The provocatively named Race mode
limits wheelspin enough to prohibit properly competition - worthy driving, encouraging the manettino to get clicked into CT Off mode.
Despite its off - road pretensions, the Peugeot 2008 is front - wheel - drive only, but versions fitted with a system called Grip Control offer some off - road capability by
limiting wheelspin in slippery conditions.
Among other dynamic advantages you get bigger (19 - inch) wheels as standard and a mechanical limited - slip differential to
limit wheelspin on quick departures from rest.
Not exact matches
The original car's rampant
wheelspin was later tempered by a
limited - slip differential, which means the front end feels tied - down in a way it never did originally.
It's easy to launch hard without any effort, the car's traction control and
limited - slip differential mitigating
wheelspin without halting forward progress.
The lack of a
limited - slip differential also softens the Alpina's dynamic edge, and frustrates in the hairpins by delivering oversteer through one bend, scrabbly inside -
wheelspin the next.
The brakes were a letdown though, having to work double - time on the track, both slowing the car and controlling its
wheelspin via the electronic
limited - slip differential.
You can turn off the PSM stability and traction controls completely or leave just the
wheelspin -
limiting traction control active, but I decided to respect my friend's new toy and leave the safety systems turned on.
Traction is the
limiting factor all the way through first gear, especially as there are no electronics to tame the
wheelspin.
In addition to the aforementioned horizontal motion damper, the Ram SRT - 10 combats
wheelspin with a
limited - slip differential, 305 - section Pirelli Scorpion Zero tires, and a surprisingly good 56/44 percent front / rear weight distribution.
There is four - wheel
limited slip, in which
wheelspin is controlled by braking any single wheel that loses traction.
Instead of using a mechanical
limited slip differential, the brake system slows the inside front wheel under acceleration to mitigate
wheelspin.
The new front
limited - slip diff will complement the standard rally - friendly features of the RS model including torque vectoring control, which applies brake force to reduce
wheelspin at the front axle, and a dynamic torque vectoring system that uses electronically controlled clutch packs at the rear axle to send 100 percent of available rear axle torque to either rear wheel when needed.
The
limited - slip unit in the GMC's rear axle needs
wheelspin before it'll work, so the gnarliest, loosest spots took lots of throttle and momentum to negotiate.
If you opt for a CXL with front - wheel drive, you get standard traction control, an electronic system that detects, and then
limits,
wheelspin of the sort that you'd get on a slick road.
Essentially, Low Traction Launch
limits the amount of torque available to the driver, helping to eliminate
wheelspin and improve acceleration.
Electronic traction control is also fitted to rear mechanical
limited slip differentials, preventing
wheelspin and improving grip.
About the only drawback with the SC400's differential is the lack of
limited - slip gearing (the SC400 used traction control to prevent
wheelspin), but it's not too difficult to buy a Japanese - market Soarer or Supra LSD unit.