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Originally Posted by ZX-10R

What's interesting is most AWD cars (high end 911 turbo S and similar notwithstanding) fail to impress on a roadcourse, I thought the M4 xdrive would put up better times (C&D Lightning Lap) then it did (still well behind the ZL1) and Audis are even further back - I guess this is primarily a weight/steering/front end weight bias issue (?)

The GT3 is not getting beat by AWD cars in the price range or even close

https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...lightning-lap/
https://www.caranddriver.com/feature...lightning-lap/

Yeah, I'm not super surprised that the AWD cars aren't putting down great times around a track compared to RWD cars--especially for some of the Audi's. A lot of them use FWD-bias systems and really idiotic alignments in stock form that cause the cars to push through turns. The BMW M4 xDrive I'm a little surprised about but, I'll have to do more research into those cars to see if they suffer from anything strange from the factory that holds them back. If I was going for a dedicated track car that I wanted to be competitive with, I'd absolutely do it in a RWD car but, I'd prefer a mid or rear engine vehicle.