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Originally Posted by chrisn
You are making my point (I think). All these systems are BOTH a driver's aid AND a safety system. In theory, they can make even a pro driver faster if calibrated correctly.
In the case of AWD, I actually think the TT's center diff is fancier--- I think it is fully electronic. The GT-R documentation makes it sound less fancy, but I'm not sure.
Point is that some here think AWD is in the category of a bad system. Anything that makes me go around the track faster AND safer is a good thing.
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The problem that you arent considering is that an AWD car can never be as light as a comparable RWD car. Not only that you add drag, and power understeer challenges to dial out, and yes the GT-R plows to contrary to the fanboys that were here proclaiming otherwise when it was released.
Add to that the fact that as you add more traction to the wheels (I.E. slicks), it over-rules AWD's advantage. The only place AWD will have an advantage is in adverse conditions and on factory cars without traction. The mistakes racing series made was giving the AWD cars an advantage by being able to add components (AWD) without the weight penalties that accompanied them, then once they finally did, they were racing in europe where the conditions change almost by the day and the AWD cars won on consistency in adverse conditions.
But you wont find any race drivers that prefer TC, and stability control, or even AWD (except steve millen).