How about a REAL automatic?!

[2004TSX]

Have you ever noticed that in the GT series automatics are not very real? For example: When you drive an Automatic in real life, you get it to 40mph and let off. The car goes from 3rd to 5th for better gas mileage. How come they don't do that in the "Simulator" GT. When you step on it again it goes back to 3rd or 4th from 5th. In the game currently, you get to 40 in 2nd gear, you stay in second gear. Maybe in a manual but most definitely not in an automatic. Automatics don't rev high for no reason if they can move to a higher gear. Who thinks they should implement this in GT5? The cars need to have automatics that shift right. Another thing with automatics is that when you let off the brake, the car moves forward. I have only noticed two cars in GT4 that have done that, the Prius and SL series. Every automatic does that, not two.

Please tell if I'm right or not or if this should be implemented into the next GT.

 

[Patrik]

Have you ever noticed that in the GT series automatics are not very real? For example: When you drive an Automatic in real life, you get it to 40mph and let off. The car goes from 3rd to 5th for better gas mileage. How come they don't do that in the "Simulator" GT. When you step on it again it goes back to 3rd or 4th from 5th. In the game currently, you get to 40 in 2nd gear, you stay in second gear. Maybe in a manual but most definitely not in an automatic. Automatics don't rev high for no reason if they can move to a higher gear. Who thinks they should implement this in GT5? The cars need to have automatics that shift right. Another thing with automatics is that when you let off the brake, the car moves forward. I have only noticed two cars in GT4 that have done that, the Prius and SL series. Every automatic does that, not two.

Please tell if I'm right or not or if this should be implemented into the next GT.

right, but why shift from 3rd to 5th in a racing game? anyway another thing about the AT in the previous games is that it doesn't sound automatic... it sounds excaclty the same as when you shift with the MT... a real life automatic shifts soft and with out a ''paus'' between the gears if you know what i mean...

 

[Sctn2labor]

I think "Automatic" is a misnomer. I have never taken it to mean they're simulating an automatic transmission, just that the driver's shifting is automated. After all, are their automatic-transmission F-1 cars? I'm sure a ton of these vehicles don't have automatic transmission options.

 

[German Muscle]

uhh repost https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=70686

 

[2004TSX]

Uhhh, this isn't a true repost. This is on;y about how an automatic shifts the other AT and MT thread is about sounds (moreso). I wanted to make mine a bit more specific. Don't take this in a bad way...

 

[German Muscle]

i think your point could have been posted in that thead. we dont need 6 threads on the same thing like there has been lately.

 

[BlackZ28]

If there is a "real" auto matic it would be cool if we could buy torque/stall convertors! Mainly for drag racing, obviously.

 

[Patrik]

If there is a "real" auto matic it would be cool if we could buy torque/stall convertors! Mainly for drag racing, obviously.

yeah. would be cool. automatic are used very often smaller klasses of dragracing...

 

[G.T]

Not bursting any bubbles but if you want just a little throttle around a corner, the car will change to 5th or whatever speed you're going around the corner. When you put your foot down again there is a pause when it changes to 3rd again. In a manual you can keep in 3rd and accelerate out of a corner much quicker. Maybe that was why PD made autos unrealistic.

 

[SavageEvil]

If they add automatic, then they should also make them just like in real life, most automatics are a gear or two shorter than manual. Also they have the ability to do some strange things, like what my dad calls the "kick down", under acceleration he releases the throttle, then engages the throttle again a little harder than before and gets the engine revving and some quick power, sounds cool, in a Triton V8. This works in GT too, but on underpowered cars.

 

[Patrik]

If they add automatic, then they should also make them just like in real life, most automatics are a gear or two shorter than manual. Also they have the ability to do some strange things, like what my dad calls the "kick down", under acceleration he releases the throttle, then engages the throttle again a little harder than before and gets the engine revving and some quick power, sounds cool, in a Triton V8. This works in GT too, but on underpowered cars.

I agree... they should do it realistic.

 

[darkwind]

The thing about the GT series is that it takes all the cars as having manual transmissions. When the player sets shifting options to automatic, it doesn't mean the car magically has an automatic transmission, but that the game automatically shifts through the gears for the player, and of course the penalty for this is have a realistic automatic transmission waste of power. So a true automatic wouldn't be a bad thing.

 

[futuredrifter]

For example: When you drive an Automatic in real life, you get it to 40mph and let off. The car goes from 3rd to 5th for better gas mileage. How come they don't do that in the "Simulator" GT. When you step on it again it goes back to 3rd or 4th from 5th. In the game currently, you get to 40 in 2nd gear, you stay in second gear. QUOTE]

Why would we want to cruise at 40 mph in gt anyways?????

 

[2004TSX]

For example: When you drive an Automatic in real life, you get it to 40mph and let off. The car goes from 3rd to 5th for better gas mileage. How come they don't do that in the "Simulator" GT. When you step on it again it goes back to 3rd or 4th from 5th. In the game currently, you get to 40 in 2nd gear, you stay in second gear. QUOTE]

Why would we want to cruise at 40 mph in gt anyways?????

Thats not the point. Like coming into a corner as mentioned above, you let off it upshifts to save gas. It's a thing all automatics do. This should be implemented just like backfiring in manuals. (That doesn't make sense though either. I was driving a BMW 5 series auto and it backfired! Why?! Who knows.)

 

[futuredrifter]

Thats not the point. Like coming into a corner as mentioned above, you let off it upshifts to save gas. It's a thing all automatics do. This should be implemented just like backfiring in manuals. (That doesn't make sense though either. I was driving a BMW 5 series auto and it backfired! Why?! Who knows.)

Ooo now i understand wat u r saying. well i guess having this real automatic wud be interesting...but dont u think it would be annoying, coming into a corner at high speed and having the auto shift to a lower gear.

I also notice certain(stock) cars backfiring with auto or manual. Is that possible(with new working cars), I know some highpowered sports cars may do it, but i havent seen a stock ferrari do it, or a bmw m3. In GT4 they have them backfiring all over the place(not the ferrari). hmmmm

futuredrifter

 

[Young_Warrior]

Not all cars automatics will shift into to 5th gear when cruising at 40mph. It alld epends on the manufacture and the ecu I would think.