Select M Mode

stashstein · 10-01-2023, 10:57 PM

I know you can't tie the display mode (road, sport, track) to an M button, but what the hell does this do?

M_Power Rob · 10-01-2023, 11:57 PM

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Originally Posted by stashstein

I know you can't tie the display mode (road, sport, track) to an M button, but what the hell does this do?

If you are talking about the M button on center console next to the "setup" button, it shows different "instrument clusters" on the screen. You will see the different setups between road, sport and track. It can also disable certain "security" settings (lane departure, vibrating steering wheel, etc) however these can also be disabled by setting up/syncing your key with your BMW app.

stashstein · 10-02-2023, 07:27 AM

Yeah not the button. This is in the "displays" app and nothing changed with the screen or the button for the matter (It was on road by default).

The button still brings up the three options. I don't see anything about this in the owners manual.

Drhoyle · 10-02-2023, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by stashstein

Yeah not the button. This is in the "displays" app and nothing changed with the screen or the button for the matter (It was on road by default).

The button still brings up the three options. I don't see anything about this in the owners manual.

It is in the manual….

M_Power Rob · 10-02-2023, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by stashstein

Yeah not the button. This is in the "displays" app and nothing changed with the screen or the button for the matter (It was on road by default).

The button still brings up the three options. I don't see anything about this in the owners manual.

I believe the displays app is reflecting how you have set the "button" (which mode you are in).

stashstein · 10-02-2023, 08:07 AM

Yeah the button is in the manual but not this. The setting in the display app I changed manually. It doesn't seem to update based on what I do with the button.

M_Power Rob · 10-02-2023, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by stashstein

Yeah the button is in the manual but not this. The setting in the display app I changed manually. It doesn't seem to update based on what I do with the button.

Odd thought here...

Look at the items that are deactivated in Sport Mode.. do you have those deactivated in your settings? If so, that could be why its showing Sport Mode.

stashstein · 10-02-2023, 09:08 AM

I don't have any of those enabled in any mode. Again, I went in to displays and changed the setting from road to sport. It is a setting that looks like it is supposed to be changed by the driver rather than just reflecting what mode you have selected via the M mode button.

Not a huge deal but just curious what this is supposed to do.

stashstein · 10-02-2023, 11:34 AM

Ahhh, that makes sense. Thank you!

Ravenseal · 10-02-2023, 06:06 PM

Biggest QOL/ergonomics miss with this car IMO is the way the cluster works and how you can’t map different cluster modes to driving modes. Makes no sense.

Squidget · 10-03-2023, 01:38 PM

AND that you can't set them as defaults, instead of reverting back to Road every time.

Trogster · 10-03-2023, 02:47 PM

Sad to see that BMW is not immune to the half-baked tech that makes up to much of automotive design these days.

JustinHEMI · 10-03-2023, 03:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Ravenseal

Biggest QOL/ergonomics miss with this car IMO is the way the cluster works and how you can’t map different cluster modes to driving modes. Makes no sense.

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Originally Posted by Squidget

AND that you can't set them as defaults, instead of reverting back to Road every time.

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Originally Posted by Trogster

Sad to see that BMW is not immune to the half-baked tech that makes up to much of automotive design these days.

Agreed. I'm currently without car but still talking about this big miss aggravates me.

yuzu · 10-03-2023, 05:24 PM

Yeah this is a huge miss for me after a week of ownership. Honestly it's both sad and hilarious that you can't default to Sport for an M1/M2 config

Squidget · 10-03-2023, 10:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Trogster

Sad to see that BMW is not immune to the half-baked tech that makes up to much of automotive design these days.

What's scary is that BMW is far from the worst out there.

Trogster · 10-04-2023, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Squidget

What's scary is that BMW is far from the worst out there.

Very true...and it seems to be getting worse. Likely marketing departments are making promises that engineering can't keep.

KCuv · 10-05-2023, 09:50 AM

I also changed that mode to sport, hoping it would set a default, and it did literally nothing.

I was kind of furious about having to reset to sport every time I turn on the car.

Once I played around a bit with the dash, and used the nav, etc - I've grown to really like the road one and using the map or diff info on the display, it's UX is great really...so i'm LESS mad about the default to Road...but for christ's sake, let me have a GD tachometer in it!!

pabrognara · 12-22-2023, 01:39 PM

Do M Modes affect car performance or only cluster layout plus adding driving/security assistants?

pabrognara · 12-22-2023, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by stashstein

I don't have any of those enabled in any mode.

are they permanentely disabled (incl lane assistant) ?

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