Audi Virtual Cockpit In-Depth Overview
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This video covers each of the different views included in Audi's new Virtual Cockpit. This new technology is absolutely stunning with a high-resolution and quick-moving screen. It's hard to see the difference between analog gauges and these virtual gauges. Google Earth view is incredibly useful as well.
Gauge Setup with Sport Gauge View
Navigation View
Cell Phone View
Vehicle View
As you can see in the video, this setup is in a new 2017 Audi S3 Facelift
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Been loving your videos man!
Thanks man. Appreciate it!
I just took delivery of a copy of your S3 and yes, it's there! At the screen you have up at 0:30, click the button to the right of the scroll wheel on the left side of the steering wheel. You'll see the option to load the classic layout. Love this car!
Correction: You press the button to the LEFT of the scroll wheel.
Yep its on the Left.
Does the 2018 A3 have the sport tach for the virtual cockpit? Like with the large gauge in the middle
how did you get google earth? is it only when the phone is connected? the standard audi navigation doesn't have the google earth view?
in depth?
Was debating between getting the pre-facelift or the new facelift but your video convinced me...Facelift it is!!! Thx
+joenrs great choice 👍🏻
Would the maps update for free? (it’s from google earth right)
Great overview video of the new virtual cockpit - thanks! Was your car on accessory mode...why was your CEL on already?
+DreaminAccord it was in accessory mode. Not a real CEL.
ThatBlueS3 Glad to hear! 👍🏻 I miss my A6 bi-turbo and have been looking into this new facelifted S3 - so far I'm liking it and considering one
+DreaminAccord take one for a test drive. You'll be sold pretty quick.
Its a cool feature.
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small question, does it need internet? or how is it google maps updated?`
Mine is the same but your map is way more colourful and more detail then mine?
Do you have any issues with the digital radio volume saying "currently unavailable" randomly? 🤔🤔
+Theo Argiros only happens when I first start the car up.
do u know why the audi server is always unavailable when i try to change it from standard map to google earth?
Have you paid for the Audi connect service? I didn’t sign up for it after the trial period so I do not have access to google earth view anymore. Honestly, it’s not worth the additional cost to me.
It's "The Future." LOL!
This may sound like a stupid question but how do paddle shifters work on an automatic? Do you use them? I'd love to see a video on how to properly use them on this car!
Yes, I do use them when I get bored of just setting it to drive and going. Essentially it works the same exact way as a true manual, just without the 3rd pedal. I came from an Evo IX with a true manual transmission and do sometimes miss the 3rd pedal. However, this car is much more practical for my daily driving habits. I sit in traffic for 45 minutes each way.
I came from a 6-speed manual 2015 WRX STI to a 2017 S3, the paddles are actually very quick and responsive (especially compared to my wife's 147kw Skoda Octavia VRS), but the car won't hold a gear at high revs, if you get close to redline, it will upshift even in manual mode.
It gives you some control, but less than with a stick. It is a lot of fun though, this is the first car that I've actually enjoyed paddle shifts in.
Theblues3: would the virtual cockpit come as standard in a 2017 RS3, I'm thinking of getting one.
+dean baker it's not standard here in the states. Have to spec it as part of the tech pack.
Oh okay I thought it would come as standard, thanks for the response appreciated and keep up the good work on the channel 👍
How do you get the google maps? I’ve been trying for a wk now
You have to connect your phone to the CarPlay thing I think
The virtual dash is interesting. I just test drove a 2018 S3 w/virtual and NAV But, I like the analog gauges better still, but that is simply my opinion, and others have different and valid options. Yes, you can select the large single gauge, but it's a tach with an inset numeric speedo, and Audi doesn't let the driver change which gauge is the larger. But, that's what the sales guy told me and he could be wrong. Is he?
The dash is digital, so why not allow the driver to alter the placement of the gauges, and the size of the gauges on various areas on the screen? For example, what if I want a large tach on the upper left and a small analog like speedo on the lower right?
The "virtual" dash is simply preset and the options of gauge size and placement are limited in the sense that the driver can only select to "customize" using what the programmers decided to offer. Overall modern high quality "analog" gauges still look better and are much crisper. The virtual has very good/great res, but there is no mistaking that the gauges are a digital image/imitation, of the real thing. Sure, you can't move hard placed analog gauges, but then you don't pay $3200 for a package to be able to choose some alternate placement of pictures of gauges.
For me, I have no need for NAV, but you can't have the virtual digital dash without the NAV. I have a cell phone with great navigation, and I also have a Garmin that works nicely and cost under $200. On the rare occasion I need NAV I can use the Garmin or just use my cell phone. Over 90% of my driving is my greater surrounding area where I know where to go. So, I don't need a NAV screen on a daily basis. On the contrary though, there is a positive to be said about seeing traffic conditions on the NAV screen, so that is a good counter argument for it. But, even with that it's not an imperative such that I would spend the $3200 for the package to get the virtual dash.
People love the "ooooooh and aaaaah" of some modern tech, even before considering the tech is needed, or even if it adds or improves anything beyond what came before it. The digital pictures of gauges do not work any better than much lower cost options. This tech serves to create a larger NAV screen, which is fine for those who want or need daily NAV. The thing that I most complain about is that manufactures like Audi package this new "virtual" dash with the better audio systems as if you need NAV and digital graphic gauges because you want the best OEM audio they offer. It's ridiculous. They turn a $900 audio upgrade option into a "must buy" package that costs around $3200. Not a good thing. Keep the "ohhh and aaahh" techno goodies as their own add-one cost options. I don't want to have to buy the fries and milkshake just because I want cheese on my burger. :)
I agree with a lot that you said. The packaging that Audi does is annoying. In order to get CarPlay, you have to option Nav and VC. Why? I don’t need Nav if I have CarPlay.
You can adjust the size of the gauges on the S3. There is an additional gauge layout that has the tach on the left and the speedo on the right. Nav would be in the center. Think of it as a virtual version of the typical analog gauge layout.
Does anybody know how to get the 1/min x 1000 above the speedometer and get the drive select mode i.e. "comfort" shown underneath
The "1x 1000" is always there it's the revolutions per minute for the tachometer.
There is also a third layout that looks like the classic analog gauges. Good stuff.
+spoiler9112 I can't seem to get that view to come up. Are you sure that's an option in the S models?
I wondered this as well. I've seen it on non-S models, but I don't think you can have the larger classic analog gauges on the S3.
+spoiler9112 found it today. Thanks for the heads up.
Yep its there. I still prefer the one big center gauge though.
What model Audi is it
I wanna buy a boost gauge . Wonder if they will make one in the virtual cockpit or I have to buy a separate one??
The VC is a little bar that fills up for boost in the sport layout, but its not really precise enough to know what’s actually happening. Don’t think you’ll be able to add anything more than that to the VC.
ThatBlueS3 yea that suck . I know you could add g force but that’s about it. Mine s3 is tuned but I can’t tell how much boost it’s getting and I don’t like the vent gauge
18 mpg???
Is this worth it without the navigation?
Here in the US you are not able to equip the VC without navigation. It's all part of the technology package. Same goes for Apple CarPlay & Android Auto. It's only included with the Technology package so you get the onboard MMI Nav & VC with it.
with the sport view, can you modify the right side?
+David Lugassy yes. It only allows you to put a few choices over there though. Short term and long term fuel economy. Date and time. And I also think it lets you put a live mpg bar graph.
okay thanks! Too bad it can't be modify as the left side!
+David Lugassy yeah that would be awesome. Could have radio presets on the right and navigation on the left.
ThatBlueS3 exactly! i was wondering, what do you think about the exhaust? will you make a video about it?
+David Lugassy I can put one together. I haven't heard it from the outside yet but from the inside it sounds good. The soundaktor may have something to do with that though.
Audi has best in class tech (instrumentals), too bad I'm too poor to afford one, I will be getting a Genesis G70 instead, otherwise the Audi S4 would be my first choice.
dont worry g one day you can afford one
Question. Do you have to pay some reoccurring fee to Audi to get the traffic to work on Google Maps? Or do you just need to pay for the SIM card? (I heard $200/yr.) If I got this car, I would want Google Maps working on the gauge cluster and Pandora/CarPlay running on the Media Screen.
+thesandstig you can either pay for Audi connect, which is quite expensive or you can enter your own SIM card to get the data.
smh they charge 200 for that? wow. dope feature that a consumer should be able to click on or off for free.
ThatBlueS3 what do you mean but enjoying your own sim card. Do you just pay a one time fee and not worry about it?
You should be able to get a SIM through your carrier and add it to your account. I don’t think it gives you ALL the features of connect though. Seems to be a lot of confusion around all of this.
getting a q5. so pissed i cant get traffic jam assist. got the vc tho.
TJA isn’t offered on the Q5?!
it is. wasnt available when i bought it and expensive. Is it worth it if you encounter heavy traffic once a month?
It seems so cool but something that will wear off if you not using it often.
S3s don’t come with TJA but the ACC seems to work very well for my heavy traffic daily driving.
Does the S3 have Apple Car Play ?
+John Mitrano 2017 and newer does
do any other cars besides audi have this feature?
+mixumup1 not 100% if there any others. I can't imagine that Audi is the only one that does this right now.
ThatBlueS3 is this feature standard on the car?
+mixumup1 not standard. Ether comes in the technology pack in the premium plus trim or standard in the prestige trim level
Lamborghinis have it now too
where does it get the internet data from to navigate through Google Maps?
+Yazeed Alhadi through the onboard SIM powered by Audi connect service
do you have to pay monthly bills for that? or is it like an open internet service for navigation? sorry I'm a Audi newby.
+Yazeed Alhadi no worries. The Google Maps satellite view is part of the subscription service along with the fuel prices, live traffic, news, twitter, etc. The standard view navigation functions without the subscription
Thanks a lot :)
Whats the lowest consumption you've had yet?
+KL M I'd say it was low 23s when I first got it. It's been improving and I now have about 3500 miles on it.
ThatBlueS3 Ok, so now that you have 3500 miles on it, what's the lowest consumption?
+KL M 24.2 is the lowest I've seen.
ThatBlueS3 That's right about 10 litres/100 km which is in line with what some other owners have claimed. To compare with Audi's own 6,5 l/100 km. I mean we are talking about 54% difference. Absolutely unacceptable!
Here is a video on how to install a virtual cockpit with the new rules in 2021 :)
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How you install the satellite map???
It came like that from the factory.
ThatBlueS3 I may to go to Audi And check thanks
18?
This is in a 2017 S3.
According to Audi, Google Earth will no longer be available to model years 2018 and earlier, beginning in 2020.
That check engine light is bothering me.....
It’s not a real CEL. Turns off when the engine starts.
Change Engine
What does that mean?
So damn cool. I have an RS5 and now my instrument panel looks boring.
European version startup is much cooler
Just remember, if you are going to buy an Audi and not lease it, get the extended warranty, if the Gizmo dashboard fails it will probably cost you 5k plus.
yall should see a tesla
careful that fancy ass GPS wont be working after 3-4 years!!
Why?
+Rock7132 id also like to know why. Is there some kind of evidence of gps/VC failures after 3-4 years?
ThatBlueS3 he's just trolling.
I Have A 13' A5 @ 95k miles my GPS isn't working. dealer said oh that's typical of a car with that many miles >:/.
+reventon22c lol what?! What does GPS have to do with mileage on a car? Does the dealer also consider it a wear and tear item 😂