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Originally Posted by deladude
This bothered me for a while too. The software is not great at making the transition from casual to spirited driving. In my experience it is too hesitant to get sporty and then when it does it can be quite abrupt and more than anticipated.
Two things I've found that really helped make the car drive more responsively in normal situations for me:
- Using sport individual with engine in sport and everything else in comfort as the default drive mode. The extra power helps get off the line while having the trans in comfort keeps the rpms and burbles from being too obnoxious around town.
- Kick the shifter into m/s in anticipation for acceleration. This gets that downshift out of the way, or bumps the rpms up before you attempt to accelerate. I've gotten in the habit of kicking the trans in and out of m/s quite often and the driving experience is a lot more to my liking this way because it feels like I can more directly control the transition from casual to spirited driving.
I am also using full manual mode more often because the engine feels soooo much better when I control the rpms directly. Although this is my first automatic so maybe I just really miss my manuals  |
These are all good suggestions. I also have set sport individual to use the throttle setting from sport but all other settings (steering, transmission, suspension) from comfort. That is my default driving mode. I just don't like how lazy the throttle can be in comfort mode, plus it will adapt to driving habits and gradually get tamer until it needs a reset.
If you do set up sport individual this way, or drive in default comfort mode, a tap of the sport button will lead to an instantaneous downshift and the car will pretty much "tense up" for rapid acceleration. If I am in a situation where I need to get up and go, that is my procedure.