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M Drive Professional?
Anyone know the details on the M Drive Professional option?
In a Car and Driver article, they said "When the optional M Drive Professional system is specified, axle slip can be adjusted on a range of a full 10 stages." On BMWUSA.com it says "Developed specifically for track driving, the all-new M Drive Professional helps the driver maintain consistent progress in pursuit of the ideal line and the perfect lap. The M Drift Analyzer records the duration, distance covered, and line and angle of a drift with a rating shown on the Control Display. The M Laptimer helps further expand your performance by providing a comprehensive performance overview shown on your instrument cluster or optional Head-up Display. As well as checking their current lap time, the driver can also keep a constant eye on how much quicker or slower they are than their fastest lap of the current session." Car and Driver's description seems worth $900 and suggests fine-tuning traction control. BMW's description seems like a few overpriced apps. BMW would seem like the more reliable source, but anyone know what Car and Driver was referring to?
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As far as I know you wrote everything you get with it.
10 time Traction Control and Drift Analyzer. In my opinion...who the hell needs that. Also on the MT I can't choose this option anyway...don't know if it is only available on the Comp. |
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Here's the article: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a3...3-m4-revealed/
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Found this snippet on BMW site ... This seems like a carbon copy of AMG Track Pace functionalities. The 10 stage traction control also ripped straight out C63S and GT R lol
M Drive Professional. Whether track day or spontaneous drift session - M Drive Professionals is the perfect companion for trips with that extra portion of adrenaline. The M Laptimer and the M Drift Analyser help you to hunt for best times and the perfect drift angle, while the M TRACK Mode and the ten-step M Traction Contro I allow for tailor-made drivability. #M Drive Professional is available for BMW M4 Competition Coupe and BMW M4 Coupe. |
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Anyone have an order in the USA with this option?
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Thanks!!! Terrible description on the build your own on bmwusa then. Happy to pay the $900 now
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I don't see any reason to exclude this function for the US customers, I suppose it's only a mistake of Bmwusa.com.
Anyway I think it's pretty useless the M Drift Analyzer and not essential the M laptimer, but i find terrific the 10 stages traction control! Finally you can manage the traction control separately from the stability control, it's a very professional feature (Porsche and Ferrari also have this function) and it allows you to control your drift with more precision compared to a "full off" or a MDM. |
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I say that with confidence because a friend of mine had a G20 M340i with the performance track package upgrade thing that presumably provided a higher speed limiter. The dealer could never get it to work, he was stuck at 135 MPH. That's obviously a software setting, but if the dealer and the regional BMW tech couldn't get to it, then they do have the ability to really lock things down. Yes, my friend is a track rat and that limit is easily reached on some race tracks and it bugged him to tears. He now has a G80.
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I was just searching the forums for this exact thing this morning to confirm if this was all software or not.
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