Difference between RWD and FWD?

Question

which one is easier to drift with? is there a difference with speed or acceleration? and is one more fun to drive than the other?

Answer 1

RWD-Rear-wheel Drive---The car is driven by the rear wheels

FWD-Front-wheel Drive--- The car is driven by the front wheels.

Rear wheel drive is way better than front wheel drive.

You can light them up as for a fwd car you can burn out or anything.

Answer 2

Front wheel drive cars cannot drift, only rear wheel drive cars can.

There isn't really any difference between speed and acceleration, that is all based upon your horsepower, torque, gearing, and weight.

Both cars are very fun to drive in different aspects. i.e drifting a rwd, fwd would be good in autocross but a rwd car can do that as well.

Answer 3

Never driven a RWD, but here's my take.

RWD is the only kind that can drift, no matter what anyone tells you.

Difference in acceleration, maybe. But only due to the fact that the inertia of acceleration puts more weight on the rear wheels.

RWD is much harder to handle in poor weather, which is why RWD is really only available on sports cars now.

Answer 4

biiig difference between rwd and fwd.

tires only have so much grip available, so fwd is immediately at a disadvantage, why you ask? because the front wheels have to propel the car AND steer, and being hampered by the amount of grip available negatively affects cornering and acceleration.

FWD cars are also prone to torque steer and are EXTREMELY difficult to launch correctly because the weight shifts off the drive wheels when accelerating, further limiting grip.

you can see that RWD solves all those problems.