Just started manual 2-3 days ago. All my times are better. The game is a lot funner now.
If you don't understand why manual will give you faster times it is because of this:
----Lets say you want to go around the first corner at Mid Field with an auto. You do it, and then the gears basicly give you peak power to go around, so much in fact that you might need to brake and feather the throttle and what not. This will cause you to go around slower and not come out of the turn fast enough. NOW, with manual, you can switch the gear to a bit higher than what you would think it should be, so it is out of peak power (i think its called powerband?) You go around the corner with the gas pressed all the way with out feathering and you go about the corner at a more constant speed and the stability of this causes you to come out the corner much quicker.
It basicly alows for better control of your speed than breaking or letting loose on the throttle. Braking and letting lose on the throttle can also mess up your car balance causing you to oversteer or understeer. So basicly, manual makes things like that much smoother and a lot faster around corners.
Also, for the people who are afraid of going in and learning it, like I said, I tryed it for the first time like 3 days ago. Now I am confident with it and I am already improving on my old records. (Believe it or not, I have been using auto for about 2 years, and I never knew of online competition so I didn't see the need to check out manual)
Ok, hope that makes sense, and I might be wrong because I am just saying this off of 3 days experience with manual.
If you don't understand why manual will give you faster times it is because of this:
----Lets say you want to go around the first corner at Mid Field with an auto. You do it, and then the gears basicly give you peak power to go around, so much in fact that you might need to brake and feather the throttle and what not. This will cause you to go around slower and not come out of the turn fast enough. NOW, with manual, you can switch the gear to a bit higher than what you would think it should be, so it is out of peak power (i think its called powerband?) You go around the corner with the gas pressed all the way with out feathering and you go about the corner at a more constant speed and the stability of this causes you to come out the corner much quicker.
It basicly alows for better control of your speed than breaking or letting loose on the throttle. Braking and letting lose on the throttle can also mess up your car balance causing you to oversteer or understeer. So basicly, manual makes things like that much smoother and a lot faster around corners.
Also, for the people who are afraid of going in and learning it, like I said, I tryed it for the first time like 3 days ago. Now I am confident with it and I am already improving on my old records. (Believe it or not, I have been using auto for about 2 years, and I never knew of online competition so I didn't see the need to check out manual)
Ok, hope that makes sense, and I might be wrong because I am just saying this off of 3 days experience with manual.