I can't really speak for
Softronic and their specific software, but my experience with the stock software is that it is very quick to dial down and very slow to advance back up. This stands to reason since retarding timing too much too quickly will only hurt performance while advancing too much too soon can cause engine damage. So the stategy employed is very reluctant to advance timing except in very controlled circumstances. Your engine must be fully up to temp, and the subroutines to advance timing only begin their analysis under high load conditions...then they will slowly advance timing in incremental steps until maxing the values for the current table...you must then constantly max these values without any knock for a specific preset time which varies (extends) based on multiple feedback loop calculations...after the time lapse is confirmed permission is given to advance to a higher table. But again it is granted reluctantly and with other checks inplace to prevent hunting and unwanted shifts in power. there are many variables that come into play as to how long it actually takes that are very motor and driver specific..it could be half a lap, it could be more than a tankful of gas.
dw