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- Ridley-X4
Did some qualifying for Race A yesterday. I found it a lot easier to improve my time when I realized that I should avoid downshifting to 2nd gear. Instead, even when 2nd gear is recommended, I do my best to keep it in 3rd. When I do this, I seem to save a ton of time versus downshifting. I think it's because the Focus ST is a stick-shift, right? So it takes a notable amount of time to upshift from 2nd back into 3rd, versus a car with a sequential manual or a DCT.
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