> Often our instinct is to apply more power to the accelerator when we are stuck in ice, snow, or mud. Unfortunately, this can deliver too much torque at once,

> Often our instinct is to apply more power to the accelerator when we are stuck in ice, snow, or mud. Unfortunately, this can deliver too much torque at once, resulting in the throttle opening up too quickly and creating rapid wheelspin with no traction. With X-MODE activated, the engine will deliver torque gradually Translation: If you punch the throttle and it's slippery, the throttle is going to ignore you just a little bit. > Subaru vehicles improve on the already outstanding AWD system by increasing the front/rear coupling force, splitting power more evenly between the front and rear sets of tires. Translation: limited slip center differential. It'll mechanically send power more-or-less evenly to the front and the back of the car. > With X-MODE in use, the Vehicle Dynamics Control (VDC) system provides enhanced Limited-Slip Differential (LSD) control. This means that braking is applied much faster and only to the wheels that need it most because they are slipping or spinning without traction. Translation: For slippage from left-to-right, the traction control system will brake the wheel that is spinning, thus encouraging the power to be used at the wheel that is gripping the road, rather than being wasted spinning a tire.