Hmmm, I suppose an idiot friend of mine concluded that the proper way to get his Bronco moving on a snow covered parking lot was to put it is compound low and punch it. Somehow he really thought that compound low == more traction. Anyway, that obviously did not yield the result that he expected.
Maybe Alfa expects that Alfisti have some control over their right foot? Softer shifts, smoother rev-matching, and tweaks to nanny behavior would seem like the only obvious drive train things that a driver cannot control. Softer suspension on soft surfaces might help, or not, I dunno.
Any experience out there with Jeep, Range Rover or Kia settings (or any others that have such selectors)?
My wife's Forester has a knob for this, but it is her car so I have not tried it. She has taken it off road once but I doubt that she messed with the setting.