Paddle shift cars

[sumbrownkid]

How come your driver never wraps his thumbs around the wheel on cars with paddle shift gearboxes?

I always found it to be a bit goofy.

 

[Super_Colossal]

It was always really weird to see him driving an X2010/11 and not even gripping the wheel lol.

 

[mattythedog]

I guess PD couldnt be bothered to program the action of gripping and ungripping the wheel for every gearchange.

 

[sumbrownkid]

I guess PD couldnt be bothered to program the action of gripping and ungripping the wheel for every gearchange.

But with paddle shifting, you don't need to ungrip the wheel, just move your fingers over is all that is needed.

 

[mattythedog]

But with paddle shifting, you don't need to ungrip the wheel, just move your fingers over is all that is needed.

True.

 

[sumbrownkid]

I figured PD would have used less processing power if they modeled just the fingers moving instead of the hand.

 

[LightningRedSTI]

I'm guessing, and this is a huge shot in the dark. But they probably used the way F1 drivers hold their steering wheel as a basis for the model. Thumbs up front to work those buttons like a baus.

 

[tfed]

Yeah they just kind of gently mush it like you would to nice plump behind

 

[sumbrownkid]

I'm guessing, and this is a huge shot in the dark. But they probably used the way F1 drivers hold their steering wheel as a basis for the model. Thumbs up front to work those buttons like a baus.

That's a sound theory, but after they stop fingering the wheel (lol fingering), their thumbs go back into the normal position.

PD, why you make confusing decisions?

 

[LightningRedSTI]

It's Kaz just being overly eccentric... Or really strange.

 

[sumbrownkid]

Truth be told, I tried driving my car without my thumbs gripping the wheel, and it didn't feel too secure to be honest.

But it did give a few laughs though.

 

[Vitzio]

When you drive an FGT, doesn't your driver put his hands all the way around the wheel like he normally should? Also he shifts normally by just pushing the paddle back with his fingers, not his whole hand. @OP, I always thought the shifting animation on paddle shifters were off in GT5.

 

[fet_thunderdome]

It makes me laugh how the driver holds x2010 wheel with Fonzie's hands
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-MmB5YGvR1...tjNKsHA9s/s400/Henry_Winkler_Fonz_290x400.jpg

 

[k_riens]

You shouldn't put your thumbs through a steering wheel. During an accident, even a relatively minor one, the steering wheel can spin out of your hands and injure your thumbs.

The same goes for driving off road in rocky terrain.

Power steering nullifies that to a point.

 

[SmileyOr1]

When I use my paddle shifters there is little additional motion detected from the front of the steering wheel. Not something you'd see if modeled in game. Other than seeing the paddle and finger(s) moving back against the steering wheel in the right view.

 

[Tower Turn 13]

You shouldn't put your thumbs through a steering wheel. During an accident, even a relatively minor one, the steering wheel can spin out of your hands and injure your thumbs.

The same goes for driving off road in rocky terrain.

Power steering nullifies that to a point.

I was thinking that about thumb injuries. Sometimes you don't even need a full on accident. I've heard the g forces of corners in real racing are capable of causing injuries without proper technique.