Neutral gear?

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When you drive a car with a manual gearbox and you press once(not hold) the e-brake, it seems to shift the gear to neutral?

No engine sounds are heard nor does the speed drop drastically (the engine doens't brake)...

Has anyone else noticed this?
 
I wouldn't say it kicks into neutral but I have noticed the engine does go quite silent, all the revs drop.
 
This is what I hate about the hand brake on GT3. If you go to use it on a tight hair pin such as the one on Cote d azur, it actually hurts you more. You hit the hand brake and your rpms fall to idle and it takes the car too long to bring the rpms back up so your car lies there practically useless for a second or 2.
 
I had noticed that but it didn't really register with me. That sucks!
 
i think if you hold down the accelerater a bit while the hand brake is on it keeps the revs up. neva thought of using handbrake on monaco b4, mite give that a go
 
yah, when u handbrake, it "puts the clutch in" so to speak. it's up to you whether or not the revs drop, because it's your responsibility to hold the accel or not.

and i'm pretty sure it works in manual AND auto, but i could be wrong...
 
Originally posted by TS1AWD
This is what I hate about the hand brake on GT3. If you go to use it on a tight hair pin such as the one on Cote d azur, it actually hurts you more. You hit the hand brake and your rpms fall to idle and it takes the car too long to bring the rpms back up so your car lies there practically useless for a second or 2.
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im sorry but if you use your handbrake to make a turn you obviously dont know how to drive, and could get faster times if you took the corner right :eek:
 
On Monaco, that's not necessarily true, given the radius of the switchback turn.

However, I think I'm going to file this info with the "powershifting" technique of blipping Reverse between upshifts.
 
:O Did you connect your brain to your computer, i mean, you're typing what you're thinking.. pure quality!:D
 
Originally posted by anthonysinatra
im sorry but if you use your handbrake to make a turn you obviously dont know how to drive, and could get faster times if you took the corner right :eek:
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Oh im sorry, but does this mean that all WRC drivers obviously dont know how to drive, and are taking all the tarmac hair pins wrong?
 
Originally posted by TS1AWD
Oh im sorry, but does this mean that all WRC drivers obviously dont know how to drive, and are taking all the tarmac hair pins wrong?
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without knowing, i assume tony sinatra is referring to on-road courses.
i can also tell you that when I drive off-road courses i don't touch the handbrake either - i never use it on any course! does it come in handy off-road? i find it's easier to control drifts using the power and steering.
 
It pretty much does simulate a neutral.
This does not work on FWD cars though. Only RWD and AWD cars.
 
I need the handbrake on some cars for that last double-right before the start/finish line at Cote. It's like driving through 270 degrees of rotation, and to make quick times in some cars like the Zonda C12S, or many other understeering cars, it's a trick that helps. The other place it comes in handy is on some of the numerous hairpins of Tahiti Maze, but it depends if the car handles well or not.

But compared to GT1 and GT2, I don't use the e-brake as much.
 
This happens on the automatic gearbox, as well. I only use the emergancy break when i'm about ot win by a large margin nd want to pull a stunt, slam break and turn, then hold emergancy break, it will slide sideways until it crossed the fniish line, in which case the race is over and the cpu takes over. It looks like a stuntman donig it, it's cool.:eek:
 
i think it might be like pushing in the clutch im not sure i dont think its neutral
 
but how would that slow it down? Because whenever you hold it it slows you down..unless....I KNOW!

In Gone in 60 seconds, whenever Menphis[sp] stops, it shows his feet, pressing in the clutch and brake! So, what it does it presses in the clutch when u tap it, and when you hold it it holds the clutch in/brakes, so there are no engine rev trying to push the car forward while your trying to stop, it alows you to stop faster.

~`_Nate_`~
 
the clutch has to go in for tarmac even in real life. coz it`s faster changing gears when it`s in neutral. and the rally drivers don`t have clutches! even F1 drivers don`t have them. only the pro`s don`t have clutch coz it`s alot faster
 
you can only sift when u have the clutch, becuase it seperate the gears so they can move, if you try to shift a car without the clutch in, it tears the enigine up. Literally. It stops the gears and seperates them, therefor killed all revs, making it easier to stop.
 
Originally posted by Nate
you can only sift when u have the clutch, becuase it seperate the gears so they can move, if you try to shift a car without the clutch in, it tears the enigine up. Literally.
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No it doesn't my father owns a speed shop and just the other day he had to go uptown and pick up a car that had a broken clutch cable (so the clutch pedal did nothing) and he drove it home shifting and all! (the car was all but stock no drivetrain mods) it didn't tear the engine up
 
That true, you can shift without using the clutch, it takes skill in knowing exactley when you can do it ( I think it depends on the rev', not certain though), without messing up the gearbox.
 
Originally posted by Naude
the clutch has to go in for tarmac even in real life. coz it`s faster changing gears when it`s in neutral. and the rally drivers don`t have clutches! even F1 drivers don`t have them. only the pro`s don`t have clutch coz it`s alot faster
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The F1 and rally cars do have a clutch, it's an automatic one so theres no pedalor anything for the driver to press.
 
Go to the Automotive/Cars In General Board and do a search of the thread titles only for the word "clutch*" . There was a long and fairly detailed thread on this topic that explains it.
 
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