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Originally Posted by ted
So tell me is the Porsche experience about car control while learning the capabilities of modern nannies?
It could be very helpful for those that will never be on track and just want to see the amazing capabilities of modern nannies.
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Are the Porsche exercises designed to display the amazing car control that modern German software nanny engineers can provide?
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So most of the exercises go that way: 1 lap TC on, "see how the car is doing it for you, no slide", 1 lap sport mode " see how it lets you drift to a point and then neutralizes it?" and then sport plus everything off for the next whatever laps "let's slide buddy!' (you pick how long to spend at each station) . Apologies if I remember the exact settings wrong because on these new cars there's both a rotating knob on the wheel and all the others on the console, and they sorta work together and the instructor sorts that out for you based on how you are doing, and I did not pay full attention as we did most everything with no nannies, that's the point.
Obviously the drift hill/kickplate and skid circle are all "nannies off" so you can spin to your heart's content - track time is some nannies on but not all the way so you can rotate the car when trail braking... there are walls no not hit, it's really not intrusive, never did I feel "oh if this was my car I'd turn that off". What i was thinking the entire time is "can't believe he's letting me drive this fast and we just met 20 min ago". Even PDK did not bother me because it's very good, there is so much to focus on, eyes, hands, smooth feet trying to apply what the guy is telling you. I still would prefer a stick but here at a "school" it's totally appropriate !
Trust me, it's very well thought out. Anyone that takes the drive experience with a coach and comes out a)disappointed or b) having learned nothing at all really needs a) Prozac or b) a career at the highest level of motorsport, respectively) ;-)