senior_neet_engineer
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Just curious, what is your autocross history, and with what car? I am a very casual autocross-er over the last 4 years, and while I was using a fantastic 2017 m240i usually finished in the bottom quartile of racers in my class with no mods. I had an absolute blast every single time I did it, and have only my meager skills to blame for my performance. The one time I took someone's advice prior to race and had my tire shop alter the camber I did marginally better. Not worth the time and effort, but interesting.
Driving the SE around town and on spirited twisties, I can honestly say the experience is happily on-par with the fun I had in the m240i. Without the noise. I always start off in Sport mode, but initially the couple times I forgot to change it and punched it while in Mid, I was reminded of the shocking torque-steer this thing creates (my last FWD was a 2001 VW Jetta turbo; fun, but not like this!). Sport mode obviously does a great deal to nearly cancel out the torque-steer, and while it probably doesn't give much benefit in actual speed, it makes punching less like a wrestling match with the steering wheel. I can't imagine driving this thing on an Autocross in anything other than Sport, unless you're looking for an arm workout. I coded to start in Sport after the second time I forgot to switch manually, and have never even considered another mode.
Probably 150 autocross runs and 50 hours track time. I had a "STX" BRZ in the past which was awesome in autocross.