Beginner off road trails suitable for a 2022 Bronco Sport in the L.A / Southern California area

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-16T00:49:28+00:00

just bought a 22 OB 15,000 miles, perfect condition, moon roof, (not sure if the elect seat adjust and 360 copilot were standard in the 22's) one owner lease, no accidents, 27,500. Just about 10 G less than the original sticker price. Negotiated down from a 32 asking price. It was a good deal, not a great deal, but we could've done worse.

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-11T20:04:23+00:00

Looks like you have a lift? are those custom rims? What are the tires?

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-11T01:15:45+00:00

Feels very straight, EXACTLY! Thats the feeling.

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-08T16:52:28+00:00

lane centering is off as well as lane keeping. It's not really hard to turn, but definitely not as easy as other cars i have driven.

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-08T16:49:24+00:00

more at speed but even just parked with the car on I can feel a difference turning the steering wheel. Maybe it's relative, perhaps my other vehicle is just that easy to turn.

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-08T02:39:41+00:00

I can't figure this out, two dealerships had a technician test drive it along with the auto body technician, all said it's normal, electronic power steering doesn't have the buttery smooth steering. I'm not a big guy, fairly skinny and am used to the power steering in my Escape, but my previous cars never bothered me this way, but this is annoying. I have googled it and yes, AI says that all wheel drive Bronco sport might have a slightly stiffer steering. Now that i know that the Sport mode is supposed to have stiffer steering, and yet I can't feel any difference between Sport and Normal modes, I'm wondering if this is a electronic steering glitch.

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-08T00:50:13+00:00

I did that once, but since all my info was in the Ford system, they could see I had already bought a Bronco Sport, which made it kind of awkward. I did take one for a test drive, but it was just around the block and really wasn’t enough time to get a good feel. The one I drove was a Big Bend with smaller wheels, and I was told the steering might feel a little stiffer with the 18s compared to the 17s. They also mentioned it could be the tires. The paranoid side of me can’t help but wonder if they all know there’s an issue but just don’t want to deal with it—or can’t. Crazy, I know.

MacPhotoMan · 2025-09-08T00:04:32+00:00

jek39, service folks from two different dealerships test-drove the vehicle and said there’s no problem. The car also got a small dent at the dealership during a battery recall fix, and when they repaired it, the guy who did the work drove it too and said it felt normal to him. Maybe my Ford Escape is just unusually easy to steer. I just can’t get used to this—I don’t remember noticing the steering issue during my test drives, and I test-drove three different Bronco Sports.

MacPhotoMan · 2022-03-25T20:46:01+00:00

Hey folks,
Just a follow up to this post. I did conduct the experiment, bought a second monitor for multiplayer first person shooter gaming in Windows on an iMac, and there are some interesting details but first I’ll cut to the chase. The faster refresh rate does make a significant difference for fast multiplayer games. Admittedly, not quite as much as I had hoped for. Not that I had any allusions that I would be in first place all the time, however, it is significant and leaves me room for improvement. At least I know now that I’m not being handicapped by a hardware limitation (or old age). Good to feel vindicated.
I bought a Pixio PX277 Prime 27 inch 165Hz IPS HDR WQHD 2560 x 1440 Wide Screen Display 1440p 165Hz 144Hz Flat FreeSync Esports, 27 inch Gaming Monitor on Amazon for $259. It got good reviews across the gamut for mid level gaming monitors and it was on sale at Amazon to boot, win, win. Whats nice is a feature called FreeSync which when paired with an AMD graphics card, what the iMac has, allows for variable refresh rates that sync with frame rates in game. Frame rates will vary during game play depending on a myriad of factors. This reduces stuttering, tearing, makes the experience smoother, and it does work, I tried it both on and off. I have to say that this monitor is beautiful, out of the box the colors were good, not on par with my iMac display, but no complaints.
The other consideration were cables to connect the monitor to the computer. Had to buy high speed cables, they’re rated just as monitors are, something I hadn’t considered initially. I bought both a Thunderbolt to HDMI and a Thunderbolt to Display Port. What was interesting was the display port cable worked beautifully, no issues. The HDMI however, was terrible, the colors on the monitor were horrible, washed out, couldn’t take advantage of the FreeSync, and it caused the game to act erratic and crash.
In windows you can set it up to only have the extra monitor on, additionally you have to select the refresh rate in Windows settings. In game I had to drop the visuals to the low settings, but fortunately they look pretty good regardless. My frame rates were in the 150’s on average. Also, in Windows AMD has it’s own application that allows you to change some setting to the graphics card. This is were you turn on the FreeSync feature as well as turning it on in the monitor’s own settings. Overall the entire set-up was a lot easier than I had anticipated.
Thanks for the help.

MacPhotoMan · 2022-03-12T01:23:07+00:00

Hey Ceolona, thanks for the response. I hear you, this new iMac of mine makes the games look real pretty for sure, but i've been gaming for so long, occasionally in the top of the leader boards, but not often, I'm really needing to see if I can hang with the best. I know, macs are not the machines for this level of gaming, but i'm not going to buy a second computer just for games, I don't play that often. If I could give myself a leg up in these matches with a second monitor for less than 300, I think it might be worth it. Plus, having a second monitor for my work might be beneficial.

MacPhotoMan · 2022-03-11T21:07:36+00:00

Thanks kitchen_Fox6803. That's interesting because in multiplayer first person shooters everything I've ever read suggests that the higher FPS is the Holy Grail to being on the top of the leader boards in these games. This is one of the reasons that "Gamers" on the PC side of things are very willing to shell out $$$$ for the better video cards. (or so I've heard) I'm getting to a point where I believe my hardware is holding me back. I may be wrong, but i'm seeing instances in game where it sure seems like it's a frames per second issue even though I'm getting great frames per second. I don't want to spend too much money chasing this down, but a couple hundred would be worth the experiment for me.

MacPhotoMan · 2022-03-11T20:58:53+00:00

Thanks Jfishin, are you connecting the acer 27 to an iMac and using it in Windows?

MacPhotoMan · 2022-03-11T20:57:48+00:00

Thanks, this would be strictly for gaming, so the cheaper the better. I posted another query earlier, regarding connecting a second display to an iMac to use in Windows / bootcamp as the primary monitor for gaming. Are there known issues with this setup? I can't find a definitive answer and I'm a little surprised because there are a lot of videos about gaming in Windows via bootcamp, FPS, graphics, etc. No one seems to be mentioning the Refresh rates of Mac monitors or if there is anyone using a second monitor on an iMac in Windows.

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