if it's anything like what VW offers for DCC, the modes will also affect weighting for the steering, throttle response, and how open the exhaust is. on my golf R, that last one
opens the valves for two of the four exhaust pipes and tweaks up the soundaktor for more in-cabin engine noise...
Thereās plenty of things other than just the shifts of the transmission that can be messed with for different modes. One of my motorcycles has 3 different āmodesā you can choose, normal sport or tour. On it, for the most part it just adjusts the throttle response, sport making it snappier so takes less twist of the throttle to get more, tour goes the other way, makes throttle smoother but longer twist if you want full throttle. On a 4 wheel vehicle thereās even more systems to adjust and mess with. So while it wonāt effect the manual transmission because thatās controlled by the driver, it can change all sorts of other things. Even with a manual thereās a lot of computer control for everything else.
Reviving a dead thread to see if anyone knows anything more yet.
From personal experience it seems like the throttle response is reduced in eco. Not sure what else but haven't driven it a ton in eco. Around here you need to get up and go quickly or get rear ended
Never used Eco mode but I suspect it softens the throttle response. Some (like me) think this is not conducive to economy as Iāve read that itās more economical to quickly get to speed rather than slowing speed up.