M3P Highland Dynamics

Bout to just use chill mode on mines.  There’s always someone on my commute doing 20 below in front of me anyway :(

Chill and standard dampening. Sport wont do anything but give you a harsher ride. Use sport on a road course thays about it.

Standard / Standard / Heavy.  I used to have a 2018 M3 AWD without the accel boost, and normal acceleration is fast enough for me.  Insane is a cool trick to show off once in a while, but it will make you burn through tires unless you have a very light foot.  There isn't much of a difference in feel for me between standard and sport handling, but standard is a little more comfortable over road imperfections so I go with that.  I prefer heavy for the steering weight.

Always Insane for the pedal and Standard for ride, I use FSD a lot though which drives in Standard. Edit: Steering wheel on Light

Insane, standard, heavy

Insane / sport / standard

Same settings but I use gadgets mostly.

2025- Insane/ Heavy/ Sport “Use standard ride and handling on autopilot” enabled

Standard / sport / heavy

Usually STANDARD

Insane, standard, lite here

Insane, Standard , Standard for daily drive.

insane/standard/standard. the pedal pressure is really good so you have to really force it to go fast. why let all of that potential slip away?

I tend to do Chill, Standard and Heavy. There’s a bunch of construction near me so the roads are terrible and always traffic. Once it opens up, then you will see me with new settings lol

Acceleration: always insane. Ride/Steering: always standard

Always Insane and standard. I like the nimbleness and speed when I need it. Only exception is snow or ice I have it in chilll.

I use standard standard heavy. I like a firm steering wheel. If I'm going to having fun I switch to insane/sport but not for daily driving.

Well it has to heat the battery to do insane so in the current frigid north it's kinda a waste of energy right now.

I’m surprised at the amount of heavy steering users here. I’ve always stuck to light but now I’m curious

Insane - standard - heavy

Acceleration: Insane Ride: Standard Steering: Heavy

Acceleration: Insane Ride: Standard Steering: Heavy

Insane/sport/heavy is the only way to fly. Had mine almost a year and a half and it's never been out of insane mode or heavy steering. I do have FSD set to automatically switch to standard though.

It doesn't waste that much.

This is the way. Though mine is a day 1 order for the 24.

Honestly, even "heavy" is light to me. Having some resistance makes precision maneuvering easier.

Sport gives much better road feel even when you aren't doing harsh cornering. It's much more engaging even if not strictly needed for daily.

Insane 24/7. Everything else in standard.

I prefer the steering on light, seems like a first in this thread 😅 I've got a few combos I often use: Summer, alone: Insane/Sport/Light Summer, 1+ passengers: Insane/Standard/Light Winter: Chill/Standard/Light, sometimes acceleration on standard on faster roads. I try to keep it on chill to not destroy the proper winter tires, which are much softer than normal.

Insane / Standard / Heavy

insane - standard - standard

Standard/Standard/Standard. Though I wish there was something that would tighten up the suspension when going over speed humps, which are popular where I am. If I judge the speed wrong, and the speed humps resonate with the compression/rebound rate, the car heaves so much I have struck the middle of the car with the hump.

Yep harsher - feel every tar strip. Not much road feedback needed from my drive from house to work. If I wanted that id buy another vette. Im lowered 1.5" on my m3p, zero reason for me to use sport if im not auto crossing which i dont. Cool feature tho but this is my work car and I want it plush as possible (while still looking good)

To me its too touchy. Its the 0-40mph from a stoplight that scrubs your tires the most without you trying. Chill really helps with that. Left scroll wheel is set to press and hold for accel mode if needed.

Insane / Standard / Standard Acceleration: I paid a ton of extra $$$ for the performance version.....I don't understand why anyone would do that and NOT want the additional performance always ready to go?? It's not difficult at all to drive slowly, as needed, even in Insane mode. I've never bothered to use anything other than Insane for more than 30 seconds. Ride & Handling: I tried to always leave this in Sport, but it seems that (from my experience), it always resets to Standard at the start of each drive, so you would have to manually change it each time. Honestly, I don't notice much of a difference. Steering Weight: I think this is just preference - Standard is best for me.

It's not just harsher. I'm talking steering wheel feel high frequency vibration stuff. That's very useful information even in daily driving, especially if it's rainy or snowy and need the traction feedback. Not saying it's not fine to prefer comfort, but sport mode doesn't just make it more harsh.

Insane, I put coilovers and upgraded swaybars in and their cranked up so zero body roll, and standard steering

I daily it in Chill/Standard/Light, and I very well may be alone in that lol

Standard chill and standard. I have a yoke and would keep it on light before the yoke though

Standard for it all

Same

Same here unless I'm on some fun windy roads, then it is Insane/Sport/Heavy

Same!

Always in insane. Stupid car puts my profile always in Sport, even when I stop it in standard😅, so i just live with it. For steering: I enjoy the light option in the city and love the heavy one for highway (Autobahn) drive.

Insane/Standard/Heavy for me.

You're the one with the foot on the accelerator. Kicking it when already moving has less stress on the car and its tyres. That said, mines in go fast mode with heavy steering. I only change steering mode, it's always go fast when I want it.

I use Insane acceleration, mostly standard handling but if I'm feeling stupid I'll switch it into sport handling, steering weight standard. But I do have FSD so mostly drive with that and that automatically switches you to standard handling. It's a good balance, I'm usually pretty soft on the pedal but if I am driving it's probably for fun.

Insane lite sport

Insane, Standard, Heavy

You should try the first gen M3 AWD. Terrible pedal calibration in nornal mode, very hard to modulate it. But in chill mode, you cannot have the power when you need it. Both modes are badly written. Highland M3P can be used as a daily even in insane mode

I agree, I just don't need the power unexpected 99% of the time. Just a work car, I have race cars to do fast fast.

Insane, Sport, Light

It depends: Steering wheel always heavy Acceleration now usually standard during winter. The roads are always wet in winter over here and there a lot of traffic jams. The throttle is a bit less responsive so the car is easier to drive slow. I do have a S3XY button on the steering wheel to switch to insane mode when I can accelerate flatout. Suspension on standard most of the time. But since a few updates, you can now switch to sport with the left scroll wheel. So when I enter the ramps up on the highway and there is no car in front of me, I switch to sport. Or when there is a backroad with no traffic. When when there is not sporty driving involved, just standard.

Insane, sport, heavy

What is highland?

I use Insane/Sport/Heavy options on a 25 M3P. I’m sure it affects range, but most fun driving experience.