Yes, it sounds very similar. Today, many cars -- even performance cars -- use brakes in place of a differential. In fact, IIRC, McLaren road cars don't have me

Yes, it sounds very similar. Today, many cars -- even performance cars -- use brakes in place of a differential. In fact, IIRC, McLaren road cars don't have mechanical differentials at all, and they're hardly slow! Instead of a mechanical device employing a series of clutches that only allows x% more speed or torque or whatever to another wheel, you can (effectively) infinitely vary the amount of power to each wheel by selectively applying brakes. What used to be a crude/cheap traction control hack quickly became 'better' than the real-deal mechanical device.