ESC/ESP settings on a 2019 GTI Performance

[bogwoppit]

We've got a 2019 GTI Performance, manual that we have owned since it was 5 months old. The first owner was VW.

I decided to look at the ESC mode in the vehicle settings at the weekend, and it had 3 choices:

-activated
-ESC sport
-ESC off

This surprised me as I thought only the R had the ESC off option.
The owners manual states the GTI should only have, activated/TCS off/ESC Sport

Could someone else with a 2019 GTI see what their choices are?

[Yusee]

I have a late 2018 car.

Interestingly, my manual states that if you press the button for 3 seconds- for the gti- TCS is off but ESC goes to sport. As you say, for the golf R, ESC can be switched off ( according to the manual)

Just checked my car- contrary to info in the manual, in fact I can turn ESC “off” with a 3 second press.

It’s been a while since I tried this so I’m not sure if this completely disables the stability systems- I suspect it would kick in if I completely lost  it.

I’ll try it out one day.

[bogwoppit]

Thank you for looking

[symonh2000]

Is it possible that the ESC fully off option can be coded into the GTi like it is on the R and that someone has done it?

[Yusee]

I bought mine brand new so I assume this is a factory setting.
I certainly haven’t changed it

[fredgroves]

I seem to remember that one of the moans about the Mk7 by reviewers was that you can't turn ESC off.

You can set it to off, but it still intervenes.

[bogwoppit]

I'm too chicken to test it ! 
I need an airfield/track covered in snow, with a lot of room before trying that.

We also have a Mk7.5 Fiesta ST and the ESP works in the same way:  ESP on / ESP sport, TCS off / Everything off.
On that, when it's set to off, it really is off

[JMS]

I get crazy wheelspin with ESC off (long press) in my 2014 PP, they seem to spin up more easily than with it on.

I experimented in a straight line on a damp private road.

[Yusee]

Try stabbing the throttle at low speed on a roundabout on a cold damp day.
I turned mine off on the way home today hoping to try but there was too much traffic.
It’s only relevant for track use- which isn’t important to me- but I’m curious now

[fredgroves]

I get crazy wheelspin with ESC off (long press) in my 2014 PP, they seem to spin up more easily than with it on.

I experimented in a straight line on a damp private road.

Because its also disabling TCS as well as ESP...