DSC Sport Controller Suspension Module

[zumbooruk]

Would you guys say its more comfortable on street versus the ITS module?

Yes definitely so.

I swapped to the ITS a few weeks after I purchased my FL5.

The ITS module took the edge off the suspension, less teeth rattling.

Yet comfort was bit too soft, and +R still fairly firm, and I had to keep switching from comfort to +R for the on ramps and curvy roads.

One of my first thought after installing the DCS was "supple"

My dash cam feels it too... my camera beeps and keeps video when it senses high G forces. it beeps a lot less now.

The best feature of the DCS is that all the ranges top out at firmest. Comfort mode goes all the way from soft to firmest. sport from medium to firmest, and +R from medium firm to firmest

I just leave it at comfort and let it do its magic

one side effect, a lot less rattling and buzzing from interior pieces

I keep the DSC in comfort mode, since it will automagically firm up as needed all the way up to +R firmness.

based on my research (not my own testing/gut feeling)

Mode	OEM FL5	OEM DE5	DSC (FL5 calibration)
Comfort	0–35 %	0–30 %	0–100 %
Sport	25–70 %	20–60 %	20–100 %
+R	75–100 %	65–95 %	50–100 %

below diagram seems to be for DE5 (terminology track vs +R and highest damping at about 95%)

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[Djseto]

So I just got back from a weekend at VIR, a track I know very well, using the DSC for the first time there. Biggest things I noticed in Type R mode was it was way less bouncy. Hitting the gators in the Upper Esses at 100mph+ did not upset the chassis or cause bounciness. The left/right transitions in the upper esses also felt more controlled. There was still body roll but the car never felt unsettled. Even with wet track, I was 2-4 seconds off my PB. I chalk that up to fresh tires and more confidence in the suspension/body control. Once it dried up, I was consistently running within 1-2 seconds of my PB of 2:11.6 and eventually got to a 2:11.1.

BIGGEST difference for me was the braking behavior. Anyone on track with me knows I like to brake deep and hard. In the past, with the ITS module, a hard brake into Turn 1 on the front straight would cause the front to dive and the rear to come up. At no point did I feel the front dive so hard that the rear came up and got unsettled.

Overall, I was very happy with it at the track. I let another FL5 driver test and he too said it felt better over the Type R (he didnt have ITS).

 

[Djseto]

I went +5% on front rebound and +7% on rear. As long as you're smooth on the brakes the car has nice entry rotation and minimal mid-corner push.

Did you load your modified map as the Type R mode map? Which I saw this thread before my track day so I could have made some tweaks but overall, I was thrilled with it as well out of the box.

 

[Hailw00d]

Did you load your modified map as the Type R mode map? Which I saw this thread before my track day so I could have made some tweaks but overall, I was thrilled with it as well out of the box.

I did it in "Sport" so I could run Individual mode and have more compliance over curbs. I find it's the sweet spot baseline with the out of the box DSC settings for me.

I also run pedal dance mode on track so having it be part of +R doesn't really matter for me since I never use it.

 

[timestamped]

+1 sport mode fave

great on backroads, highways, and even DC city streets no problem. A+

 

[optronix]

Cross-post from Integraforums. I believe the maps are the same for the DE5 and FL5 but might want to confirm. I do have the "lowered on springs" maps.


I have more hard data from autocross to share.

TL;DR, Comfort mode far outperforms Sport+ for the OOTB DSC maps on bumpy lots. This was at Summit Point, the skidpad area, which is a notoriously uneven surface. Sport+ setting was noticeably too choppy; it wasn't uncontrollable but I dialed it back to Sport - better, and then Comfort- best. I captured some video evidence this time; the one run on Sport I forgot to hit record but I did grab the initial run on Sport+ and then my fastest run which was on Comfort.

Sport+; this was an early run- 2 out of 7- but the time was still pretty solid. I was at about 9.5/10ths as I was still sort of figuring out the course but still plenty of evidence recorded:



And here's run 7, obviously more familiar with the course by now but still noticeably the dampers soak up the rough spots significantly better:



Next week I'll be on a much smoother lot, where I usually leave it in Sport+ every run. I'll experiment there too though.

 

[dwag88]

Cross-post from Integraforums. I believe the maps are the same for the DE5 and FL5 but might want to confirm. I do have the "lowered on springs" maps.


I have more hard data from autocross to share.

TL;DR, Comfort mode far outperforms Sport+ for the OOTB DSC maps on bumpy lots. This was at Summit Point, the skidpad area, which is a notoriously uneven surface. Sport+ setting was noticeably too choppy; it wasn't uncontrollable but I dialed it back to Sport - better, and then Comfort- best. I captured some video evidence this time; the one run on Sport I forgot to hit record but I did grab the initial run on Sport+ and then my fastest run which was on Comfort.

Sport+; this was an early run- 2 out of 7- but the time was still pretty solid. I was at about 9.5/10ths as I was still sort of figuring out the course but still plenty of evidence recorded:



And here's run 7, obviously more familiar with the course by now but still noticeably the dampers soak up the rough spots significantly better:



Next week I'll be on a much smoother lot, where I usually leave it in Sport+ every run. I'll experiment there too though.

Are you pedal dancing to keep the TC fully off in all these modes? Or just running with it on?

 

[Chilly613]

Has anyone noticed the build information is not showing correctly in the software?

I just downloaded the most recent build of 1.10.2.4 and did a fresh install, but it still shows 1.10.2.1.