What does sport mode really do

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Originally Posted by Mdorphin

Most of these answers are wrong...

Sport mode basically makes the gas pedal LESS linear. The gas pedal feels more sensitive because nearly all throttle input is moved to the front of the pedal hence why the car feels more powerful in light driving.

It begs to be mashed on, and is unsafe when driving hard. The car is not more powerful in sport mode. 100% throttle with the sport button on/off is the same as 100% throttle to the engine.

Pointless button IMO because it just makes you FEEL faster. Plain and simple.

I think you are partially right as well.

Sport mode actually holds gears longer and revs higher before shifting into a higher gear. Accelerate normally in Sport mode and regular Drive and you will see that the car will shift at different RPM's. It is actually faster to accelerate in sport mode over regular drive as long as you do not activate "kick down". However, I agree that if you go pedal to the metal and activate "kick down" mode, then they are all the same. "Kick down" mode overrides all the programs and 100% throttle is 100% throttle.