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Old 06-09-2014, 09:15 AM   #19
Ian c
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What a load of nonsense .
That's like saying an electronic throttle is to blame and we should go back to throttle cables .
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Originally Posted by Perfectlap View Post
It's automatic. The software is actually changing the gear, not a direct hand-on-gear lever-to-trans interplay. The software will even allow you to mess up a down/up change to make you think you're doing the actual gear shift. It's either a mechanical transmission, where the driver does the physical shift, or its HAL doing the shifting which makes it an automatic. Or in the case of PDK a sporty automatic. It's also part of the reason why racing is so boring and so few drivers can overtake (cleanly) anymore.
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