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@@Alb3rn- There was an OTA update shortly after I bought mine that pushed out automatically. I haven't noticed one since, but since it happens in the background, I should probably double check on that. Interface updates are certainly a possibility.

The lane assist is easy to shut off. I'm at work right now, so my car's at home, but it's under one of the sub-menus that I show at 8:50 or so -- the Driving Safety one. So go Driver Assistance/Driving Convenience, and there are your options. You'll see it switched off in the video, Driving Lane Change Assist. That was the first thing that I shut off while I was still at the dealer, and it's never been on since then. There's also an overlapping Lane Safety Selection under Driving Safety, which I also have off (the two may be connected so that turning off the one turns off the other). As far as the speed limit warning sounds go, I don't get any with the way that I have it set in the video. But I've got the U.S. version of the car -- if you're in Canada or the E.U., the sounds may be on by default and not easy to shut off. I'm not sure how to do it permanently in that case.

Stephen thanks so much. I did spot on the video it was already off which is why I thought you had cracked it! As you have mentioned I am in the UK and these damn laws return the warnings to default especially on the newer cars! Thanks for the prompt response though much appreciated.👍🏼

@@HD-jv6tr Sorry I can't help! It's weird, because the U.S. version drops many options that are available elsewhere like the parking assist, heads-up display, and moon roof. On the other hand, we can shut off most of the nannies easily!

No, I didn't mention that in the video, but yes, you're correct, NGB is only active with launch control if the grip is set to high. It's going to soften the launch when you don't have maximum grip anyway, so it makes sense that they don't give the full 641 for that.

Launch control should work on the standard N mode out of the box, with no changes to it (assuming you have enough battery charge remaining, of course). The custom N mode that I use for launches is identical to that one except for the fact that I have the ignition sounds active. It won't work with my other custom N mode where I softened the suspension and the ESC for highway/rough road driving. Select the standard N mode, activate launch control via the menu, put it in drive, and then press down the brake pedal first and then the accelerator. You should see the launch control box. There's also a video from Hyundai that shows how it works. Let me know if you're still having issues, and I'll see if I can create something for you.

There's a lot of stuff that I've learned since then, too. One of the big ones is that you can rearrange all of the icons and panels on the display screen to suit your tastes. The Hyundai channel has a video about that. Just long press and hold, and you can drag them around. I still keep finding out more and more about it. Have fun with yours!

@ that sounds intuitive actually. Same behaviour on my phone and the wife’s iX1. 😉

​@@Pilch9Absolutely. But it's not necessarily something that you think of trying on an infotainment system.

@@cabal3747out of curiosity, can you drag down from the top edge or one of the side edges? I thought I see a little thin white line on the top?

@@Pilch9 Normally, you scroll left to right, not top to bottom.

@@bartdecroo5823 I drive a company vehicle for work, so it isn't a daily driver. I put 25,000-30,000 miles a year on my company car, but only 2,000-3,000 a year on my personal car, and since those personal miles tend to be hard-driven ones, I'll never provide useful data for most other users. Sorry!

Glad to hear it! Enjoy! There's way more that I didn't even realize when I made this video, like the fact that you can rearrange the icons and panels on the screen (just hold down and drag). Keep playing around with it!

It's not cheap any way that you look at it! I had to do some real soul searching before I pulled the trigger on mine.

Thank you! I'm a former Focus ST owner who traded it in for a Focus RS. Now I'm a former Focus RS owner with a Soultronic Orange 5 N. So I feel you! And yeah, I love using the e-shift on winding roads. Is it the same thing as a real manual? Of course not, but for that matter, neither is a paddle-shifted DCT. But I still think in terms of gears when I'm going into corners and coming out of them, so the "fake" transmission ends up feeling more natural to me.

@@cabal3747 Hahaha, yes! The Focus RS was on my short list for many years but never got one. I ended up with a Golf R and then a Veloster N (both auto) after my ST. I recently got a GR86 (M6). Loved it in the twisties but didn't like it anywhere else so I sold it and then fell in love with the 5N. Do you ever play with the torque distribution? I'll occasionally but 80% in the rear wheels but since I can't use e-shift with that function, it takes some of the fun away. What about the N-Drift mode? I need to play with that a bit too once I find some good roads for it.

@@zigmoto360 It's already rear-biased at 50/50 since the rear motor is more powerful than the front motor, and that's been good enough for me. It's squirrelly enough at 50/50. No drift mode for me, since I just bought winter tires and that was expensive enough. Don't want to shell out for new summer tires yet!

@@cabal3747 Yes, I guess you get a seasonal drift mode with the snow/ice!

@@zigmoto360 That's what I did with my RS. Cup 2s weren't any cheaper, but after I got winter wheels with Blizzaks on them, I took it out in safe spaces like parking lots and went to town in drift mode. With the Sottozero 3s that I just put on the 5 N, I just might do the same thing (albeit a little more cautiously, given the weight of the car).

Like I said, I'm not a professional TH-camr, and that was off the cuff, not scripted. But the idea was to make using the car simpler on a daily basis, not to make a simple video. I could have just spent a few minutes explaining my own preferred settings and leaving it at that, but I wanted to help give people the tools to find the settings that work for them, and that takes time. Once you figure it out and dial your own settings in, Bob's your uncle. When torque distribution is off, it defaults to 50/50, and yes, that's actually full power to each motor, so it's not really 50/50. That is one setting that's pretty confusing. But it's noticeably rear biased at "50/50," and she'll squirrel even when you're just pulling into traffic. It's too bad that they didn't label that one more clearly.

Well, it is and it isn't complicated. There is a learning curve, and it really does pay off if you take the time to sit down and just play with all the menus with the manuals at your side to look anything up if necessary. But no, you don't have to bother making any decisions every time that you drive, other than which way you want to have fun that day. You never even have to take your hands off the wheel. I focused on drive modes and functions here, but you can even set up a media button on the wheel to access whatever you want -- AM, FM, Sirius, Bluetooth audio, USB audio, the various ambient sounds, etc. And that's not even getting into the voice commands that you can use. In practice, you don't have to access the infotainment screen very much while driving.

Thanks! It certainly doesn't hurt. I just didn't want to sound like the standard TH-cam video begging everyone to like and subscribe.

@@MotionBerlinR I don't know what to tell you there, but Hyundai themselves aren't exactly clear about it. And they've changed what their website says about it, too. But it says right in the manual that the two can't be activated together, and in the menus on the car, too. It wouldn't make any sense for them to have launch control that DIDN'T use all the horsepower -- why bother if it didn't? But yes, you're right about the settings. If you've got the standard N mode on, it meets the conditions. If NGB is on, it won't activate Launch Control. But if Launch Control really is on, you're getting the extra horsepower.

Yes, I think that's probably the best way to do it to give most drivers the most flexibility. I can see some other possibilities if someone didn't want to change anything about the standard N mode. Then you might want to lock one of the buttons into Launch Control or maybe even set both of them to control the lap timers. But for the average daily driver, I think that the way that we both do it is probably best. Makes the car more of a chameleon.

@@brandonjackson9047 Pretty much, yes. Everything is set to Sport+ except for the ESC, which stays at Sport. (Sport+ with ESC shuts it off completely, and it won't do that without warning you first.) It also has the sounds off by default unless you turn them on globally, and then it affects all the modes.

Thanks! There's plenty more that I didn't touch on, but I wanted to focus on the idea of getting away from the menus and using the buttons. And I even left some things out in that regard!

​@cabal3747 great video for someone seriously considering the car. Great to see exactly how an owner would use and configure it day to day

Sorry, no. The only complete songs that I have are Distant Dream, Purgatory & Christine. The only other footage that I shot is snippets, and I used all that I had in this compilation. I never intended to record anything while I was there, so it was all kind of an afterthought. Did you see the other three that I uploaded?

A couple more full songs, and a few smaller clips. Nightmarishly slow connection at the hotel, though, so I will have to do it later.

Plus, please forgive the less than stellar videography, but I originally did not intend to record anything, and I was busy enjoying the concert! Plus, being in the front row center stage was actually a problem, as you can see, because the music stand kept blocking the view of him. He knew it, too. That is why he kept peeking around it at the people in the front row and waving at us.

+cabal3747 No problem, I'm just happy that you recorded this one and got it up so quickly. Pretty impressive. The lead guitarist was absolutely incredible.

With his genes, he should have been incredible! Well, I am glad that someone likes these. I am working on uploading Purgatory and the theme from Christine right now. Those were the only other two complete recordings that I have. Otherwise, just snippets. I started recording when he came out for the encore and got the beginning of Prince of Darkness, but I did not keep recording. I will post a link here when the other two are up.

+cabal3747 Nice, I'll be on the lookout. I had a wonderful time at this show.