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Red Light Challenge
I'm at a red light and I get the red-light challenge, what performance tactics do most use? Simply which to your preset Z-Mode and floor it, paddle shift or let the transmission auto shift?
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
Thanks
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
Thanks
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Aug 26, 2024, 09:55 AM
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I'm at a red light and I get the red-light challenge, what performance tactics do most use? Simply which to your preset Z-Mode and floor it, paddle shift or let the transmission auto shift?
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
If you have a 2024 there is also a manual launch described, that sounds similar to double paddle declutch and can also be accessed quickly. Again, for track use.
Thanks
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
If you have a 2024 there is also a manual launch described, that sounds similar to double paddle declutch and can also be accessed quickly. Again, for track use.
Thanks
In a safe track situation, you can set up and execute a "rapid exit" fairly quickly. The double paddle declutch section in the manual describes that. But I would not do that in response to a red light challenge.
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If you have a 2024, there is a manual launch control that is also described in the manual - that sounds a lot like the rapid exit - it can be entered quickly with just paddle action. Again, for track use.
The more worthy the opponent, the more unsafe the unfolding action on the street will be.
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I'm at a red light and I get the red-light challenge, what performance tactics do most use? Simply which to your preset Z-Mode and floor it, paddle shift or let the transmission auto shift?
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
Thanks
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
Thanks
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I'm at a red light and I get the red-light challenge, what performance tactics do most use? Simply which to your preset Z-Mode and floor it, paddle shift or let the transmission auto shift?
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
Thanks
Setting up launch mode takes too long, not a practical option!
Certainly, only if it's safe and no one else is on the road.
Thanks