Right, the Suzuki Swift GTi in my opinion is the best handling dirt FWD car ever. I have driven ARC spec WRX's, and that is the closest I could relate this car to.
It is so chuckable!!! As you are coming up to any corner, you give the steering a flick, the back end goes out so smoothly and nicely, with so much grace. You ease down the power, the front end starts controlling the back, and before you know it. your pulling a perfect FWD powerslide.
Learn't all this about the car at a Khanacross held out at Tailem Bend. Being my daily driver, I decided to drive it as hard as I can, really push the car, see what she is capable of.
Although I finished 26th (mainly from finishing in one garage sideways
), with out the 30 seconds of copped penalties, I would have cleaned up a nice 9th place. Not bad for my first dirt event in two years, on a set of average road tires!
Here is a short video of one of my worse runs, uploaded it mainly because of the spectacular garage finish. Of which I didn't knock any cones down, simply exited through the middle, costing me 10 seconds.
Here are some great shots of the swift giving it everything! Little worried by the body roll that I was getting, got a wheel off the ground in one shot though!
Awesome photos by
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