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Originally Posted by pikcachu
in my case with DSC off the steering (and i guess suspension is set together) still stays in sport mode and it even says so in the idrive screen when you switch DSC off... you do lose the sharper throttle mapping though
Active sound is the enhanced engine sound that is played through the speakers when in sport mode... do this with the car parked accelerate to 2000 rpm and go from comfort to sport and vice versa, you will hear the difference right away
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I tried some configs today and sure enough if I engage DSC off the M adaptive suspension goes to comfort, trans goes to comfort, and everything else, yet the screen says something like "sport mode".
But it's not.
So it's not all as it seems...or...there is something flaky in the software.
To test it I engaged Sport+ and everything is as it should be, basically it's sport mode with DTC activated.
So I'm at about 70mph. I press and hold the DSC button, DSC deactivates, screen shows something about being in sport mode, BUT, the trans goes into comfort mode as 7th and 8th gear are selected.
In sport or sport+ you only get 7 gears and 7th comes in later around 60mph, depending on acceleration of steady state.
Then I tried sport mode with chassis and drive train all set to sport mode.
Going about 70mph it's in 7th gear.
Deactivate DSC and trans shifts to 8th.
On a safe road I did some quick left to right transitions.
The suspension definitely went out of sport mode and into the softer comfort mode with noticeably more sway.
When I was in sport mode and deactivated DSC the screen popped up to show that DSC was deactivated and that the car was is some "sport" setting, and I thought AHA! But no. It tried to fool me.
I'll bring it up with my dealers shop and have them take a look.
Either there is something wrong or BMW needs to be MUCH clearer as to what really happens with DSC gets turned off.
All in all though I find sport+ to be a great setting for spirited driving.
I can launch my car with a powerful accel, even though I don't have LC, and it allows the rear to slide to a safe angle for non track driving.
Plus having that last safety net for stupid mistakes or slippery roads is nice to have on the street.
For track use I can see drivers getting PO'd if they can't set things the way they want to especially since BMW says DSC can be deactivated but not all sport settings get retained when it's off.
I can see if there is a difference between the 2 and 3 series, but from what others have said that doesn't appear to be the case.
I'll do some country road driving in the next couple of days on roads with no traffic and see if I notice something different.
Active sound is not what I thought it would be coming from BMW.
I was hoping it had something to do with opening up some valve in the exhaust to let out more sound, but it seems they've gone to some techno trickery.
I'd prefer something in the exhaust or even an active valve that opens a port to the engine from the cabin.