What transmission do you use?

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Which transmission do you use?

  • Manual

    Votes: 32 71.1%

  • Auto

    Votes: 5 11.1%

  • Auto with overrides

    Votes: 8 17.8%
  • Total voters
    45
  • Poll closed .
911_gt3_rs

911_gt3_rs

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Simple as it sounds really do you prefer AT or MT gears? or as i i have included a third option do you take advantage of the shifting override featue where you can stop the car cahnging gear even with AT by holdin either L2 or R2 or holding the shift paddle if you have the wheel, resulting in quicker acceleration if you shift about 500rpm above the Redline.

I use the override button in AT, because im not really good enough to down shift in time for a corner manually but am pretty good at upshifting correctly
 
Huh the override thing is news to me, so basically if you want to shift yourself you can just hold down both L2 and R2? Is this for GT3 or what?

Anyway I used to be a AT person but when GTC came out I've found the joys of changing gears although I am still a bit iffy for downshifting into a corner but I am getting better.
 
MT. Why? I love it. Sometimes you want to change gears and sometimes you don't want that to happen. And the AT doesn't know that...
 
Auto because I've never bothered to learn Manual in GT (I'm a manual man in real life so don't hate me :p). However, I'm going to make an effort to learn manual before GT4 launches, once I'm done with uni for this semester.
 
900 deg. Logitech Wheel= manual, just switched from Auto and luvin the manual. At first it was weird, but after several lap around the track, man i'm never gonna go back to auto.
DS2= auto can't change gear that quick and it's not fun, felt kinda weird pressing L1 & R1 button.

Need some challenge? Switch to manual. [/COLOR][/COLOR]
 
Manual, period. I'll never drive automatic.

I pity you auto freaks.
 
Since GT1, I've been using A/T (but M/T is mandatory in real-life).
My style of overriding the A/T is way different than holding the L2-R2 combo. Back in GT1, I use to tap handbrake button before entering a corner in effect of downshifting. But on GT2 and so on, the 'feature' was transfered from the handbrake button to the reverse gear button. It was mind boggling at first but I got used to it, and I don't hold the L2-R2 anymore I just modulate my throtte instead (GT3). ;)
 
Manual. It puts more interaction in the game. So basicly. I don't have to only go on with the course, but I have to use manual tranny. Keeps me from sleeping.
 
I use Manual, when I do put it on auto (when a friend comes over and we want to do an enduro together) I end up tapping the Shift Up/Down buttons out of habbit. I don't think I can ever go back to auto, just to boring.
 
AT with overides...

Haven't got the patience to master MT properly and usually end up in the wrong gear going into bends and then lose all semblence of speed coming out!

C.
 
Majin SSJ Eric
I usually lose 2-3 seconds a lap if I use auto. Manual is much faster if you know how to use it properly.....
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Yea, It gives you an advantage againest your cheap friends that use Auto with 1,000hp and take shortcuts....
 
I always use the automatic transmission. I use the the R2 button to prevent shifting, when it's advantageous to do so. Most of the time, the redline is the best point to shift, or just past it. However, ther are a few cars that require you to shift before the redline, like the Zondas, or some Skylines. Those cars I choose to use manual with. It's not too hard.

Remember, the best time to shift is 500 to 750 RPM past the maximum HP level, or around 10% past the maximum HP RPM level. For example, if a car has a maximum HP at 7,000 RPM, the best to shift is 7,500-7,750 RPM. If a car has a maximum HP at 12,000, then shift at 12,750-13,200 RPM. Some cars have a max HP level at 5,500 RPM, but redline at 7,200. Using a manual transmission would be ideal for these vehicles.
 
T5-R
Redlining (& going past it) should prove interesting if they implement car wear :)
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hmmmmmm... Thats true Bang goes the engine or it could lose HP.

I Agree that At is sometimes rubbish even thoughi use it because to get Gold on one of Prologues test in AT was impossible. Subaru Impreza on a section of Cita Di Aria. The car needed to be in 1st for the hairoin but wouldnt go there in AT. I golded in MT :)
 
Auto with (recently discovered) overrides for me. I couldn't be bothered with all that button clicking to change gears on my DS2. Makes me slower, but then again I'm an old dog with little chance of a podium position. Mid-packers unite! :dunce:
 
I like using AT Transmission, because I seem to be fast with that, but I recently embraced MT Transmission with GT Prologue and its not bad, still needs some practice.
 
AT with over-ride. I'm purposefully putting off practising manual in GT4 Prologue so I can learn in GT4, adding to the experience :sly:
 
Usually I do auto, but when I hired Prologue, I was using manual. Probaly because I have been using manual on V8 supercars2.
 
MT All the WAY!!! I'll tell you right now, that if you haven't learned... learn. Having trouble getting golds in AT... switch and watch your times drop. The problem is the AT is not as smart and efficient in terms of shifting and you often lose speed or escape the car's powerband (the range of rpms with the most acceleration) when not utlizing the MT. This can result is losing precious seconds (and in license tests, fractions of seconds) you need to be a GT star. If you look at sites like GT3times.com you'll see how the majority of fast times are done with MTs. After switching to MT, i started crushing my previous bests in AT and became a cleaner driver (less banging, better feel for the line) which will be key for GT4.

Also, that "500 rpms above the redline" theory is a major generalization. Each car differs as to optimal RPMs to shift up and down at. There are other factors such as wheelspin in different gears that also come into play, especially in terms of shifting in and out of corners.
 
I had a friend over today and I wanted to do an enduro with him but he can't use man, so I decided to try auto with overides and I really really liked it! It was really good, I seem to have to do MORE with Auto than with manual. I'm contemplting which I should use now.......
 
Racing Drivers/Teams are always looking for ways to get a tiny advantage to be quicker - so why not make it easyer for yourself and use auto? - if its good enough for Formula One...

As long as you match your brake/turn-in/accelerate to the computers down-shifting you can go just as quick.

I've not had the pleasure yet of trying GranTurismo with a decent wheel, so maybe once i get myself a DFP i'll change my mind?
 
TheCracker
Racing Drivers/Teams are always looking for ways to get a tiny advantage to be quicker - so why not make it easyer for yourself and use auto? - if its good enough for Formula One...
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F1 doesn't use an automatic like you'll find in your Ford Focus... they use paddle shifters and the clutch is basically "auto" as it's computer controlled and not a foot peddle, but the driver shifts the gears up and down, not the computer. The reason the system is like this is that the computer changes the gear way faster than a human reflex of depressing the clutch and shifting the gear.

Although, the FIA is talking about reverting back to a standard clutch and stick shift to put more emphasis on driver skill and less on electronic aids.

And FYI in GT... MT is faster than AT... the AT is waaaaay less efficient in changing gears and you can get way more out of your engine and more control (with less wheel spin) in using the MT. Just go to GT3times.com and see how many times you can get close to there using AT.
 
regardless of how much faster a manual is then a torque-converter-based automatic tranny in real life, as long as PD uses the rev-matched upshift methods, and an automatic shift map that keeps you in the lowest possible gear at all times, using an auto in GT won't hurt you nearly as much as it would in real life.

I'm going to be sorely disapointed if they don't improve the realism of both the manual and the automatic transmissions.
 
F1 doesn't use an automatic like you'll find in your Ford Focus... they use paddle shifters and the clutch is basically "auto" as it's computer controlled and not a foot peddle, but the driver shifts the gears up and down, not the computer. The reason the system is like this is that the computer changes the gear way faster than a human reflex of depressing the clutch and shifting the gear.

I know F1 gearbox's are driver operated, but up until the rule changes at the start of this season, it was commonly known, if totally denied by the teams, that the computer systems were changing the gears for the drivers, at the optimum point, mostly on the down shifts - you only had to watch the in-car footage to see that.
 

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