Best Car to Practice Manual?

[DuckRacer]

I'm wanting to redo the license tests and do the Mission Hall in manual, however, I don't even know how to race with it yet So, what car would you guys recommend for practicing manual?

Thanks,
Duck7892

 

[ving]

easy peasy.
just pick a slow car of any type then move up to faster cars. a slow car will be more forgiving time wise.

 

[ferrari_chris]

Well done for learning manual, 👍 it's the on'y way to drive...

I'd say something slow and with little power. This way it there will be plenty of time between where you have to change so you're not rushed, and if you get caught too low in the revs you'll be punished heavily. This will teach you to change down on corner entry or pay the price on exit.

I think a good track to practice would be Midfield. Good variety of straights and low speed corners.

Have fun...

 

[DarkKni9hT]

Try the Audi R8 with no driving aids on Nurbiuring. That'll wise you up in a hurry.

 

[DarkKni9hT]

J/K. I think you may want to start a little higher up the scale than a low end car if you really want to learn. The problem there is the"bog" time between one gear and the next. You need to get a feel for nice, crisp shifting, not just going through the motions. Try a car at about 300 hp with a decent tranny to get used to the gear slam effect and work your way up. P.S. If you want a nice, smooth set, try using a 3.83 final. They shift excellent.

 

[MasterGT]

The Ford RS200 should do you just fine.

 

[Fragmatic]

You'll want something with a high redline so you won't be shifting constantly and to keep the revs high.

Maybe an S2000?

 

[Emohawk]

Something that won't loose traction easily so you don't have to deal with throttle modulation untill you're used to manual shifting.
Once you're a little used to shifting, you might want to try driving something with very peaky power delivery. It'll make you shift more (and better) by punishing your lap times if you allow the revs to drop off.

 

[greenjack]

I started driving in manual with the gsxr/4

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Spoon Civic in GT3 taught me how to shift manually. Something about the high rpm's just made me want to shift manually. 👍

 

[Teh_Loserer]

You'll want something with a high redline so you won't be shifting constantly and to keep the revs high.

Maybe an S2000?

Werd. S2000 would be the way to go. Not too much power, plus if you're not used to it, it'll help you learn RWD better. AWD & FWD are for pu55135!

 

[slo-car]

Spoon Civic in GT3 taught me how to shift manually. Something about the high rpm's just made me want to shift manually. 👍

Stock, it has extreme shift-lag... 💡

 

[ving]

Werd. S2000 would be the way to go. Not too much power, plus if you're not used to it, it'll help you learn RWD better. AWD & FWD are for pu55135!

and yet so necesary... 💡

 

[ferrari_chris]

J/K. I think you may want to start a little higher up the scale than a low end car if you really want to learn. The problem there is the"bog" time between one gear and the next. You need to get a feel for nice, crisp shifting, not just going through the motions. Try a car at about 300 hp with a decent tranny to get used to the gear slam effect and work your way up. P.S. If you want a nice, smooth set, try using a 3.83 final. They shift excellent.

I think you want this "bog" time - it will teach the necessitites of shifting to keep the car on power.

A car with a huge powerband will not illustrate the need to shift constantly, and the ramifications of wrong gear selection.

 

[DLRgian]

 

[gumpy]

Do the mini at Tsukuba license test B5 with manual. That should get you going.

The straight line - accelerate and brake tests can be used as well B1, B2, B6 and B7.

 

[extreme car]

ahh an FF car so you don't have to worry oversteering. I've practiced with Spoon Civic Type R high revving engine is da best

 

[dking]

I say a car with bad low end tourque....so you have to stay in the high rev powerband....rx8....if u mis-shift u will know....welcome to the world of true car control....in a gt4 sense after all it is just a simulator not rl

 

[Bilgewater]

The best car is that old corvette convertible. It has two gears. Once you're comfortable with the notion of up and down shifting, try one of the muscle cars which only have four gears. Once you master those, you'll be ready for anything.

 

[Bad1]

Try the Toyota Motor Triathlon
Just kidding. I learned it in GT3, just by restarting the whole game and learn from scratch, just like I learned driving GT3 in the first place. I think the licences are a good place to start, since they are actually designed to teach you how to drive. Or else, just do practice runs. I wouldn't learn it in races as you might get frustrated at not being able to win races you used to win easily using AT.
For me the learning curve was:
1. Learning MT
2. Learning analog throttle
3. Learning clean racing lines instead of crashing from corner to corner, using the opposition to keep me on the track whenever I could
That last one is actually still ongoing. And now I am gonna take it to the next level and learn to drive without any driving aids (with the exception of TCS on some cars with too much wheel spin).
I plan on learning that the same way I learned everything else: Start a new game of GT!

 

[Alfaholic]

It's semi-auto anyway, so there's not much to it. Just turn it to manual and drive whatever you would have driven and whereever you would have driven it anyway.

You may struggle at first for a while, I suppose, but you get used to it before you know it. You start learning what gear fits what corner, and then you do it without thinking about it.

Any car. Just play with manual.

 

[EvilToast]

elise 111r good car high revs and will make you keep it above 6000 Rpm. 👍

 

[DuckRacer]

Ok, thanks a bunch for all of your advice.

Duck7892

 

[Teh_Loserer]

and yet so necesary... 💡

Not really... the only time I ever use FWD is for drivetrain specific races, and AWD for rallying. With 10% front distribution.

 

[orpheusd0wn]

I don't remember the car I learned manual on, but I remember the strategy: do it until I get it right.

I accepted that I'd lose some races, and just drove, until finally I got the hang of it.

Shifting is a big part of braking, cornering and accelerating. You will develope your own style of downshifting into, and upshifting out of, corners. Mix up your technique (shifting earlier, later, staying in gear) to see what works for you.