![]() ![]() At Buttonwillow 13CW, the section that connects the Sweeper to beginning of Esses, at Sunset, at Sunrise and, most of all, at Off-ramp, the faster you get at this track, more the prominent the effect of MDM interference at these corners. The thought of doing 5 Southern California tracks that I regularly go to in slower learn-how-to-drive-these-tracks-all-over-again fashion on at least 3 or more visits for each tracks is not exciting.Īs for driving in MDM mode, sure, it interferes at slow tight corners when you get on the throttle. Perhaps in hindsight, I should've transitioned to DSC off before I got too comfortable with MDM mode. But, to what extent? Will it eventually get me a seat on the Formula 1 circuit? Hah. Will going DSC off make me a better driver? Possibly. Driving quick on cw13 driver#So, what about driver skill? I think I'm decent. ![]() Driving quick on cw13 mods#What will get me faster lap time quickly is mods such as better suspension (Moton, JRZ, etc), aero (wing, front splitter), more power (exhaust & tune), etc. And, with my car's particular setup right now (Ground Control suspension & aggressive camber, Brembo BBK w/ Endless pads & squared R-S3 tires, and otherwise, completely stock), I don't expect to shave substantial amount of time any time soon by going DSC off. I know the arguments, pros & cons, of MDM vs DSC off. I've been ridiculed and needled, but (as the song goes) I'll do it my way. I'm having a ton of fun out there at HPDE/track events and there ain't nobody who is going to convince me to run in one traction control mode over another. I guess I'm impatient.īottom line is, as several people mentioned, each to his own. While I'm sure I can reduce that lap time further by going DSC off exclusively, the prospect of going slower for a while (probably several track days) to eventually go faster is something I don't relish. It should be noted that I only ran 1 track day here in DSC off mode all day. ![]() The point is, at this point (8 times on this track), my lap times are the same in both traction control modes. Using Buttonwillow track as an example (and, it's a good example as it's a technical track and it's a track where time attacks are held & measured at), I did 2:06 both in MDM and with DSC off. I'm probably in a unique situation in that, I ran 27 track days over an 11 month period (started tracking in April of last year) at 95% in MDM mode.ĭuring that time, I've progressed from a complete track n00b to running in (according to local track event organizers' run group systems) high intermediate or advanced groups (whatever that means). It would be interesting to see lap times with MDM on vs MDM off. Driving quick on cw13 full#The newer generation traction control came out on the Vettes in 2011 and includes full launch control.The newest Vette that i have driven on track is Steves 2008 z06 and its traction control in quite instrusive when in use.Quite interesting for sure! ![]() An unsuspecting driver would think that's the right to do it.Īn ideal (for track) system would intervene only at the point of no return - when there is nothing the driver can do to prevent the car from swapping ends. The video also inadvertently proves the point that traction control indeed makes it impossible to fully control the car and to learn throttle control - they are mashing the throttle on purpose in every run in a rather tight turn, and still make it. They make it look impressive in the the last two modes that allow some slip and let the car lay down a nice black stripe on the turn exit. Here is an interesting video showing off the Corvette traction management system I was referring to. ![]()
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