Auto or MT for learning to drift

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Manual. Period. Don't go with automatic and just holding down R2. Use a manual.
 
Once you take the time to learn manual you will never go back. I hate games where you have no manual or it is initially set to auto. Driving with manual is pulling a little bit more out of the game.
 
Manual, because(correct me if im wrong) you can controll your shift points, there for you can add a little oversteer and have the right amount or rpm to pull you around the turn. Unlike an auto, it'll down shift at lets say 5000rpm(depending on the car), and you half way around the turn by then, and from the rpm at you braking point down to you shift point, you will lose a lot of torque making it a little harder to have oversteer(once again please correct me if Im wrong)And besides, its not that hard to shift up and down. To me, it give a more realistic aspect to the game.
 
I can't see how anyone can use the AT... always holding down R2... sounds like it takes more thinking than MT.

MT lets you control the shifting... I've found that I spin out in MR cars, cause the AT will shift, and suddenly shift a little weight, and viola... I'm spining out :p
 
I made the mistake of learning to drive in the GT series with an automatic - this was when i got my copy of GT for the playstation, 6 or 7 some odd years ago. Gimme a break, i was like 13 and didnt know any better at the time. I've continued that pattern since. Through GT2 and into GT3.
so naturally, when i started drifting in gt3, i began doing so with an auto, but it would be incorrect to say i havent tried manual

if you're just starting out, i also would recommend manual just as most of the others have, and for the same reasons. I continue to use auto just as habit, and nothing more. It probably wouldnt take much time for me to make the switch. Maybe I'll do so when i get my fists on GT4.
 
I'd say Automatic is good for learning how to drive the game, but not for drifting. I don't even do any real drifting (aside from the occasional powerslide, but that's different).

I would say the biggest argument against Auto is quite simple... if you're trying to maintain a nice long drift, the last thing you need is for the car to suddenly upshift because you revved it a little too high.. or for it to suddenly downshift if you let the revs dip too low. Simply because, at least in real life, for that split-second while the car is changing gears, there's no power to the wheels. Which would give them the opportunity to regain their grip... the last thing you want in mid-drift.
 
for a noob learning to drift go auto while starting, just grasp the basics, though never let it drop a gear. then once better move to manual to perfect skills
 
stumpydino
for a noob learning to drift go auto while starting, just grasp the basics, though never let it drop a gear. then once better move to manual to perfect skills
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A lot of the basics is keeping the engine in the powerband. That actually takes more effort and thought in auto then it does in manual. there really is NO reason to ever you an automatic for drifting. Period. You simply don't have the control that you do with a manual.
 
Swift
A lot of the basics is keeping the engine in the powerband. That actually takes more effort and thought in auto then it does in manual. there really is NO reason to ever you a manual for drifting. Period. You simply don't have the control that you should.
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huh?
you want to edit that Swift?
kind of contradicting yourself
:boggled:
 
TankSpanker
huh?
you want to edit that Swift?
kind of contradicting yourself
:boggled:
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What I mean is that holding the R2 button constantly takes more effort then just downshifting once before the corner and concentrating on CS and throttle control. It gives you one more thing to do that you DON'T need distracting you.
 
Max perfect sense. I tried to convey that in my post.

I always here about all this mashing down R2... Makes it sound like its harder to get the holding down of R2 right then just smacking L2 once or twice before corner entry...
 
Azuremen
Max perfect sense. I tried to convey that in my post.

I always here about all this mashing down R2... Makes it sound like its harder to get the holding down of R2 right then just smacking L2 once or twice before corner entry...
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Yep, that's exactly what you said earlier, I just changed the words around a bit.
 
All right, glad to see thats all clear ;)

The other thing about the AT is it may cause a spin out. I'm not sure how many of you just the inertia of the car to drift, rather than just power over. Someone said you might kill the drift if you shift. I drift MR cars, and if I shift, the slight shift in weight will frequently cause a spin out. That means I'm not at full throttle, nor at zero. If I goto full, the car frequently will recover and start going the way its pointed, and if I let off too much, it spins out.

AT can interrupt in a lot of ways :p
 
I think manual is better because in manual you control when to shift, but isn't only that, it is like swift said, with manual you can control your power better than auto. At the beginning, my style was speed drift (now is exhibition, but still there a little of speed drift), and I used to drive in auto mode, because it was easier to drive, but when I started to drift, I sensed that the game wasn't shifting up when I wanted, so I was loseing power and control. Than I started to use manual. It was a little hard at the beginning, but it is only strange when we aren't used to that, after we used to that, it is automatic. Now, the funniest of this case, is that I don't feel very well when I drive in auto, I sense that it is something missing, and I can't drive very well with that feeling. :D
 
at can be quite punishing when you'r learning, you gotta keep the drift constant, slow down and itll drop and youll spin, especially once it drops to 1st :ouch: but it is kinda handy when you want to concentrate on the direction controls to start with
 
Driftnewb110
How where you able to make a clutch? Does it work?
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Yes it works 100%

I had two wheels, MS force feedback and a Thrustmaster Ferrari Pro. The Ferrari wheel broke down on me (the shifter flaps died) so I thought to put the pedal(s) for a good use. So I cut the Ferrari pedals in half and attached them to the MS pedals, so I have 2 wheels installed on my computer, but only using the gas pedal from the Ferrari pedals as clutch in Live For Speed.

Sorry for my bad english, hope you get the point from the text.
 
It's me, and I'll be short, there should be no question. Manual all the way, be it driving or drifting less you're trying to learn things on driving period on auto (although I've used to manual to a point it dosen't matter to me what racing game I'm starting since I'm used to learning the right points on when to upshift-down shift period)... but otherwise, maual is the far better choice IRL in my opnion and surely others.

Till later.
 
R_Riders
It's me, and I'll be short, there should be no question. Manual all the way, be it driving or drifting less you're trying to learn things on driving period on auto (although I've used to manual to a point it dosen't matter to me what racing game I'm starting since I'm used to learning the right points on when to upshift-down shift period)... but otherwise, maual is the far better choice IRL in my opnion and surely others.

Till later.
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I think that was your shortest post ever bud! :lol: But yeah, I agree.
 

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