Sport
mode quickens trans shifts by 50 percent over Auto, enables paddle shifting, firms up the suspension and steering, and engages a slightly more aggressive rear - biased torque split compared to Auto's 40 front / 60 rear split.
The large paddle shifters offer involvement and the S
mode quickens the throttle a bit and holds gears.
Sport
mode quickens the CVT's artificial up shifts, and holds the rpms higher, but the CVT can't compensate for the absence of power and the overall result is underwhelming.
Sport
mode quickens cog - swapping, but it's fairly conservative when it comes to downshifting under braking.
Dynamic
mode quickens shifts, stiffens the chassis, and allows a little slip and slide.
S mode and race
mode quicken up the steering and throttle.
Not exact matches
With more cortisol in your bloodstream, your heartbeat
quickens, giving your brain more oxygen and releasing extra energy, which makes it tough to transition into sleep
mode.
Kickdown,
quickened in Sport
mode, adds a little more aural Armageddon and a surfeit of shove to the mix, and paddle - shifting allows you to chop up the noise and accelerative forces to taste, rather like Lynch at a mixing desk.
Best of all, under full throttle in Sport Plus
mode, the engine computer slightly delays ignition and injection during gear changes,
quickening the shifts.
Dynamic
mode calls up more aggressive throttle mapping,
quickens shift times, and alters stability control to permit greater drift angles.
Someone had left the car in dynamic
mode, which
quickens the throttle response, turning the accelerator pedal into a hair trigger.
And as you select higher
modes, the system
quickens the steering and reduces assist, giving a more sporty feeling.
Admittedly, the electric steering doesn't provide any feel in Normal or Sport
modes, but the latter setting does at least
quicken the engine's response to throttle inputs.
The more sport - oriented
modes sharpen throttle response, select a more aggressive transmission shift map, firm up the dampers, stiffen the antiroll bars,
quicken the steering ratio, reduce the power - steering assistance, and raise the stability control's intervention threshold.
Changing out of Comfort
mode into the Sport
modes did no more than
quicken throttle and shift responses, and those changes simply didn't matter in this setting, where «comfort» still provides enough of the Panamera's innate agility to maintain its image as the sports car of its segment.
Sport
mode tightens up the steering and adaptive suspension,
quickens the transmission shifts, makes the throttle more eager and lets the electric motor kick in earlier.
Equipped with Lexus» selectable drive -
mode system, the F Sport adds a Sport S + setting that firms up steering feedback and
quickens throttle response.
Its Sport
mode livens things up, making the entire car feel tied down a bit harder, while Sport + lets it slide more,
quickens the shifts, the steering and the throttle response and it even fires up the big - boy exhaust pipes.
Sport
mode also holds shifts longer and
quickens throttle response.
But pull back on the shifter once to engage Sport
mode, which
quickens throttle response, and holds gears longer for more spirited acceleration.
Shifting to Sport
mode changes the display from blue to red and
quickens accelerator response.
PDK Sport
mode doesn't
quicken the shifts (there's no need), but instead changes when they take place.
A Sport transmission
mode sharpens response,
quickens shifts and holds a gear longer.
It's not all bad; the steering - wheel mounted paddle shifters are a nice touch, and the Sport
mode can help to
quicken your pace.
Dynamic (D) is the most aggressive and performance - oriented driving
mode, with
quickened throttle response and shifts held longer for more robust acceleration.
The Abarth 595 also has a driver - selectable Sport
mode that firms up steering feel, increases throttle response and in auto versions
quickens gear changes.
The Corsa
mode improves engine response, opens the exhaust valves on acceleration,
quickens shifts from the 8 - speed automatic, lowers the ride height and optimizes the shock settings on the magnetic ride suspension.
The transmission's software receives an upgrade intended to
quicken the shift times, especially in manual
mode.
Sport
mode stiffens up the chassis,
quickens shifts, perfects steering directness, and maximizes eBoost.
This
mode cinches down the chassis,
quickens the steering, sharpens the throttle responses and wakes up that 8 - speed automatic for rapid - fire downshifts.
(I'm not sure if the «heartbeat»
quickens when you select the Sport driving
mode.)
Toss the RLX into Sport
mode, and the performance
quickens with gearshifts occurring at higher rpm.
The International Zodiac Job System version also added two New Game +
modes (a Strong and Weak
mode), an unlockable Trial
Mode, a fast - forward feature that doubles the game speed, a new
Quickening system, and a slew of other changes.
My pulse
quickened, and I totally broke into «Mission Impossible»
mode.