GTM Traction Control NA

wstar

Hey, you started the sassy

For Z Elim he's drag racing anyways, I think that's a whole different conversation since it's already such a small subset of the complete driving experience.

But it really is a big continuum. For those all about just the raw driving experience and manually controlling everything, there are options to go a little more old school just to experience all of the complexities of driving outdated technology. I guess you can go as old school as you want in say a little Super-7 style kit car where you pick your own components.

But even with our 7AT (or similarly in terms of controls, but better performing by far: PDK/DCT type systems), you are still making shifting decisions the same way you do on a manual, it's just taken all the challenge out of actually executing the shift (pedal operations/timing).

Similarly with real traction control like RaceLogic, you do still have to pick an appropriate speed and line through a corner - it cannot defy physics, and will not save you from entering a corner way too fast on the wrong line and ending up off track. It just perfects the fine control of holding the throttle perfectly at the slip limit for you.

I think to some degree what you want out of racing experience is going to be personal preference. For some people who want all the tech on the car they can get, "racing" is really about equipment setup, line choice, gear choice and enjoying the Gs. That alone can be a fun challenge. Others (most racers these days?) want more challenge to feel they've conquered a more raw version of driving: explicitly controlling gear engagement, etc.

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