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Yeah. I do agree, preference does have a huge part in it, because preference is the thing that chooses what environment you're putting a car in. But as far as roadracing, drifting, and dragracing are concerned, I do beleive RWD can be the best if tuned properly by a person with mediocre driving skills that knows the simple concept of keeping the car out of the grass and or dirt.

RWD though, is, hands down my favorite, because unlike FWD and AWD, you don't have to let off the gas or tap the E-brake to get enough oversteer so that you don't plow into the wall on a turn.

RWD is better in my opinion if you take weight into consideration. When a car takes off, where does the weight go? To the rear. When a car is turning, where is the most wear coming from from both FWD and AWD? The front tires, because they have to do two jobs at the same time. Whereas with RWD the rear tires have one job, and one job only. And thats to push the car, and because of that, RWD's have better cornering capabilities because whenever understeer is induced, the typical front biased nature and high horsepower nature of a RWD typically lends itsself to being easily cured of understeer by a simple powersteering (meaning that you're rotating the car with the power, not the steering, losing traction essentially on the rear tires is more simply put) to turn the car in a more sideways fasion, one of which AWD can do, but does poorly, and FWD can attempt as much as they want, but will fail fabulously.

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Andrew

on a track anything over 300hp rwd i think anything under fwd  no assists except abs under 750 hp thats how men race end of story.awd sucks on racetracks proven by how all the race cars are made into rwd cause in real life they understeer and are heavy good for rally cars cause they need  the grip but the amount of money it takes for those to work properly doesent mean winning on road tracks

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I think this arguement is all on own driving style
I myself prefer RWD cars as can be a lot more powerful but there are also a lot harder to handle
Novices will prefer FWD or AWD cars as easy to handle
I think that this arguement will never be resolved

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GT Private Moose

Private Moose:

I think this arguement is all on own driving style
I myself prefer RWD cars as can be a lot more powerful but there are also a lot harder to handle
Novices will prefer FWD or AWD cars as easy to handle

High-powered FWD cars are a lot harder to handle than equally powered RWD cars.

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I think generally, people only think of the top of the line racing when considering this question.  For high horsepower cars, grip is at a premium: it is often best suited to share the tasks out among the tires.  Let the rear handle acceleration and the front grip.

However, I often prefer the fun that comes with small car racing! In forza terms, the lower classes.  When you're talking about small lower powered cars, weight balance is at a premium.  Its hard to get to that desired 50/50 weight balance when your engine weighs so much relative to a car.  For these cars, FWD is a better option, with stiff rear suspension to keep that weight there and keep your front tires down.

For instance in the game, the Ford Focus ST has the option of a drivetrain swap to a RWD drive.  I don't prefer it because the car is already 63% front weight balance! Its hard to get much pressure against the rear tires, especially at low speeds.