With
the drive mode set to normal, the car is very much usable daily.
No matter what
drive mode you set, its variable - rack steering is quick and the specially formulated Pirelli P Zero tires are forever grippy.
Genesis is making much ado about its Active Sound Design creating «an aural character that reflects the engine load and
driving mode settings.»
Inside, the GranTurismo features an updated center console with a new button arrangement that sees
the drive mode settings moved lower and closer to the shifter.
The SRT 392 adopts such» Cat toys as six - piston front Brembos with 15.4 - inch front rotors, forged wheels, and 20 - inch Pirelli P Zeros; launch control, three - mode adaptive suspension and
drive modes settings for engine, transmission, and stability control; Nappa leather - and - Alcantara seats, 900 - watt Harman Kardon audio, and a flat - bottomed, heated SRT steering wheel with tilt - and - telescope.
To give myself a fighting chance for traction, I've also tweaked the car's
driving mode settings to give me «only» 500 hp, with the adaptive suspension set to full soft and the paddle shifters enabled in case I need to pre-emptively upshift and dilute the V - 8's onrush of power.
Exclusive to the F SPORT, Drive Mode Select technology enables you to create a unique profile of a combination of
drive mode settings for a more personalized driving experience.
Quattro all - wheel drive is standard across the board, as is Audi Drive Select
driving mode settings.
If you scroll further through
the drive mode settings, you'll discover Off - Road — one of the characteristics that distinguishes the Alltrack from the regular Golf Sportwagen.
Jaguar bills the F - Type as an all - weather supercar, as good in snow (thanks to its all - wheel drive and Snow
drive mode setting) as in rain or intense sun.
The Talisman will feature active suspension with different
drive mode settings and four - wheel steering.
Fortunately, there is a Sport
drive mode setting that puts the entire powertrain on edge and allow the engine to shine.
AGC can only be activated when the vehicle is being operated in the ECO
drive mode setting.
Not exact matches
Settings allow you to choose your VIP callers, choose which apps you want access to while
driving, customize your auto - reply message, and enable hands - free
mode.
With the Constellation project scrapped and no concrete timeline
set for a crewed Mars mission, Mars Society founder and president Robert Zubrin warned that NASA could get stuck in what he called «technology -
driven mode,» pursuing pet projects with no clear purpose.
There is however a
drive up shooting
mode which slows time down and gives us some really epic looking
set pieces.
Then you have Hotwire which is form of Conquest that requires players to capture cars and is really quite a frantic gaming
mode, especially with the larger maps and
driving at
set speeds.
In order to validate the AMG badges, the C450 features selectable
driving modes, with Eco, Comfort, Sport, Sport Plus, and Individual (customizable)
settings for the suspension, steering, and powertrain attitudes.
There are three
driving modes to choose from — Normal, Dynamic, and Individual — and they affect throttle mapping, shift strategy, steering feel, and damper
setting.
Owners can also use the Individual
mode to tailor the car
settings — for instance combining the Comfort suspension with Race powertrain
mode — to suit their
driving style.
The PDK «box warrants consideration and is a # 2.5 k - # 2.9 k option, depending on which model you equip it to, while Sports Chrono offers switchable
driving modes that alter the engine mapping, gearbox and suspension
settings.
Options include adaptive suspension that allows you to select from a variety of
drive modes on the
Driving Experience Control switch, and there's a marked difference between the Comfort and Sport +
modes if you choose this; we'd recommend adaptive over the regular passive
set - up.
There is no hill descent control either, and its DNA
drive mode selector lacks a heavy - going
setting.
The Off - Road
mode locks the standard Quattro system into permanent all - wheel
drive and softens - up the dampers more than any other
setting, the better to soak up broken dirt trails and such.
Sport models and up feature Audi
Drive Select, allowing you to alter the steering's power assistance, as well as accelerator and, on autos, gear shift response, though the incremental changes are very small, the Comfort
setting the best all - round choice for everything, Dynamic
mode doing little to improve the steering's response.
Our car has the optional Adaptive M suspension and Servotronic steering (though thankfully not the Sports Steering, an aggressively variable rack that brings agility but also inconsistency of response), so by toggling the
Drive Performance Control button up to Sport + the car is primed with the stiffest suspension
setting, weighty steering and the more relaxed DTC (Dynamic Traction Control)
mode for the stability and traction control system.
Audi's
Drive Select system is standard, allowing you to select either pre-determined
settings — Comfort, Auto or Dynamic — for the engine, gearbox, suspension, steering, differential and exhaust note or you can pick»n' mix as you please in Individual
mode.
With such a broad
set of circumstances to cover, three
driving modes prepare the car for a variety of situations.
Lexus also adds two new
driving modes for F Sport models, including Sport S +, which tunes the Adaptive Variable Suspension for optimal handling, and Custom, which lets the driver tinker with certain powertrain and suspension
settings.
New
Drive Performance Control technology allows the driver to alter car
settings between Eco and Sport +
modes.
Turning the rotary knob on the center console, we changed the
driving mode to Sport, number four of five
settings, and caressed the paddle shifters.
Bentley's rotary
drive mode selector offers three different calibrations of power assistance, throttle response, shift strategy, and ride quality: Comfort, Sport, and Bentley's own preferred
setting.
I was very impressed by the overall fit and finish and the simplicity of
setting the four
driving modes.
Setting the
driving mode in Dynamic gave us the right amount of steering assist.
As has become the norm, comfort and sport
modes allow drivers to tailor the damping behaviour to suit different
driving styles, along with equivalent changes to steering effort, transmission and throttle response, and in the case of Eco
mode, different air conditioning
settings.
Even in the stiffer damper
mode — which is part of the standard - fit
Drive Select system — there's enough pliancy; in fact, for the extra body control it also delivers it becomes the default
setting for spirited
driving, regardless of the nature of the road surface.
With traction control
set to either its intermediate «R»
mode or switched off entirely, it felt like a rear - wheel
drive supercar, looking to break away at the slightest tickle of the throttle when the steering was loaded up.
During that
drive, I discovered that the steering, which disappointed some of my track -
driving colleagues for being too overboosted, is adjustable and that it was unfortunately
set on Comfort
mode during our track day.
Drivers can fiddle with
drive mode including Comfort, Sport, and off - road
settings.
This
mode sharpens accelerator response and allows you to shift using the paddles, but reverts to the regular
Drive setting if you fail to shift repeatedly.
Audi's configurable
driving modes include a Dynamic
setting that tempers some of the accelerator lag, while a Sport
mode on the gearshift dials back the upshift tendency to keep you in lower gears more often.
There are four separate
driving modes: EV, or electric only; H, a hybrid automatic
setting that lets the engine kick in as needed; and Sport and Sport Plus — those last two have the V - 6 engine running all the time.
As we found out on the twisty roads of Angeles Crest Highway, the updated sedan offers an enjoyable and sporty
driving experience despite the lack of a stick — especially when you
set it in Sport
mode and use its paddle shifters aggressively.
While preset
drive modes are easy enough to
set, the bottom capacitive touchscreen also enables all parameters — engine, transmission, suspension, etc. — to be displayed and adjusted at one, which might quell some critics who might resent the electronic interface overload.
These three
modes give the driver the choice of
driving styles with different throttle mapping, heating and air conditioning
settings.
With the
drive mode selector aptly named «DNA» in its sportiest
setting, we take off and join the so - called Lange circuit, a long loop composed of curvy country - road sections, dips and crests, and at least a dozen surface changes.
BMW's
Driving Dynamics Control includes five driving modes: two Sport settings, two Comfort settings and E
Driving Dynamics Control includes five
driving modes: two Sport settings, two Comfort settings and E
driving modes: two Sport
settings, two Comfort
settings and Eco Pro.
Normal is the default
setting, designed for most everyday
driving, and there's an Eco
mode (only on the manual versions) to help drivers use less fuel.
At highway speeds or when Audi's
Drive Select is
set to «dynamic»
mode, the ride drops another 0.4 inch.
All models also offer four
driving modes adjustable via the Dynamic Select control, you can select Comfort, Eco, Sport or Sport + or dive deeper into the system and select your desired
set - up in Individual
mode.