I guess it depends how long ago that was dante.
All i can say is sometimes some auto gearboxes try to always be in the highest gear and are always changing up imo way to early and i leaves you having to kickdown with the gas peddle, which for me is a big issue.
so i drive alot in sport mode or use the manual mode or the flappy paddles. It depends on the car..
I last had a vw golf and it had the dsg box( that so many love) and at it’s mot it had a software update and it became nasty to drive. I could not wait to get rid of it..
So i do understand what you are saying. Often modern cars change/adapt to your driving style. So if you drive it hard and thrash it abit it may help reset the engine management, but if the software set to always be at lowest revs possible it can be a real issue. Say you cruising along then need to accelerate it’s like you in 7th gear unless you put the gas to the floor and then it revs so high and there’s no inbetween so it can be a big issue. I used to drive for a living and i hated auto’s but these days it’s all i can drive and i have what some call a bad gearboz a cvt on the civic sport i have now and i love it so smooth and no issues at all..