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I used to think it was all about RWD until I got a FWD Ford Focus. It's only a 1.6 zetec, but that thing is hilarious to slide round corners.
The rest of the time its just plain easier, especially cutting in and out of traffic and in urban situations. Far quicker than an RWD in such situations, from A to B.
It's obviously harder to effect managed power slides in a FWD, but well worth the effort of figuring it out.
Throw it in, get the wheels spinning, and then steer it on the throttle. The same principles apply.
Any damn fool can get the back out on a RWD, though it takes quite a fella to manage it gracefully, and figuring it out on FWD is even more fun because now nothing is off limits.
And power has little to do with it actually, if the technique is there.
There's only one last thing I would add on the RWD issue: big turbos with a lot of lag make it a lot more... ....interesting.
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