ATLAS Custom Features Guide

Hardware that pairs with these features

Launch control and boost by gear

**Launch control** lowers a configurable launch point - defaulting to 4100 rpm - when the clutch is engaged, a gear is selected and the car is stationary. Activation is automatic once those conditions are met. Holding against a fixed limit lets the turbo build boost before the clutch comes up, so the car leaves already on boost and launches repeatably. It is a manual transmission feature by nature. Use it with discipline. Launch control exists to deliver a violent, consistent start, and everything between the flywheel and the tyres absorbs that. On a platform where the gearbox is already the binding constraint, repeated hard launches spend transmission life quickly. **Boost by gear** allows per-gear boost targeting, altering both boost targets and wastegate duty cycle. That enables equalising boost across gears, reducing boost in low gears where the car is traction limited, and reducing boost in high gears at low rpm where the drivetrain is most loaded. The reliability use is the interesting one. The VB's limit is torque through the transmission, and torque is worst where a low gear multiplies it. Pulling boost out of a specific gear protects the gearbox exactly where it needs protecting, without giving up power everywhere else. The documentation notes it is useful for limiting boost in a failure-prone gear. Two caveats: peak values reach 20 psi and the factory boost table should be reset for proper blending, and boost by gear cannot be used alongside altitude boost rescaling because the two overlap.

The underrated ones

**Oil pressure safety**, available on 2022-2023 manual cars, monitors oil pressure through an aftermarket sensor and reduces torque if pressure drops, to prevent bearing damage. The sensor signal wire connects to the fuse box Delivery Mode leg. This is the most underrated item in the library. Most tuning features add capability; this one adds a safety net. On a hard-driven or tracked car, an oil pressure event that reduces torque automatically is meaningfully better than one you notice on a gauge afterward. It requires buying a sensor, which is why it gets overlooked, and it is the feature most likely to save an engine. **SI Drive reenablement**, also 2022-2023 manual only, unlocks Sport, Sport# and Intelligent modes. Activation is by holding Cruise Cancel, with the tachometer indicating the selected mode - 1000 rpm for Sport, 2000 for Sport#, 3000 for Intelligent - cycling with the cruise rocker and confirming with Cruise Cancel. The documentation notes full functionality requires additional ECU table tuning. This is a genuinely unusual feature: restoring a factory capability those cars did not ship with. **Shift and knock light** flashes the check engine light when feedback knock is active or the engine approaches a shift point, producing an audible ding from the factory cluster. Simple, and a real-time knock alert you cannot miss is more useful on track than a log you read afterward. **Altitude boost rescaling** keeps boost targets consistent across altitudes rather than scaling relative to sea level. If you live somewhere high, this addresses a problem flatland owners never think about. **Flat foot shift** is listed as coming soon.

What they do not change

Custom features add capability. They do not add headroom. The stock turbo still runs out in the low 300s at the wheels on ethanol. The factory transmission still wants torque held near 350 lb-ft. The short block is still good to around 400whp with real caution beyond. Speed density does not make the gearbox stronger, and launch control does not make the clutch last longer - if anything it does the opposite. This is worth stating clearly because a capable tool creates a specific temptation. When the software will let you do almost anything, the limits stop feeling like limits and start feeling like settings. They are not. They are properties of the metal. Used well, these features make a VB better in ways a handheld map cannot: fueling that tolerates hardware changes, ethanol handled automatically, boost shaped per gear to protect the weakest link, and a safety net on oil pressure. That is a genuinely better car. Used as permission to push past what the drivetrain tolerates, they are a faster route to the same expensive conversation everyone else has. The tool is not the constraint. It never was.