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The first time I played GT3 two summers ago, I got mostly bronzes, and I always used an automatic. I just think shifting with the DS2 controller is a bit awkward. I got the B License gold, but B-8 was so hard that I didn't bother trying to get any more golds. S-8 took me awhile just to get bronze, because I had never used partial-accelerator or partial-brake. After I learned accelerator control, though, it was pretty easy to pass S-8 with an automatic.
So, after I got 100%, this summer I erased my game and started over. I got gold on all the license tests except S-7 and S-8 using an automatic. Even using accelerator control, I just couldn't match the demo in S-7. I decided I would try a manual transmission instead. I hadn't even used a manual before (except briefly 2 years ago just to see what it was like), but I got silver my first run on S-7.
I try not to exaggerate about how good I am (like some people). It took me at least 2 hours to get gold on each of B-8 and a couple of the S License tests. But S-7 and S-8 are so easy with a manual, because it magically eliminates wheel spin. Without ever running a single race with a manual, it took me less than an hour to learn how to drive a manual and get gold on S-7 and S-8.
So, now that I've given my entire personal history, I was just wondering how many people had managed to get gold using an automatic in those tests. If you look at the demo, the gold times for all tests were achieved using an automatic transmission and without analog control. I couldn't even get silver on S-7 with an automatic, and there's no way I could've done it using full-accelerator and full-brake like the demo does.
Also, does anybody else think it's just a little dumb how easy those tests are with a manual? Like, maybe you shouldn't be able to sit there in a 1000 HP GT-One cooking the clutch in 3rd gear so the tires don't spin?
So, after I got 100%, this summer I erased my game and started over. I got gold on all the license tests except S-7 and S-8 using an automatic. Even using accelerator control, I just couldn't match the demo in S-7. I decided I would try a manual transmission instead. I hadn't even used a manual before (except briefly 2 years ago just to see what it was like), but I got silver my first run on S-7.
I try not to exaggerate about how good I am (like some people). It took me at least 2 hours to get gold on each of B-8 and a couple of the S License tests. But S-7 and S-8 are so easy with a manual, because it magically eliminates wheel spin. Without ever running a single race with a manual, it took me less than an hour to learn how to drive a manual and get gold on S-7 and S-8.
So, now that I've given my entire personal history, I was just wondering how many people had managed to get gold using an automatic in those tests. If you look at the demo, the gold times for all tests were achieved using an automatic transmission and without analog control. I couldn't even get silver on S-7 with an automatic, and there's no way I could've done it using full-accelerator and full-brake like the demo does.
Also, does anybody else think it's just a little dumb how easy those tests are with a manual? Like, maybe you shouldn't be able to sit there in a 1000 HP GT-One cooking the clutch in 3rd gear so the tires don't spin?
