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Originally Posted by img
You see, a buddy already did a vBox test to see how small differences in shift speed affected real world performance. So he took a DCT car into the middle of the desert late at night on a completely empty road. He ran the car 12 times. Six times with DCT in D2 mode, and six times with DCT in D5 mode. The runs were made at exactly the same spot in the road each time, in the exact same direction each time, and only minutes apart.
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So I thought about this and asked the guy if he would loan me the vBox files and make a video that would show what happens if the same exact car in DCT-D2 raced himself in DCT-D5. I think the results shocked all of us. Take a look.
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Off topic... but
Absolutely fantastic. The program itself and this particular application. It causes me to recall an old and heavily contested thread here long ago where multiple individuals claimed that D2 is measurably faster than higher D modes. As you might guess I argues against that. I would say that this settles that argument once and for all and provides us some very nice insights into Drivelogic modes and how they affect performance. I believe I also recall many claims that Drivelogic modes will overall not make a significant effect on real world performance. I think this settles that as well. One additional test I'd love to see is S5 with tracton control off vs. S5 with traction control on. My contention has always been that the power shift effect, wheel spin and additional flywheel angular momentum being dumped into the drive train simply MUST give this mode a measurable advantage.