The best platform AWD vs. RWD vs. FWD - How to Handle Your Car

How to understand drivetrain layouts and take advantage of what you've got ! Never look like a fool again. Today we will try to understand the perfect racing line for your car. Don't you hate it when you are trying to leave a fool in the dust but, you mess up the corner and look like a fool yourself. 

We do it too, but that is why we highly recommend you watching the last episode BFGoodrich’s “The Racing Line” presented by Tire Rack , which will throw some light on why we are loosing speed and how to overcome this unpleasant experience.

In the video the pro driver Randy Pobst is comparing the three different platforms. In other words he is testing a RWD ( rear-wheel drive ) Mazda Miata Mx-5 roadster, an AWD ( all-wheel drive ) 2015 Subaru Impreza WRX hatchback and of course a FWD ( front drive ) Ford Focus hatchback ST, explaining the good and the bad of every type of drivetrain config.


The 4 wheel driving is not an easy thing. As the host demonstrates, the secret hides in the balance, understanding it and learning to command the weight transfer in order to help you get the car to do what you want it to do ! We all seem to go into the corner and fight with it, rather than havin a master plan of what to do upon entering, mid cornering and exiting.

One of the best rwd sports cars , the Mazda Miata was chosen to represent the rear wheel powered cars.

Probs has years and years of experience behind the steering wheel in variety of race cars. This is enough to make his knowledge about the driving technique, worthy of calling it wisdom. He is sure to teach you how to get a fast lap or even more interesting to us, getting the ass-end of a RWD break loose in order to produce a nice drift. On the picture bellow you can see the racing line of one of the best 4 wheel drive small cars .

The episode is full of vital information ! There is that vital comparison between the three, and most importantly their cornering racelines.Knowing your car is one thing, but driving it like a pro is another. ( Any Initial D fans out there, you know what I'm talking about). It doesn't matter if you will sit behind the wheel of a GTI, McLaren P1, Nissan GTR or even Chevrolet Spark or any other sports car, knowing how to handle the three platforms in general will make you a better all rounded driver. This will also give you much more confidence and surely much more knowledge and information to consider before your tackle a corner or even when choosing your next "daily car".

You can go watch the video in Motor Trend's Youtube channel or follow this link @https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=307&v=C4hv78vtBxM