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Old 02-21-2015, 03:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Eric_C
I was not all that impressed with launch control.

I found just putting it in sport and turning the ESP to sport mode, or off completely to be faster.

Launch control there is the big bang, it hits, then seems to die off for a 1/4 to 1/2 second before it starts to go again.

With it in Sport ESP/Sport mode feels more like a traditional torque converter, RPM's rise and you take off which to me feels much faster and I believe others have tested it with/without LC and found non-LC to be faster.
I have seen others say this, at the track they have verified that just mashing the gas peddle in sport with traction off will run the 1/4 just as quick as with launch control - it is more of a gimmick than anything.
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