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Originally Posted by Skye
How do belt drives compare to shaft drives on 4WD cars?
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SOME shaft driven 4wd cars suffer excessinve amounts of torque reaction due to motor placement and thus direction of rotation relative to the rest of the transmission .... the FS2 isn't one of them (there is a reason the motor points the opposite way to most other cars!!)
Belt driven cars often feel a little "softer" in terms of throttle response which some people like.
Shaft driven cars tend to have very well sealed drive trains so so maintenance is both less frequently required and less extensive when it is needed (I rebuild my FS diffs twice a year if that, barely anything gets in!) where as belt drive cars have more open transmissions which can get full of crud.
Other than that it is down to the handling dynamics your after which car you choose.
The FS2 is super easy to drive, easy to set up (can just about be treated as a one-setup-fits-all car) and is never a handful even if the setup isn't 100% perfect. It's character is forgiving, rides the bumps like nothing else and has very strong traction. It is also a strong and reliable car that if it does break then it's normally not to the point the run is over, things tend to crack rather than shatter.
The SX3 obviously hasn't been out in the hands of joe public yet but watching some of the team drivers pilot them around they look more stable, predictable and generally more balanced than the SX/SX2. There is no way that anybody could say they don't look good.
I have heard that there is a potential transmission issue but the truth of that is I guess we won't know till it gets in joe public hands.
I know which one I would recomend, probably obvious it the FS2, but before buying any new car please please get hold of one to try, even if it's just a couple of laps.
Not all cars suit everybody, that said I have only come across one person who wasn't happy with the FS and I think we could ahve got him comfortable with the car if he'd worked with us.
I will say though that if you like the RB5 then you will almost certainly fall in love with the FS2 ... it's similar in feel but just MORE of everything
