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Originally Posted by Agent K
...Do you turn off all the safety nannies?...
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The short versions is: It depends. Like most nuanced answers, it's never a black and white answer. The more advanced you get, the less the driver should need to rely on the TCS and ESC as backup safeties. The smoother line you can take without having the TCS or ESC correct your mistakes, the better driver you'll become as you let PTM loosen the reigns.
If the track is dry, start with Track: Dry. Once you think you're being held back by the car
through the corners, then click down to Sport 1. Don't pretend the straightaway is where you'll win the day, and please let that Spec Miata pass, he's taking a better line than you. Learn from the wise ones. Rinse & repeat. Years down the road, and I do mean years, and some good instructors along the way, you'll be able to take advantage of the car in Track: Race, and eventually Track: Off:Off. That's for when you're chasing those final tenths, not still trying to figure out if your alignment is right with no pyrometer in your pit box.
The worst are the cocky self-proclaimed hero drivers that think they can sign up for the advanced group their first time out. It's a disservice to those of us that have been out there trying to do it right for decades, and it's a disservice to the n00b diving in way over his head with no proper skill foundation.
Sure, you can go out there Off: Off and pretend "you got this". The probability is however, you don't, and one of the excellently tailored PTM modes will not only help you safely explore the cars limits, it'll also help you drive the car home in one piece at the end of the day.