Hi so has anybody had a little play with launch control yet? The weather is so poor I thought I'd give it a try rather than wait until spring/summer 🤣 quite good fun actually in the DSG, and with very poor Pirelli tyres. Never had this on the older VRS as it was a manual!

 

Just want to know if Skoda have some sort of log and flag this up when in for a service or warranty work? I guess if it's built into the car Skoda deem it safe on the gearbox?

Did not try it on mine yet.

You have it in the manual. Nothing said about any limitation or similar.

The manual is a bit wrong btw, you don't actually have to fully floor the accelerator, it's possible to use less RPM for the launch if you know the conditions can't handle the maximum. Can get a better time this way and less drama.

Haven't tried it yet. The roads are a bit slippery right now.

Yes the roads are very slippery ATM! Bit strange having a diesel FWD car have launch control, would be interested to see how it works in summer when there shouldn't be as much wheel spin!! 🤣

Had it on my Golf R (2018) and they were recorded in the system and could not be overwritten by coding, so I guess the Skoda will as well. No official limit but the dealer did say that they checked to see how many times it had been launched when cars came in for work.... TBH in the Golf it was very dull, 4.6 to 60 but very underwhelming, a bit pointless as you have to 'set it up'. Far easier just to push it into Sport (DSG gearbox) and floor the throttle! Accepting its probably 0.5 sec slower off the mark. FWD..... not much point as traction control is going to be the deciding factor pretty much all the time irrespective of weather, unless you have some super sticky tyres. Bizarrely I also had launch in my 2017 Mustang 5.0, Very odd as it only came with manual cars.... not sure how that helped as I still had to change gears and throttle and never used it.  

20 hours ago, matrix2020 said:

Had it on my Golf R (2018) and they were recorded in the system and could not be overwritten by coding, so I guess the Skoda will as well. No official limit but the dealer did say that they checked to see how many times it had been launched when cars came in for work.... TBH in the Golf it was very dull, 4.6 to 60 but very underwhelming, a bit pointless as you have to 'set it up'. Far easier just to push it into Sport (DSG gearbox) and floor the throttle! Accepting its probably 0.5 sec slower off the mark. FWD..... not much point as traction control is going to be the deciding factor pretty much all the time irrespective of weather, unless you have some super sticky tyres. Bizarrely I also had launch in my 2017 Mustang 5.0, Very odd as it only came with manual cars.... not sure how that helped as I still had to change gears and throttle and never used it.  

Launch control makes some sense in the petrol RS since it has a real front locking diff called VAQ. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fxKCpsnmdQ It should lock the front wheels when doing a launch.

I makes less sense in other (diesel/phev) RS models since they have "normal" front diff with no lock.

 

I believe XDS+ only limits the rotation of slipping wheel, which kind of loses power.

Edited 20 January, 20224 yr by timster