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Originally Posted by Sh0velMan
I love the bump-n-slide of the solid rear. As a passenger anyway.
Kiss the apex, slide to the outside a few inches. Every turn. Hahaha
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They are fun to drive.
There definitely is a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to IRS vs. SRA. Stealing a quote from Billy Johnson (Roush racing driver, s2ki.com poster):
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It's been said that the recent 'purist' viewpoint/train of thought has shifted the generally accepted consensus that IRS (Independent Rear Suspension) is superior to stick-axles when it is not necessarily true. While the camber gain and bumpsteer of IRS can edge out a stick-axle in peak mid-corner grip, it can become a disadvantage on entry and especially exit of corners. "The fastest accelerating cars in the world have stick-axles". By maintaining an even rear platform, stick-axles have inherent advantages that at the end of the day, can be as good if not better than an IRS. In many cases its harder to make an IRS work better than a stick-axle, pending rules of the series, which stick-axle design you are looking at, etc... But at the end of the day, in CTSCC, a ~stock geometry Mustang out handles and comes out of corners better than the E92 M3 but currently due to rules, the M3 outbrakes and has more power to out accelerate the Mustang on the top end.
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Day in day out, do I prefer IRS? Sure. But I'm not going to write off SRA completely like many misinformed folks tend to. It helps actually having experience with the good ones!