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Originally Posted by froop
When you're at the track you kind of have to take off traction control in my opinion.
I went for the first time to Wakefield and I initially tried it with it only on DTC and it just wasn't that great. It cut in all the time and my lap times were pretty horrible.
Just by turning off the traction control completely helped me put down the power through the turns a lot better and I even drifted a couple turns lol. I felt that the car was very balanced and I could easily feel and judge both under and oversteer.
I have the M3 strut tower brace which I feel helps considerably with the handling and feel of the car so without it, I'm not too sure how it would go.
I have spun the car on a roundabout one time when I had traction control off so I understand what that instructor is talking about but that was really my mistake more than anything. That was also before the M3 strut tower brace was installed.
Basically, I wouldn't go so far as to say never take off traction control, but just if you do, make sure it's somewhere safe and stay in control. If you just stomp on the accelerator pedal in a turn you're going to spin regardless. Be gentle with it and explore the limits on a track gradually.
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That is the problem with the 135i DTC, as it cuts in too quickly and the adjustments it make can actually cause more problem if you don't understand how it works.
With 135i DTC enable, all you have to do is hold the line and let the DTC to do the work in most cases. If you try to counter steer your grip returns very quickly and you always end up on the other side of the road.
It is good that the 1M MDM mode behalves differently and allows more lateral movements till it kicks in.