bumping this because.....
someone drove it:
https://insideevs.com/features/69387...ission-tested/
seems like its programmed similarly to a GR Corolla setup.
And it sounds like its good.
Yes its all fake but it seems to work real good at providing that manual transmission experience.
plus you can turn it off if you want the no effort BEV experience.
Just for fun i went to the EV reddit to see what their reactions are...
good god they are so head-up-their-ass about EV's lol. "its useless, whats the point, gimmick, why you gotta mess with EV motor? keep ICE related technology back in the stone ages where it belongs! toyota is the devil with their anti EV lobbvying! blah blah"
EV apologists seem to live in this unicorn world of EV perfection and everything else is utter trash.