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Originally Posted by Remonster
As soon as I saw your original "60:40" post I knew people were gonna be confused, I knew you meant 60% of the weight in the rear is closer to ideal than 50:50 and you're absolutely right.
Based on my experience and what I've read on vehicle design, chassis setup, etc. it seems to me that 50:50 is a good target for a car that is fairly neutral; fun but also safe and easy to control. 40:60 is closer to what you want for the fastest lap times.
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And possibly the optimum that can be achieved on a car that is based on a family saloon...
So credit to BMW for at least trying to get as close to 50/50 as possible, instead of just doing an Audi and creating nose heavy cars. Without adding ballast, it's probably not realistic to expect a 40/60 weight distribution on a M car.