Does anyone ever actually use Sport mode?

[Avantgarde]

Same behaviour. 85km/h upshift, 55km/h downshift. It does feel different somehow. Not sure what it could be. Just the stiffer dampeners?

RWD shifts at ~125-128 km/h in sport mode with flat out acceleration (can send video proof). Not sure if you are capturing the upshift right (shift-like changes in the artificial sound has nothing to do with the actual shift, for which the best way to observe is the power indicator around speed gauge). This shift point is much later than Turbos, primarily because of the flat torque curve of RWD which makes it take advantage of the lower gear longer. Overall I think RWD benefits the most from the sport setting as the entirety of its torque is being multiplied by the 1.95X factor as opposed to 4 wheel drive versions where only rear axel torque is being multiplied.

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[tchavei]

RWD shifts at ~125-128 km/h in sport mode with flat out acceleration (can send video proof). Not sure if you are capturing the upshift right. This shift point is much later than Turbos, primarily because of the flat torque curve of RWD which makes it take advantage of the lower gear longer. Overall I think RWD benefits the most from the sport setting as the entirety of its torque is being multiplied by the 1.95X factor as opposed to 4 wheel drive versions where only rear axel torque is being multiplied.

Maybe on hard acceleration. During normal, I'm 103% sure it's at 85km/h as I definitely feel the clunk.

 

[Wakesurfer]

So after soon two years of being a happy Taycan owner, I've realised that I have never deliberately used Sport mode even once. That made me think, what is actually the purpose of that mode and who actually uses it?

• Range mode is self-explanatory.
• Normal mode is great for everyday driving for smoother acceleration and more efficient driving when you don't care about acceleration.
• Sport Plus is for fun driving.
• Sport ís for what? When you kinda want some performance, but not too much?

Sport is such a weird middle setting with no apparent distinct purpose. What am I missing here?

My car is in suspension Sport Plus all of the time - I like the feedback that this setting gives - my wife thinks that the car rides 'lumpy' ?. Once in a while the feedback from the passenger seat is something like - Do you HAVE to drive like this?????

I tested Range mode once or twice when I got the car about 2.5 years ago and have not used it since. Generally, my car is in Normal mode but sometimes I do move it to Sport mode - but cannot come up with a reason why......................?

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

Switching into sport mode is part of my start up sequence. I only have 3 settings: range, normal and sport - because I'm poor. So sport is by far the one I'm using most.

Come on, you're not that poor that they removed a standard feature from your car.
Press and hold the suspension button on the instrument cluster - it'll activate SportPlus.

Sport drive more + SportPlus suspension mode == SportPlus.

 

[Avantgarde]

Maybe on hard acceleration. During normal, I'm 103% sure it's at 85km/h as I definitely feel the clunk.

The throttle mapping is different between the two settings, sport is more sensitive to touch and downshift and upshift thresholds are different. So it should have different downshift upshift behaveour depending on how much you press the accelerator. I just feel like I don't have to slam the pedal hard to accelerate when using the sport mode. The other difference with sport mode is it makes the steering wheel harder.

 

[jld1]

Come on, you're not that poor that they removed a standard feature from your car.
Press and hold the suspension button on the instrument cluster - it'll activate SportPlus.

Sport drive more + SportPlus suspension mode == SportPlus.

Haha, I know about SportPlus suspension mode. But since it only changes the suspension and not the rest of the drive, I don't really consider it a true driving mode. It's also simply not listed in the menu under driving modes!

 

[WasserGKuehlt]

Haha, I know about SportPlus suspension mode. But since it only changes the suspension and not the rest of the drive, I don't really consider it a true driving mode. It's also simply not listed in the menu under driving modes!

I think that's just a gimmick to make the .. unaware pay for the Sports Chrono package. The throttle response, launch mode are the same between Sport and SportPlus (the 'driving' mode). The main meaningful difference seems to be the permanent preconditioning of the battery.

 

[Archimedes]

Haha, I know about SportPlus suspension mode. But since it only changes the suspension and not the rest of the drive, I don't really consider it a true driving mode. It's also simply not listed in the menu under driving modes!

Sport plus also changes the 1-2 shift point (holding first gear longer) and, IIRC, the angle/downforce of the rear spoiler. It also turns on sport sound and does the phony blip on downshift, if that’s your thing.

 

[Tesla2Taycan]

With Family or heavy traffic = Normal
Alone in normal conditions = Sport
Alone on an open fun road = Sport Plus

 

[Lekfx]

In my Sport Turismo GTS I am almost always in Individual mode, which I have set up as sport driving, normal ride height (for the dips and driveways) and sport chassis. No sound, thank you. I find sport mode just right in that configuration. Sport plus is faster, and firm, true, but for the twisties it rocks! (I do use the sound effect in SP, though. kind of fun for a little while) actually, there are times I star in SP because it is set to make that spaceship sound effect, inside and out, for pedestrian awareness. Then I turn it off on longer runs.

 

[jld1]

Sport plus also changes the 1-2 shift point (holding first gear longer) and, IIRC, the angle/downforce of the rear spoiler. It also turns on sport sound and does the phony blip on downshift, if that’s your thing.

I don't think I get any of those changes because I did not order the SportChrono on mine (hence the poor comment). SportPlus for me only changes suspension and can be used in both Normal and Sport modes. Probably range too but I never use that nonsense.

 

[mikezhang31]

I use it often on my longer drives when I’m going fast on highways that have a lot of curves or sometimes when I drive into the city and there are stretches of the drive alongside the river that is speed limited to 25mph but people average 55 dangerously.

These roads all have major imperfections so sports plus is uncomfortable and normal is too soft to take a 25mph turn at 55 comfortable (no idea how everyone else does it in their normal cars… oh wait that may explain the daily fatality from car crashing into trees or oncoming traffic on that road)

I don’t use sports plus on these drives because I need the extra suspension travel. My individual mode is set to lowest with soft suspension for posing on smooth roads so that won’t work either

 

[JWreck]

I use it often on my longer drives when I’m going fast on highways that have a lot of curves or sometimes when I drive into the city and there are stretches of the drive alongside the river that is speed limited to 25mph but people average 55 dangerously.

These roads all have major imperfections so sports plus is uncomfortable and normal is too soft to take a 25mph turn at 55 comfortable (no idea how everyone else does it in their normal cars… oh wait that may explain the daily fatality from car crashing into trees or oncoming traffic on that road)

I don’t use sports plus on these drives because I need the extra suspension travel. My individual mode is set to lowest with soft suspension for posing on smooth roads so that won’t work either

Oof, lowest suspension in soft mode. Do you hit bump stops at all?

 

[tchavei]

The throttle mapping is different between the two settings, sport is more sensitive to touch and downshift and upshift thresholds are different. So it should have different downshift upshift behaveour depending on how much you press the accelerator. I just feel like I don't have to slam the pedal hard to accelerate when using the sport mode. The other difference with sport mode is it makes the steering wheel harder.

After two days in sport mode, I like it better ?

Yes, throttle is more sensitive and the car shakes its butt on tight corners. The sport suspension was a brilliant idea. I've commented before that the air suspension seemed to bottom out too easily on road bumps... In normal mode. With the stiffer damping, it doesn't "pffff" anymore if I hit the speedbump at 30km/h.

The mapping feels different. Seems like the car is always ready to dance. I like it.


Sport plus is too firm for me. Feels like driving a chariot. I can feel every single crack in the road on 21''

And sport sound on since I drive mostly in the city among people with their heads dived into their smartphones.

 

[pedroleumjelly]

It's the only acceptable mode

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