I never turn my traction control off and when I drop the pedal, my tires don't spin and my take off of is like lightening. The key is in how you drop the pedal, the tires you're running, how the suspension is setup on the car and the experience of the driver. It also depends on how the car is driven daily as to how the car is going to take off. I'm king of the jack rabbit starts so my car always comes off the line like a jack rabbit because I drive it like that all the time.
All my cars respond that way. I don't worry about the cost of gas or my mileage because driving the way I do is NOT conducive to either.