I just want to make sure people know the difference between a regular automatic transmission with paddles versus a true F1 sequential transmssion.
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A sequential manual transmission (or sequential manual gearbox) is a type of manual transmission used on motorcycles and high-performance cars for auto racing, where gears are selected in order, and direct access to specific gears is not possible.
With traditional manual transmissions, the driver can move from gear to gear, by moving the shifter to the appropriate position. This type of transmission is often referred to as a H-pattern because of the path that the shift lever takes as it selects the various gears. A clutch must be disengaged before the new gear is selected, to disengage the running engine from the transmission, thus stopping all torque transfer. In auto racing, this process is slow and prone to human error; hence the development of the sequential transmission. A true sequential transmission will very often use dog clutch engagement rather than the more usual syncromesh as fitted to a normal H-pattern road car gearbox. Engagement using dogs only requires a very brief interruption of engine torque to complete a shift into any adjacent gear. This allows shifting between gears without the use of the clutch. The clutch would normally be used only for standing starts.
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The Scion transmission will be a standard syncromesh transmission. Nothing like that of an F1 car or Ferrari/Maserati/LFA/Bugatti. They have a F1 dry sump or wet sump clutch engagement. There is an electronic F1 pump that engages and disengages the clutch when flipping through the gears. (Very expensive to maintain) The difference is that a true paddle shift car uses a CLUTCH while cars like Lexus, BMW, Audi, etc with paddles uses a TORQUE CONVERTER just like a standard automatic transmission.