[JesseK]

Whatever you do with something as cool as swerve drive, do not let the coolness drive your decisions for the build season. Honestly, swerve drive is never 'necessary'. Wildstang didn't have swerve drive this year (heck, from what I saw they didn't even have fancy wheels) and it didn't seem to matter much for them.

For a game like 2009's Lunacy, swerve drive definitely helped maneuverability with the trailer (many a team tried some form of it, including 111), yet it still wasn't necessary to win. Food for thought.