Honestly, the way I see it is this. If you are looking for a car that can basically go to the track and click off dumbfounding 1/4 mile times, AWD is 100% the way to go. If you are looking for a car that will kick ass racing on the highway to 120, you are a fucking idiot, and should get arrested for such stupidity.

In all seriousness though. The AWD car NEVER has traction issues. You'll never have to spend $1k+ for an LSD, nor will you ever have to buy sets of tires over and over when you shred the fronts. You'll never have to worry about breaking loose in third nor will you have to give up using 1st or 2nd gear until readline ever again.

If you really are that concerned about what AWD feels like and how it "puts its power down", come to the shootout and watch people go down the track all day Sunday. I think seeing that in person and riding in an AWD car over the weekend will make your mind up for you.

Also, you start having major traction issues around 300 hp on FWD as far as I have heard. 1st gear is useless, as is much of 2nd. And, if it's raining, has rained, is raining somewhere else in the world, or even may rain in the future, you'll have traction problems.