Why the strange sound when shifting gears with the XKR R Performance?

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I guess this may apply to the regular Jaguar XKR as well, and in GT4 it had the same strange sound. No other car's shifting sound that I know of is anything remotely like it. Whereas with other cars the engine sound basically drops out for a fraction of a second, XKR's transition between gears sounds completely smoothed out. Pretty lovely car to drive, but that sound makes shifting gears feel a bit awkward.

Does anyone know the reason for this? Something special about XKR's gear box, or just an odd choice on behalf of the programmers?

 

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Some cars only come in auto only mode. So some cars like the Skyline 350, 370gt, and the sl 55 sound like a cvt transmission when shifting.

 

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Some cars only come in auto only mode. So some cars like the Skyline 350, 370gt, and the sl 55 sound like a cvt transmission when shifting.

Thanks!