KMM:
Grant:
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In a 50/50 car (like BMW), you have around 80% or more on the front axle during braking (dynamic weight shift) which is not as effective as a 911 (where you still have more than 50% weight on front axle under braking) where you can use all 4 wheels to slow the car more effectively.

On corner exit on a RWD car, you have more drive traction with a rear weight bias.

For handling on a track, the one thing that kills the fun for than anything is understeer. With rear weight bias, understeer is less of a problem.  With oversteer, you can counter-steer and slide the car a little and still be fast and have fun.  With understeer, you have to wait for the car to slow down for the front tires to gain traction (not fun at all).

Just a few examples...

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Someone should inform Porsche about all this, so they can fix their recent mistake with the RSR.

 

We need a facepalm smiley... The mistake is thinking they did it to achieve a the 50-50 weight distribution of a front engined family sedan 1325269639981rolleyes.gif

They did it to bring the mass closer to the center and decrease the polar moment of inertia and to allow for a needed much larger rear diffuser which improves aerodinamics. It is still rear weight biased, moving the engine to the middle does not make it 50-50, mid-engined sportscars are not 50-50.


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⇒ Carlos - Porsche 991 Carrera GTS