The Audi RS 5 Sportback is the sort of car that is incredible on the go, yet tamed enough for the family man to enjoy driving every day – a trait that not many performance cars can offer.

It has only been a year since the appearance of the new RS 5 Sportback here in Singapore, and Audi has updated it for 2020. It continues to deliver high levels of practicality, luxury and daily usability, making it a reasonable every day performance car.

Subtle exterior changes make the RS 5 slightly more sleek looking, with a new Singleframe grille along with updated bumpers and diffusers. On the inside, the RS 5 Sportback now gets an updated 10.1-inch infotainment display, running the latest generation interface.

New sub-menus within the Audi virtual cockpit also shows the RS 5 Sportback's cheeky side – among other things, it allows you to time your 0-100km/h run (do it at your own legal peril, of course).

Performance? The RS 5 Sportback definitely has some. With 444bhp and a neck-snapping 600Nm of twisting force coming out of its 2.9-litre twin-turbocharged V6, the century sprint is completed in just 3.9 seconds.

There's entertainment here too, with a sport exhaust that comes as standard for 2020. A new ‘MS' mode allows for a more aggressive shift pattern, along with a deep exhaust snarl whenever you let off the throttle.

But yet, if you turn down the fun, it is still as usable and practical as its A5 sibling - a gentle and fitting reminder that not all high-performance cars need to cause anxiety and nervousness to the driver.