular and almost a neccessity. Bringing along the AWD group A cars soon after.
AWD is no slouch, as the R32 Skyline GTR dominated the RWD V8s in Bathurst
RWD is the most pure layout, while AWD can be setup with RWD bias, thus RWD and AWD is preferred in performance cars
RWD Performace cars
Mclaren P1
MP4-12C
Ferrari 458
Porsche GT3
BMW M3
AWD performance cars of today:
Porsche 911 Turbo S
Ferrari FF
Porsche 918
Nissan GTR
Aventador
R8
There is never any FWD sport cars outside of hot hatches and tuners. The layout is more for economy and interior dimension purposes.
We like the BRZ, Mustangs, WRX, STi, Golf R, and EVOs because they are affordable and when tuned has the spirit of those cars above