Im not saying they need to be the same or be as in depth, but Acura could have given us something more than they did, which is pretty much nothing. Even if you want to say that it was omitted because its not a track inspired car thats a fair point, but Acura should have included more luxury type items ie. Home-link mirror or back vents. Even if they put throttle position, brake pressure and boost on the infotainment system that would be better.
I get where you're coming from. I've read posts on this forum over the last 2+ years about the perceived misses of the DE5 and it sounds a little greedy, especially at the price point. I also can't help but think that what people have been describing is a G80 M3, which probably annoys you to read since you just came from one.
Understood about seeing this over and over. And i am also new to the car so im going though all of it for the first time. I think the ITR is a very fun car, it fits the bill for me for right now. Would it be nice to have more data yes, but it also doesn’t need all the tech a BMW has i did find it a bit overwhelming. I wish i could have added the ITR with the M3 but the point was to get a car that is fun to drive and less expensive and the ITR fits that bill. The M cars are expensive to own in every way.
. These are fairly substantial ommisions at this price point compared to similar vehicles. I don't see this as a track car though, but a car to drive on track when you feel like it. It does well in this capacity, and matures the boy racer look of the Fl5. 
What year bmw?
My 2025 Audi s5 has all that crap too. It’s nice but we are talking about a low 70k car. About 20k more than the type s, to be fair. I’m good with the current tech, except maybe lack of real oil temp but I feel like that could be a thing not everyone would want or care for
I've owned BMWs since 2016, and have driven them since 2003. pre-iDrive, iDrive 4, 5, 6 EVO, 7, 8, and 8.5. Obviously iDrive 6 EVO and below was mechanical so not much options there, iDrive 7 had only a single way to display the cluster with rotating widget on the right, and iDrive 8 only had 2 ways to display the cluster in the M cars, either the standard way or the tach-centric way in M Sport mode. You only have 1 widget to customize, so if you wanted your tire pressure and your music up, too bad, which you can do in the Type S.
Yet the Elantra N doesn't come with even more basic stuff like an auto dimming mirror. It also has 50 less HP. I'm just saying there's a reason why it's cheaper.
All I’m saying is Honda really cheaped out on the interior and tech package of the Type-S, for the price of the vehicle and the luxury Acura badge I should expect it to at least match the tech package of a Hyundai. I will say that infotainment is fine in the ITS, but fine is what I expect from a mid level civic…I've owned BMWs since 2016, and have driven them since 2003. pre-iDrive, iDrive 4, 5, 6 EVO, 7, 8, and 8.5. Obviously iDrive 6 EVO and below was mechanical so not much options there, iDrive 7 had only a single way to display the cluster with rotating widget on the right, and iDrive 8 only had 2 ways to display the cluster in the M cars, either the standard way or the tach-centric way in M Sport mode. You only have 1 widget to customize, so if you wanted your tire pressure and your music up, too bad, which you can do in the Type S.
The HUD was full color, but iDrive 8 and 8.5 on the M cars put a permanent blue bar in the background that is incredibly distracting and you cannot disable, which is an annoying thing to have to deal with. Also, the only ever "color" it showed was basically green for the driving assistance features, which doesn't matter.
I daily a 2026 iX which I'm **still** limited to only 1 widget in the center screen.
They spent a lot of time on weird niche software features that 99% of people don't care about and that the 1% that do will forget about it after 3 days of ownership for the car to be worth as much more as it is compared to the Type S.
I don't feel the system is any faster than the Type S, it's quite simple and performs quite well. Carplay is also *much* more performant, especially in Apple Maps, in the Type S compared to any BMW I've been in. In fact, the iDrive 8 system, was *complete* crap the entire time it was in existence until they switched to Android-based iDrive 8.5 w/ Qualcomm chips from the old Intel embedded chips on Linux-based iDrive 8.0. All this on a $100k+ car.
As an anecdote, I had the Drive Recorder on my M4 I had previous and someone hit me in the back corner. The system did not recognize I had been hit and did not record anything. There's a ton of instances of people having the same experience.
My point is, we could go back and forth about things one does better than the other, but I feel like I enjoy the Type S infotainment and cluster setup a lot more than BMW's (besides the fact I have actual *round dials* on the Type S, which BMWs haven't had since 2018 lol), and it does everything I need and want it to do, especially given how expensive M340is have gotten, which you can't get in a manual
Yet the Elantra N doesn't come with even more basic stuff like an auto dimming mirror. It also has 50 less HP. I'm just saying there's a reason why it's cheaper.
Every car manufacturer cheaps out in one way or another, whether it's Hyundai not including an auto dimming mirror, Acura not including Homelink, or Aston Martin using 20 year old Mercedes infotainments in their $350k cars.
I'm so disappointed in modern Aston. They're trying to stay relevant, but that's not what Aston is about. The older ones have gotten outrageous in price. The late 2000s models were pretty good, but they just seemed to go downhill after that. They lost all the prestige and "special" factor, and I can't even really put my finger on why.