the self centering and torque are traits of FWD, just as knowing when the tailend is about to go out, you can tell which is which, I'm not buying it. There's handling characteristics particular to both drivetrains. The handling characteristic is mostly seen while On throttle. Additionally, that's only if the platform is well balanced enough that it comes down to the actual drive wheels.
Polar moment of inertia has little to do with drive wheels. Ballast weights and drive line situation can also be a factor in weight distribution. You can claim that it's the layout, but what does that have to do with that the wheels are actually doing? also, to make it a little easier to understand for those not understanding center of gravity, made it more about inertial rotation about drive wheels. Wrong? partially (there's more to it than just that particular influence), but try and tell me a wheelie is caused solely by the a car rotating on its center of gravity and i'll have to look at you a little funny.
Acceleration i covered, but braking is all or nothing. The Rearward bias is correct with the mid engine layout, but with front engine layouts, exactly how does this equal a better weight shift to the front wheels? I want to see how they calculated 80% of the braking force for the front, and it's different for Rear drive. Is it based on the fact the BMW uses anti-dive geometry?
There's horrible handling Rear Drive platforms as well as Terrible Handling front drive platforms. just like there's wonderful rear drive platforms and wonderful front drive platforms.
That article also reinforced what i said about Grip. to the point that in order to get the best out of ANY car, you need to make the best of the grip.
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A more even distribution of braking force would be beneficial, which is why rear-heavy cars such as Porsche 911s always stop very well. Obviously, the forward weight bias of front-drive cars is not helpful.
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This doesn't take into account the fact that a lot of Rear drive cars are still front heavy, as well as a lot of AWD cars. There was no caveat mentioned to rear drive cars having a similar flaw in braking. That's the reason brake force is distributed between the axles in similar fashion. come on.
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and as i said before, AWD is the best solution for a drivetrain hands down. Correct distribution and allowing each wheel to move loosely (viscous or active differentials) when needed are important.