We're working on the next release and will have 3 new features ready for you!
- Shiftpoint Editor
- Shift Speed Settings
- Lockout 6th Gear in S-Mode Switch
1. Shiftpoint Settings
xHP will offer an easy to use interface, where everyone can dial his shiftpoints in D and S mode up/down with a slider in the app! xHP will apply this setting to any map flashed. Attached is a chart, showing the effect of -25% and +25% settings on a 2009 335i. Getting a shiftmap right isn't that easy and usually requires a lot of changing/flashing/changing/flashing iterations. Each mode uses more than one map and the trans jumps between those maps during driving. So people doing custom shiftmaps by themselves, usually have to put a lot of effort in it, before it's working flawless. Anyone interested was able to do this with xHP from the start, but it was a manual process, not really appealing to many people and they were only able to do this with their own maps, as our OTS Maps weren't changeable in the past.
With the shiftpoint editor we autmated a lot of the hassle and dead-lock checking for you. Every up/down shift can be configured through a slider from -30% to + 30%. Note: The max. values may change slightly for release, we are still testing on various vehicles and maps. xHP then saves your setting and pre-calculates the changes for every OTS Map saved on the device. During this process, everything gets validated and corrected to prevent creating dead-locks (infinite up-down shifting), lugging the engine below idle-speed etc. It's a set of 10 rules, that gets applied multiple times to all maps, to get them right before flash. If you created a setting that's impossible to apply, the app will inform the user accordingly.
2. Shift Speed Settings
Especially the Stage 3 Maps are really aggressive in M-Mode, for some users maybe to aggressive, despite they liked the rest of the Stage 3 Setup. With this new feature, people now can alter the shift-speed/aggressivness of the manual shifts. This works for all Stage 3 Maps and for all N54/N55 cars, regardless what Map is used. On other cars or Stages, this settings won't have any effect. Of course it also works in the other direction..people wanting more than Stage 3 standard, can turn up things a bit more....
3. Lockout 6th Gear in S-Mode
Since launch of xHP this is an endless debate. Some users want the trans to engage 6th Gear on Highway Speeds when using S-Mode, others don't and complain about the exact same thing. Most BMW do not use 6th Gear in S-Mode. Thats factory setup and is due to German Autobahn. Nothing more annoying then a transmission shifting back and forth between 5th and 6th Gear on steady 200km/h+ drives. On the other side, customers in other coutntries use S-Mode as Standard mode and complain about bad mileage on the highway. Our OTS Maps mostly use 6th Gear in S-Mode, as most of our customer base does not have the pleasure of unlimited motorways.
To end this struggle, users can use this switch to lockout 6th Gear in S, despite most of our OTS Maps are configured different.