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Originally Posted by belavia
AT. MT is fun, and all, but it is a 20th century technology. I like to track and do autocross. Having a strong karting background, I left foot brake.
MT will not let you LFB for the turns, and you will lose time moving feet. I know, we are talking tenths of seconds, but this is one of the reasons the F1 drivers who RFB have been slower (read: Rubens).
Shifting is a tertiary act to driving. Taking out shifting, I can move more focus and concentration to identifying the line, measuring the grip, feeling the slip, threshold braking, etc.
I love manual, but I love going fast too, and AT, at least this particular one, makes this possible.
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This right here marks the death of motorsports, i can see maybe a dogbox transmission where you use a clutch for first and then bang the rest, but we are talking about a 25k 200hp toyota/subaru...not a 15 million dollar f1 car that gets a new engine after every race....
I am building an auto supra so i get the whole shifting quicker thing but not for this car, watch the old best motoring vids, they are not shifting into D4 and sliding all around, no, they are doing crazy footwork, smashing gears and having fun, thats what this car is about.
