Traction control trying to slow you down, cruise trying to speed up, what would happen? Does one system override the other? Just curious how the computer determines what to do?
AFAIK, cruise control is over-ridden by anything else.
Touch the brake? CC goes into standby mode.
Lose grip under acceleration? A power reduction request is sent to the engine control module. Would cruise control override that and throttle up? No, of course not! Cruise control will onlythrottle up when appropriate.
The programming of the CX-5 is very sophisticated and, from what I've seen by putting the car in a huge variety of challenges, it's very robust/reliable.