Im with cooltint, but I havnt driven the xr6t FG so my opinion means jack. But I think TC will interfer to much.... either way will be fun.

Steven Johnson, who done the demos, is an old friend of mine. He said that the Launch control is awesome.. After chatting to him, he said you need to ease the clutch a little but not ride it so to speak. Unless you have DSC on you can more dump the clutch and take out some of that skill required to launch the vehicle.

He also said to the other V8 driver with the dark hair (dont know who he is) "have you tested the launch control yet? " its F**ken good, you can really feel the boost on take off" I was standing next to them when they had their chat.

Big Al, We were never told what you guys got told about the launch control being faster with the DSC off. I think this will be confirmed soon when the new FGs start hitting the 1/4 mile. If that is the case, it will make it more driver oriented and a lot more interesting as its not just point and shoot. And I guess that's what its all about for manual drivers, the launch control feature will allow them to leave on boost to get that 60 foot down, whilst still requiring skill.

It was Gene Corbett from Total Driver who told us that when it was being demonstrated at the skid pan part of the day. It made sense so I didn't even think to question it.

I think it will still require a skilled operator to get the quickest times out of a manual, only time will tell.

Big Al

Edited May 17, 200818 yr by cooltint