While reading my manual last night I came across Dynamic Launch feature.
I tried it this morning and activated but couldn't test it as there were cars in front of me.
I'm guessing it puts the car into hyper speed mode

 

I may have used it once or twice

All it does is optimize your RPM to avoid wheel spin upon take off.
If you have your foot on the brake and then you let go of the brake and fully mash the accelerator down, the car will take off normally.
This allows your car to launch at (I forgot the exact range) 3,000ish RPM and increase it's acceleration.

After the initial launch, everything goes back to normal.

Only thing I hate about our cars (AWD 6's) is that I feel like we could launch at 4-5K RPM and not spin tires but it still limits us to the same range as RWD cars

 

Not quite. The transmission stops doing rev matching during shifts, so you get a bit of extra oomph.

This document discusses Dynamic Launch, plus DSC/TrakDSC, etc.. Note Dynamic Launch is only available on the V6S.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wskjex70o2...ntrol.pdf?dl=0

 

Wait... According to that (unless they fail to mention it) it does not matter what you get the RPM to once dynamic launch is activated?

 

Right. I've never taken it very high as the engine is fighting the brakes. This isn't a smart launch, like my brother's Z4, which manages the RPMs.

 

Thanks for the info. Was wondering how to use this feature. So if I'm reading correctly, this is not like Launch Control on my Porsche which optimizes the RPMs for best launch (you hold the brake and floor the accelerator, it puts the RPMs where they should be and then just let go of the brake and you're off!).

 

Ok, so to clarify...
Left foot on brake and right on gas and once it says it is active, there is no need to push the RPM's higher as it will launch just as hard weather it's at 1,200 or 3,000 RPMS, correct?

I have other vehicles with this feature but with them you have to smash the accelerator down as they let it go up to "X" rpm and thats where it launches

 

Honestly, I'm not sure. I imagine that the torque converter will have less slip at higher RPMs. I suspect once it says it's active, you're already high enough with the revs. But this is a pretty dumb launch control - it doesn't manage engine speed like smarter ones do. But it's still fun.

Experiment, and report back to us. This is one of many poorly documented features.

 

Reason I ask is because I have had some "issues" with it in the past.

With the performance bump from mods if I mash the bake all the way down and then try to mash the gas all the way down, it will cut me off at about ~3,000 RPMS but the car will start to kind of spin the rear tires. It's about 1-2 rotations then a slight pause then does it again, which is odd seeing how I am AWD.

Now at the track (this was with cheaper tires than I have now), I have noticed that I had to launch it with the RPM's at about 1,500-2,000 otherwise it would spin off the line. I do blame my tires at the time for this as a AWD car should not spin while being launched at 3K RPM's.

Or maybe I have issues with my AWD system all together, who knows.

 

Right, I recall the discussion now. My suggestion was that perhaps part of the Dynamic Launch programming was knowing how much torque the engine put out, since it's available only on the V6S. It might get confused with extra torque. This is only a guess.

Other option is that it's dumb, and since it starts in 1st (I think), it's a lot easier to spin the wheels, especially with the additional torque from your tune.

 

I tried this at the drag strip and I hope I was doing it wrong. When I would launch around the RPMs that the dynamic launch light would say "active," I didn't seem to launch any better than leaving the car in regular dynamic and sport and not really mashing the accelerator at all. If I tried the dynamic launch and really brought the car above 3k RPMs the rear tires would start to break loose. This is a stock V6S.

My 60 foot times were horrible all of the time. Could never get below 2.1, mostly 2.2s... Never got a better time than a 13.79. I was really disappointed.

 

Ouch!
Something is not right...
I have a 2016 F Type S AWD and took it to the strip while it was lowered, better tires and a tune and was running 1.8 60's and 12.6 1/4 mile times.
Now with exhaust and pulley it is probably faster but have not had a chance to go back and check it again.

The car stock should be around 12.9 if I remember correctly?

 

Launch Control per Clarkson, Hammond, and May.

https://www.thesun.co.uk/video/motor...ated-on-a-car/

Prepare to laugh.

 

lol. Is that what launch control sounds like on the V6S AT? Would someone please post a recording of the sound?

 

The V6S launch control is nothing like that - the computer doesn't control the throttle, it's still your right foot 100% controlling that. Our dynamic launch is much less sophisticated than typical launch controls.

 

Yeah, I was super disappointed. I was figuring around 13.3s. Do you remember your trap speeds when you went? I have Bridgestone REO 750s on the back and the car is RWD.