[MPBK]

I have a 2012 135i. It's 7 years old and still enjoyable to drive, but it has several design quirks that made me go "what were they thinking"?
The 2018 M2 fixed most of those kinks and quirks, but unfortunately introduced a few of its own. (maybe I'll create a thread for those)
One of them is the electric steering. The lack of feel is very apparent, especially when driving the 135 and the M2 back to back. Yeah, I get the reasoning for BMW to move from hydraulic to electric, but dang it, why did they feel the need to numb it down? This is a M car, arguably for enthusiasts who enjoy driving.
OK, they still want to cater to the plush and comfort people, so they stuck a Comfort mode in there. And I do see that in Sport mode the steering firms up a tinny bit. I wish it would firm up more. It's a long way from the feel that I have in the 135i

So, does anyone know if Bimmercode (or something else) can change the firmness/assist of the electric steering?

[akkando]

Originally Posted by MPBK

I have a 2012 135i. It's 7 years old and still enjoyable to drive, but it has several design quirks that made me go "what were they thinking"?
The 2018 M2 fixed most of those kinks and quirks, but unfortunately introduced a few of its own. (maybe I'll create a thread for those)
One of them is the electric steering. The lack of feel is very apparent, especially when driving the 135 and the M2 back to back. Yeah, I get the reasoning for BMW to move from hydraulic to electric, but dang it, why did they feel the need to numb it down? This is a M car, arguably for enthusiasts who enjoy driving.
OK, they still want to cater to the plush and comfort people, so they stuck a Comfort mode in there. And I do see that in Sport mode the steering firms up a tinny bit. I wish it would firm up more. It's a long way from the feel that I have in the 135i

So, does anyone know if Bimmercode (or something else) can change the firmness/assist of the electric steering?

I don't think bimmercode can but apparently the newer iStep upgrades from BMW make the steering feel better and you can use or pay someone to use esys to code your car to have the updated "CS" steering which I guess is just the M2 Comp steering software.

[cookiesowns]

firm !== feel.

I feel a TON of feedback from my front wheels, sure the resistance feels different, but in driving cars that are notable drivers car with EPS.. ( BRZ, S2K, 911 911, etc ) I don't see what people are seeing with the M2..


Granted I have the Performance Edition with the lower manual seats, less weight, and M Performance coilovers.

Feedback is great... maybe the alcantara wheel is helping but I don't think so.

[widetyres]

Originally Posted by MPBK

I have a 2012 135i. It's 7 years old and still enjoyable to drive, but it has several design quirks that made me go "what were they thinking"?
The 2018 M2 fixed most of those kinks and quirks, but unfortunately introduced a few of its own. (maybe I'll create a thread for those)
One of them is the electric steering. The lack of feel is very apparent, especially when driving the 135 and the M2 back to back. Yeah, I get the reasoning for BMW to move from hydraulic to electric, but dang it, why did they feel the need to numb it down? This is a M car, arguably for enthusiasts who enjoy driving.
OK, they still want to cater to the plush and comfort people, so they stuck a Comfort mode in there. And I do see that in Sport mode the steering firms up a tinny bit. I wish it would firm up more. It's a long way from the feel that I have in the 135i

So, does anyone know if Bimmercode (or something else) can change the firmness/assist of the electric steering?

This post will help you:
https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1541527

[MPBK]

Well...
I have found that in Sport+ the steering (and throttle) feel is much closer (still no match) to my 135i.
I had avoided Sport+ because it turns off DSC and I wasn't quite ready for that. I had just recently done the burn in service.

So, I think I could live with Sport+ constantly on... is there a way to code that to be the default?

[MPBK]

Originally Posted by widetyres

This post will help you:
https://f87.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh....php?t=1541527

Very interesting read.
Thanks.