Sentences with phrase «in race mode»

But stick the car in Race mode and its gearbox, dampers, steering and motor set themselves to extra angry and turn the wee Golf into a raging beast.

The drive moves really change the car's attitude, making it a blast to drive in race mode.

The only disappointment is that this display is only available in Race mode and above.

The gearbox feels so much better than before, certainly in Race mode.

We're in Race mode again, going much quicker than before and with a near - zero margin of error.

In all honesty, you can not tell a lot of difference between the mode choices, but you do sense some small differences in race mode.

It has terrific handling, the steering is super responsive and the power is fed in a manner which makes you go crazy, not to forget the way it sounds in Race mode.

Now one can have a soft (er) suspension setting while in Race mode.

Even in Race mode when the dialogue between input and response draws a fine line between satisfaction and spin, excursions of the live - wire rear axle are reliably intercepted by the relaxed rather than ultra-quick steering and by the progressive rather than ultra-sharp throttle response.

As good to drive as it is to look at with very close track performance [in race mode when compared with the Trofeo], the Stradale is still as comfortable as other models in the GranTurismo range.

Because the track was damp, we weren't allowed to put the manettino - like dial in Race mode to turn off all driving assistance systems.

With the manettino set in Race mode, you simply can not get enough of the car's shrieking V - 8, the head - snapping stopping power of the carbon - ceramic brakes, and the speed of full - throttle upshifts.

In addition to the Inferno Pool mode you can play a straight eight or nine ball pool match, and even play in race mode with first to clear their table winning the match.

The car, so settled and smooth on back roads, allows a boatload of slip angle on the track in race mode.

With the AMG in Race mode and traction control turned off, I creep toward a right - hander in first gear, flatten the accelerator as the seven - speed transaxle shifts up a gear, and countersteer to lock, holding the coupe in a steady powerslide while the rear tires roast.

We're still in Race mode as we join the inner handling circuit, and the dampers are now operating in their firmest setting.

The engine / induction / turbo sound inside the cabin is most pleasing in Race mode, but even then it's still pretty quiet and not as racy - sounding as, say, the Ford Focus RS.

With the six - speed dual - clutch automatic transmission in Race mode, Alfa says the 4C Spider will hit 60 mph in 4.1 seconds, before continuing on to a top speed of 160 mph.

No doubt the GLA45 is a riot in Race mode, foot to the floor, the turbocharged engine riding a torrent of jowl - rippling boost, as the seven - speed dual - clutch runs through its shortened gear ratios with the zeal of a skittish squirrel climbing a tree.

Track mode is the last stop before «everything off,» and the idea is to provide the kind of high - performance traction control that would be outlawed in most actual race cars: flatten the pedal on corner exit and the car will deploy as much power as the tires can handle, just like a Ferrari 458 Italia in race mode.

In addition, active aerodynamics control a section of the underbody beneath the engine bay that automatically lowers 40 mm (at 50mph in Race mode and 75mph in Comfort, Sport and Sport +), to create a venturi effect that reduces front - axle lift by some 40 kg at 155mph as well as feeding the large double diffuser at the rear.

However, the damper button in the middle of the Pro-DNA dial allows you tone down the dampers by one setting, so in Race mode you can select the Dynamic dampers.

You'll also want to select Dynamic or Race mode on the Pro-DNA system, even if you're using manual mode, because not only do the throttle's response and the ZF's shifts sharpen up, but the ESP loosens its reins, too (it switches off all together in Race mode) and the exhaust valves open to increase the volume.

The brakes are carbon ceramic, the aerodynamics active (providing up to 600 kg of downforce in Race mode) and each corner meticulously monitored and controlled by McLaren's Race Chassis Control active dampers.

On roads like these, you don't miss the manual transmission at all, reveling instead in the way you can drive the car with both feet and delighting in the instant shifts in Race mode.

With the electronics engaged in Race mode, there's a bit of oversteer, but when you turn them off, you can hang the tail out to dry - although it will snap away from you at big drift angles.

7000 km in racing mode is quiet a lot, normally racing engine (developed and 100 % racing use) should be maintained at least once in 30 hours.

Happily, in race mode F1 - Trac intervenes whenever there is excess like this, stopping it going any further, but without slowing the car as ASR tends to.

Even with traction control assisting in Race mode, it pays to feather the throttle out of the Bank hairpin so as not to get the tail out and excite stability control into throttle - cutting action.

Even in Comfort mode (to help run - in the shocks), the ride was stiffer than an F430 in Race mode or even my hard - riding modified Corvette Z06.

There's also an Individual mode that's easily programmed through the multimedia screen, so if you're staring through the screen at a bumpy mountain road, you can have the powertrain in Race mode and the suspension in the softest Comfort setting.

An electromagnetic actuator swivels the rear wheels subtly in the same direction as the fronts to aid cornering stability at high speeds, and in the opposite direction to enhance agility at low speeds — below 37mph normally, but at higher speeds in Race mode.

Pull the «up» paddle and the Clio pauses before engaging the next gear — it's faster in Race mode, but the shift times still aren't that quick.

Changes vary from physically violent at full throttle in Race mode (where the shifts are claimed to be 30 milliseconds faster than in the GTB) to smooth on part - throttle or in the Wet setting.

What's even cooler is that the whole thing is connected to a patent - pending active exhaust, which should give you a wider range of nasty noises, promising Motörhead - levels of decibels in race mode.

Hamman says that this tuned, open - top two - seater will go from 0 to 100 Km / h in 3.6 seconds in race mode, and that its top speed is now 320 Km / h.

At speeds of up to 60 km / h (extended to 100 km / h in Race mode), the system will steer the rear wheels in the opposite direction of the front wheels for better turn in (or less understeer) in tight turns, while above those speeds all wheels will turn in concert for more precision in high - speed corners.

Top speed is 193 mph, just two mph more than the standard Turbo S. Regardless of how fast this Panamera is, Porsche has ensured that it will politely putter around town when not in race mode.

To pay proper respect to the Ur - quattro as the winner of numerous rally world championships, a so - called «prayer book» — the classic rally copilot's track description — can be displayed in racing mode.

The ones on the left control the stopwatch function in racing mode, and the ones on the right are for the menu of the MMI system.

Players will have the chance to compete and fight for victory in dynamic clashes in Race mode.

There is a Drift mode which can be activated only in the Race mode, but just like the race mode, we haven't explored it yet.

Yes, even in Race mode, some traction control steps in to keep the tail from committing outright felonies, but this is one playful chassis.

Switching the center rotary drive selector to the right and holding it there will dial in Race mode, deactivating traction and stability control and stiffening the suspension.

Anyway, you probably know the Stelvio Quadrifoglio uses an all - aluminum, direct - injection 2.9 - liter twin - turbo V6 engine that delivers 510 horsepower and 443 lb - ft (600 Nm) of torque, sent to all four wheels via an eight - speed automatic transmission that shifts gears in just 150 milliseconds in Race mode.