Any tips for RWD?

[Grantorino]

I can only drive fwd and 4wd. Do you pros have any tips? I spin out a lot if I attack the gas too much. What's a good beginner rwd car?

[somethingthing]

In h2 the Fiat and Opel is the most stable cars and in h3 its the bmw. maybe thats a personal preference but they feel easiest to drive imo

[Ghost]

change the Toe and camber, and the braking balance. Toe in on the rear with some good camber, plus the brake balance more forward helps a lot. Also, feather the throttle, don't mash it while in the turn, and manage your counter steer in a smooth manner (nothing brutal, RWD do not like brutal or sudden move).

The Fiat is easy with the Opel. The stratos can be a handful.

[heckenheini]

It also helps to set the Alignment, in the setup menu, to more positive to stabilize the Car. If you drive with automatic shifting, set the final drive longer, so you decrease the power on the wheels a ittle bit when throttle out of a corner

[Moog®]

Also, unlocking the rear diff and making the rear suspension softer (and the roll bar too) will help stability. A bit of oversteer, you can use, understeer is always bad!

[karik_FIN_134]

reduce diff braking lock in rwd cars so they don't go into massive oversteer slide under harder braking, something like 5-15% in a rwd is enough to get some oversteer when braking into corners and in some cars u might have to put it to all the way down to 0% (for me H2 rwd Fiat is a such a car that oversteers too much under braking on asphalt that diff braking lock has to be at 0%)

if u have issues controlling rwd on throttle then reduce diff driving lock percentage

[Apex Azimuth]

For people having alot of trouble managing RWD oversteer, your differential settings are your best friend.

In particular, differential preload is often overlooked. Try increasing preload to help you manage oversteer.

Eventually you'll get a feel for managing your throttle in corners and use it to steer your car, and tightening your differential will be a benefit despite it being more difficult to handle at times.

The BMW E30 M3 Evo is a fairly forgiving RWD with a good setup.

Also, stay well clear of the Lancia Stratos if you're wanting to learn RWD. It could be the most vicious RWD car in the game to handle, but it's very fast when you get it right.

[☎need4naiim☎]

Originally posted by Apex Azimuth:

...Also, stay well clear of the Lancia Stratos if you're wanting to learn RWD. It could be the most vicious RWD car in the game to handle, but it's very fast when you get it right.

Both Lancia Stratos and Lancia 037 behave exceptionally well for me once i step in, even better than FWD and 4WD.

I do not fully know why that is, but it is a very good feeling that those cars helped me to win several times in the most obscure moments in DiRT Rally, DiRT4 and DiRT Rally 2.0.

Hence, i have to give one for Stratos
and another big for 037.

[Apex Azimuth]

Yeah both the 037 and Stratos are legendary. They're very unique in look and feel, and extremely fast in their classes. 037 being the last RWD to win a WRC makes it special in every sense.

What makes the Stratos a nightmare for RWD newbies is probably the weight distribution. Mid-engine means its weight is centered, which is not what you want for stability, but it's advantageous for agility.

[CelticDr]

My favourite car in DR2 ATM is the old-school Porsche 911 (the rally one, not the GT one - which has crazy twitchy handling). For some reason the Porsche 911 feels fully glued to the road (for me at least) and I struggle to get the tail to step out of place, in that respect it handles a bit like a 4WD, though YMMV.

However it also comes down to your individual driving style - FWD cars have more understeer (that feeling where you can't get the back to step out and you need to use the brake a bit more into the corner) and RWD cars have more oversteer (that skittish/back sliding feel that also causes you to spin out when you go hard on the throttle, but also makes it easier to initiate a good old Scandi flick), 4WD is the ideal mix between these which is why most drivers perform better in 4WD, and also why they've won the most WRC championships.

Personally I prefer a bit of oversteer, but for sheer speed nothing beats a 4WD, though the RWD cars are more fun IMO because you can get them to step out more easily (especially on the gravel, and on ice the RWD can be exhausting to drive).

That said I will echo others opinions about the Lancia 037 (it's one of the most friendly RWDs in DR2) and the Stratos (it's one of the most scary RWDs in DR2).

My money is still on the Porsche 911 though.

[CelticDr]

Originally posted by Apex Azimuth:

Yeah both the 037 and Stratos are legendary. They're very unique in look and feel, and extremely fast in their classes. 037 being the last RWD to win a WRC makes it special in every sense.

What makes the Stratos a nightmare for RWD newbies is probably the weight distribution. Mid-engine means its weight is centered, which is not what you want for stability, but it's advantageous for agility.

Another massive factor with the Stratos's handling is the really short wheel-base, they recently made a prototype modern version of the Stratos (by cutting a Ferrari in two and taking out some mid-section to make it shorter) and the unpredictable handling of the original under braking was replicated.

One of my favourite things about driving the Stratos in DR2 is that you never really know how it's going to react when making a hand-brake turn, sometimes you pull it off perfectly and look like a total pro and other times you end up in a spin, such a classic Italian car right there.

[qwadrwr]

Originally posted by Apex Azimuth:

Also, stay well clear of the Lancia Stratos if you're wanting to learn RWD. It could be the most vicious RWD car in the game to handle, but it's very fast when you get it right.

While I'm ok with everything else you said, I highly disagree on that one. The R-GT Porsche is the RWD which is most difficult to handle, it goes off on lifting throttle, it goes off on power, and then it goes off everywhere else just because it can. Then again, it is the most fun to drive, too, if you get the hang of it, and I never get better online results then in the R-GT events :-).

[Grantorino]

What do you guys think of FWD?