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Originally Posted by solstice
Interesting points. Are you saying that the lower tire wall is ultimately faster in the hands of professional drivers and more tire wall is to help amateurs going faster? I so, are you talking AWD specifically or both RWD and AWD?
Cause I’m skeptical that BMW left any obvious advantage on the table when they designed the M4 GTS with staggered diameter. Of marketing reasons they needed the pros to post the quickest time as with the M5CS.
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An M4cs is RWD and the front axle doesn't have to bother with accelerative forces ==> best bias towards higher side walls since the potential time you lose in the first part of turn in, is not compensated with time gain in part 3 of the turn. An AWD on the other side "could" compensate it the exit phase of the turn!