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It worth pointing out that the current on road slant is that belts are back in favour, rather than always have been. They went through a spell of shaft drives a while back too.

What is 'in' tends to depend on other factors. For example, the original appeal of shafts was that they are more efficient than belts. Therefore Snoring cars put up with the torque steer problems because they could run a hotter motor and still make 5 mins with the batteries of the day. However, thanks to brushless and much improved cell tech, struggling to last the race is a thing of the past, and we have all the power we need, so running a slightly less efficent but easier to control belt suffers no penalty.

In offroad, where torque steer isn't that major anyway, the drivetrain choice for car designers really comes down to where they want to put stuff.