I have to disagree a bit. Lift off oversteer usually happens at
high speeds. Taking the FIA ETCC cars as an example, the Alfa 155
touring cars are FWD. They've often invited some drivers from other
series such as F1 drivers to come drive a single race as a special
invite. Many drivers especially those from F1, often spin the cars
because they make the mistake of lifting off thru corners. In a RWD
car like a F1 car, lifting off is often used to control the nose of
the car as it slides wide, or to tame the rear if it steps out. In
a FWD touring car, at very high speeds, sometimes they make the
mistake of using the same technique, resulting in a high speed spin
due to lift off oversteer. Drivers who've made this mistake
includes Giancarlo Fisichella. As u see, lift off oversteer CAN and
does happen at high speeds in FWD cars. In fact, it is much harder
to get lift off oversteer in FWD cars at medium to low speeds.
Thats why they're not used in the D1 drift series. D1 drift series,
actually drift at low to medium speeds, not high speeds as the
human eye is tricked into believeing. I'd judge most of those
drifts to be done at speeds between 50 to 80km/h which are fairly
low speeds, when compared to actual racing speeds. We have to
remember what we deem a "high speed drift" in the world of drifting
is, in absolute terms, actually fairly low speed. That is why D1
drifters don't use FWD cars.
