Can ATLAS tune an SPT/CVT 2022+ WRX?

Yes. ATLAS covers the VB WRX in both transmission forms, and its documentation references CVT maps for the platform specifically rather than treating the automatic as an unsupported edge case. Support extends through 2026 cars in both manual and automatic form. This is worth knowing because SPT owners have historically been an afterthought in the Subaru tuning world. Handheld device support for the CVT arrived meaningfully later than manual support did, and the reason given was that increasing power did not pair cleanly with the factory transmission logic. Any platform that treats the automatic as a first-class target is genuinely useful if you own one. What being supported does not change is what the transmission tolerates. This is the part that matters more than the software. The SPT is torque-limited rather than power-limited. A transmission does not experience horsepower; it experiences torque multiplied by whatever gear ratio is engaged. That is why the number to be careful about on an automatic VB is the torque figure and where in the rev range it arrives, not the peak power headline. The FA24's response to tuning makes this sharper than usual. A Stage 1 map adds roughly 16 percent peak horsepower and roughly 48 percent peak torque, and most of that torque lands low - between 3,200 and 5,000 rpm. On an automatic that is precisely where a low gear is multiplying it. So the practical advice for an SPT owner using ATLAS is the same advice as for any tuning platform, and having deeper access makes it more important rather than less. Build power up top rather than piling torque on down low. Be sceptical of any map, your own included, that produces an impressive low-rpm torque figure. And shorten your transmission fluid interval once tuned, because factory intervals assume factory torque and fluid is the cheapest component in the drivetrain. A tool that gives you more control gives you more ways to exceed the gearbox's limits, not more headroom within them.