>>14169910>cars need to direct torque to the different wheels to control steeringNo, to limit slip and tire wear you don't want a solid axle. Many things that run offroad like quad bikes and tractors do have solid rear axles because the ground is slippery enough for the tires to slip a little without a lot of wear.
>thats what a differential doesThe diff just lets you have 2+ drive tires that can run at slightly different speeds in corners to limit slip.
>that would be a challenge with this design to even be able to steerHow does it factor in at all? You can have a separate axle for every wheel and the only "slip" that would come from cornering would be the thrust being slightly off axis.
It's like you have watched a youtube video about diffs but only half paid attention and didn't really get it.
