2. How does manual shifting works? I mean how can I choose between paddles and shifter+stick?
Thanks!!
You can use either at any time.
If you start off with the stick, you can press the clutch to engage a gear at the start. Once you have done that it will require you to press the clutch each time you change gear. If you do not, or you get the timing wrong you are dropped into neutral. You can move the stick anywhere you like, but until you press the clutch again you will not be able to engage a gear.
If you do not use the clutch then you are able to still change gear with the stick but no clutch is required.
If you started off without using the clutch but half way round you use the clutch, then you need to keep on using the clutch.
If you get bored using the clutch you can just switch to using the paddles t any time (just by pressing one). Once you press a paddle then the clutch requirement is gone. You might have left the stick in 4th, but as soon as you press a paddle the position of the stick is ignored.
I think that if you have moved to using the paddles (or you started out with paddles) you can still revert to using the stick without clutch.
If you have been using the sequential paddles you can still go back to the stick& clutch. Just press the clutch and engage a gear and it's back in that mode.
It seems very logical and is great.
It's nice to use the stick and clutch but sometimes you just want to finish and find that the paddles give you a bit of an advantage.
I think when you are using the stick in clutchless mode it doesn't ever go into neutral. It instantly changes from one gear to the next. (I don't have the PS3 on at the moment so cannot me 100% sure)
You can stall the engine as in a normal car. To restart just press the clutch and then press the accelerator.
What is the RA menu?