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Originally Posted by FactorX81
My guess is safety, before the days of traction control, stability control, and these eLSD hi-po rwd cars were alot easier to wreck. These cars even with traction control off spin like tops with moderate throttle input on a wet road.
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I think it's the other way around. eLSD is "nearly free" because of local laws. Both the European Union as well as the US have made electronic stability control mandatory. So you already need all the sensors and mechanisms to apply the brakes independently of each other.
With all the sensors and mechanisms in place already because of laws. You might as well save money by plopping in a maintenance free open diff and spend a small amount (compared to developing ESC in the first place) of development time to add an eDiff instead.