PSM on or off? How do you drive your 996tt?
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For a few months I've been driving my car with PSM on all the time and I have to say the straight line acceleration seemed to be really badly affected by the PSM cutting the power down. I started to think that th epower in this car is not really usable as it seems to be sliding and slipping most of the time in lower gears.
Now that I have tried driving with PSM off I have to say it feels waaaaay better.
I do get some wheel slip when I floor it in 2nd gear but once it gets traction or if the front gets more % of power, wow that pulls. I feel it is actually more fluent that way, even with some wheel spin, does not get as jerky as with the PSM on.
Now I need to work on cornering without PSM and I will be all set but I have to admit it seems to be quite OK to control even with PSM off, of course without getting to close to the limits
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Do you leave your PSM on or off most of the time?
Now that I have tried driving with PSM off I have to say it feels waaaaay better.
I do get some wheel slip when I floor it in 2nd gear but once it gets traction or if the front gets more % of power, wow that pulls. I feel it is actually more fluent that way, even with some wheel spin, does not get as jerky as with the PSM on.
Now I need to work on cornering without PSM and I will be all set but I have to admit it seems to be quite OK to control even with PSM off, of course without getting to close to the limits
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Do you leave your PSM on or off most of the time?
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I leave it on. I am not measuring lap times around town. If you decide to leave it off, you may want it on in the rain...these cars can act like a GT2 in the wet.
Autocross - off ( A great way to start learning how your car handles with it off and get better times).
Track Days/HPDE - On (I am not racing and need to drive it home).
Autocross - off ( A great way to start learning how your car handles with it off and get better times).
Track Days/HPDE - On (I am not racing and need to drive it home).
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What's PSM ![Smilie](https://rennlist.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
only in the snow
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only in the snow
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Neither am I, but I do enjoy being in control of the car. On those occasions where I want to enjoy the torque of my Turbo (straight line acceleration or some rear end out while turning fun), the last thing I want is for some electronic nanny to intervene.
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I haven't been to a safe enough place to explore the limits of the car without it. I know that it has helped me stay out of guard rails a couple times now. If I were trying to go fast in a straight line from a stop or even rolling along in 1st I'd probably switch it off.
Not that it's terribly scientific, but in this Best Motoring video the PSM not only has *** saving properties but may help understeer a bit as well. It's nice to see that it can do other things than just prevent catastrophe after you lift hard throttle mid corner or brake too late into a bend.
Not that it's terribly scientific, but in this Best Motoring video the PSM not only has *** saving properties but may help understeer a bit as well. It's nice to see that it can do other things than just prevent catastrophe after you lift hard throttle mid corner or brake too late into a bend.
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I also find it interesting the difference in responses here vs. 6Speed.