I feel like Launch Control gets zero marketing/love

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I've never used it in any of my Ferraris over 25 years. Don't see the point and I can't afford to break the car.

 

I’m wondering why they still even offer it.

 

It's an even bigger gimmick than the passenger display

 

This exactly, its known to break clutches, so im not going to use it, why try to do something you know can ruin something on your car? i prefer not to have un needed repair bills...

 

At least it’s easier to use than BMW’s system. Watch CarWow much? Or Throttle House? Absolute joke of a system in bmw.

 

I didn't use it in my 458 because I was afraid the DCT was going to break every time I drove that car, but I use launch control in all my other cars at least a few times. Live a little.

 

Ditto what everyone else says about launch control. I'm sure it is a blast but I don't have the budget to enjoy it.

 

+1. I've never used it.

 

I like it for fun in my both my 458 and 296.

every now and then.

 

Launch control was standard on my Exige when I bought it. But the owners manual and warranty docs made it clear that using it even once would void the warranty on both the clutch and gearbox.

That didn’t bother me. I never saw the need for it and never used it.

 

I recall Road and Track setting out to launch a 911 Turbo S 50 times in a row on an airstrip and the car didn't even break a sweat, in fact I think he lost count and did 62 or something.

I have never used it on any Ferrari.

 

Ya, Porsche is a different animal. Best built cars on the planet and quite indestructible..... but not exciting at all. Guess it's the trade off. Wonder if I'd even like Ferrari as much as I do if they were well built, reliable and daily driver-able like a Porsche. hmmmm

 

Ehhhh... Not really. Porsches have had massive engine problems for about 25 almost 30 years. Some are the same issues for decades.

 

Launch control on a dual clutch car va a single plate is massive.


Dct cars... Feel free to use launch control. It's not like F1 cars of old. It's not that big of a deal to use launch control on a modern DCT car

That being said the cracked gear boxes on early 458 and Cali can happen with or without LC. BUT... 488 and up... Have fun. Live a little

 

I just don't thrills from launch control. If that's what I liked about cars, I'd be driving an EV. I'm a track rat. Give me lateral G.

 

Wanna drag race, buy a drag car.

 

The only thing it hurts is your tires.

 

A few use it, but my belief is it is there for marketing 0-60 times. 15-20 years ago those were very marketable stats that I don't feel are pushed the same way anymore by automotive journalists.

 

Never lost a wink over it—it’s just an optional party trick. And yeah, no wonder they stopped hyping it. Straight-line speed is bargain-bin now: a 14-year-old with a learner’s permit and a summer-job paycheck can scoop up a salvage-title Model 3 Performance and gap most Ferraris at the light. Strip out the fluff, and the kid’s frying almost the whole Prancing Horse stable in those dumb stop-light drag-offs.

0-60? Not exactly magic when even Kias are handing exotics their lunch, right? Ask me, Musk has it right, flex gimmicks like cold air thrusters are the right direction, but will probably only be acceptable to use on a track and the road versions illegal to use on the street. That won't stop some jabrony sand blasting somebody behind them with 10K psi compressed gas.

 

You can program a car to go fast; handling is another thing.

 

Title is wrong: Lurch Control not launch.

Doesn't matter. Really sucks compared to others.

Reminds me of any bad F1 start....so and so ****ed up and bogged down the start.

 

It doesn't even launch. The car stays on the ground the whole time.

 

Eventially Ferrari will…

 

Lateral G > longitudinal G