Ferrari California braking at standstill

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Has anybody else noticed that if you are stationary in first gear in the Ferrari California and then press the brake pedal the revs rise slightly. Once you release the brake pedal then the revs drop back again. I haven't noticed this happening on any other car. Could there be a deliberate reason that this happens for this car rather than being a bug?
 
It happens on the automatics, autos will start moving themselves in real life even if you don't touch the accelerator. In Gran Turismo, while IRL the autos won't rev at a standstill (I don't think), this is just their way of simulating it I think. At a standstill the engine gives a slight bit of throttle.
 
But the Ferrari California isn't an automatic (and this is with Manual Transmission selected)...
 
The driver doesn't shift gears in cockpit view, therefore it's an automatic.

Selecting manual transmission allows you to change gears yourself, but the car still has an auto-clutch
 
DustDriver
The driver doesn't shift gears in cockpit view, therefore it's an automatic.
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If I may be pedantic, it doesn't mean it's an automatic, it just means it's not a gearstick manual, it could be (and in the case of the California, is) a paddle-shift semi-manual or direct shift gearbox. PD just haven't animated the guy's hands pulling the paddles, but the Merc SL's tiptronic automatic (as an example) is nothing like the California's gearshift, or the M3, or the R8, or the GT-R, but it all looks the same in the game.

Just thought I should point that out. You know, because I'm nice like that. Right.
 
If it's semi-manual, it's also semi-automatic.
The California doesn't have a clutch pedal, so it will act like a full automatic when standing still in first gear.
 
DustDriver
If it's semi-manual, it's also semi-automatic.
The California doesn't have a clutch pedal, so it will act like a full automatic when standing still in first gear.
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Sorry but thats not entirely correct.

Conventional automatics will 'creep' forward in first gear unless you are on the brakes.

Many Semi-manual cars are not like this. The car will not move in first gear until you press the accelerator.
 
Yes that's right, but most cars with autoclutch have fully automatic transmission with the possibility to chose the gears yourselfs. There aren't so many real semi-manual cars, the only one I know myself is the Smart.
 
Rentner
Yes that's right, but most cars with autoclutch have fully automatic transmission with the possibility to chose the gears yourselfs. There aren't so many real semi-manual cars, the only one I know myself is the Smart.
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No, most cars with an "autoclutch" are fully manual transmissions with the possibility to chose gears itself. You're talking about an automatic transmission with paddle shifters or tiptronic or something. Completely different than the semi-manuals in the California or GT-R or R8 etc...
 
Rentner
Yes that's right, but most cars with autoclutch have fully automatic transmission with the possibility to chose the gears yourselfs. There aren't so many real semi-manual cars, the only one I know myself is the Smart.
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No real sportscars use an Auto with manual selection.
Those that do: Alfa Q-tronic, Aston Touchtronic, JaguarDrive, Mercedes AMG speedshift, Porsche Tiptronic.

The first Semi-manuals were normal Manual boxes and clutches but operated
by hydraulics.
Such as: Aston Sportshift, Audi R8 R-Tronic, BMW's SMG, Ferrari F1, Lambourghini E-gear, Smart Softtip, Vauxhall Easytronic.

The latest Dual clutch boxes are still manuals with hydralics, just much more advanced.
E.g. Audi S-Tronic, BMW M3 DCT, Bugatti DSG, Ferrari DCT, Ford Focus Powershift, Mitsubishi Evo SST, Nissan GTR DCT, and Seat/Skoda/VW DSG.

A friend of mine has a VW Golf GTi with DSG, and I have to admit it's pretty amazing. The speed and smoothness of gear changes is what you'd expect from a video game, not from a real car.
 
Yes, but they also pull forward when you lift the brake. For example Volkswagen's cars with DSG do so (I know it, I've just driven a VW with DSG today). So it also has the characteristics of an automatic transmission. It may be mechanically different, but it feels just the same.

But I don't know if it's the same with the other cars you mentioned.
 
Dragonistic
So does the GT by Citroen do it to? That only has a D gear so...
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I don't think it has a transmission, just electric motor(s). If the motor(s) do need any torque multiplication its probably done by a CVT.
 
peterjford
I don't think it has a transmission, just electric motor(s). If the motor(s) do need any torque multiplication its probably done by a CVT.
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+1 I don't think it really has gears, as it's an electric motor.
 
GTR does it, if you release the throtle and the break, the car still goes fwd if you are in 1st gear, the engine is always rev'ing. At first I thought it was a problem with my DFGT pedals, but if you press de PS buton (controls are disabled during in-game XMB) it still does the same.
 

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