Paddle shifters (prototype)

[cjr3559]

Does anyone know a way to find out if a car has paddle shifters or not? I don't want assume, but I would think all of the high HP race cars have them. I'm not so sure about the lesser GT cars though. I race MT with the DFGT and would like the most realistic experience. Is there a known list that indicates?

 

[Bopop4]

You could just search it on google, it'll give the specs and transmission type.

 

[Jav]

Most cars back in the GT4 era still had regular sequential gearboxes and not paddles. None of the LMP cars had paddle shifters.

 

[Ignignoc N Err]

Formula Gran Turismo, being modeled after current-gen F1 machines would sport paddle shifters.

 

[Ignignoc N Err]

Dubble Poast to add:

Forgot about this, but the V-12 Vanquish in GT3 had paddle shifters and a 7-speed manumatic transmission. I see that the production model of Vanquis (2004) had a 6-speed transmission, but I don't see it indicated whether the paddle shift was retained, or if the shifter was moved to its traditional place in the console.

 

[sammy neuman]

The last iteration of the '05 Ford GT, built up by Dorran and raced through the 2011 Le Mans, sported paddle-shift. To be accurate, you would race 12 hours paddle-shifting, sit in the pit for twenty minutes, then finish the race stick-shifting.

 

[Bopop4]

Why would you have to switch to a standard stick for the finish?

 

[sammy neuman]

Because the paddle-shift mechanism irreparably malfunctioned (don't know how) part-way through the 2011 LM24hr and it took 20 minutes to convert back. They did finish.

 

[listerstorm2009]

Because the paddle-shift mechanism irreparably malfunctioned (don't know how) part-way through the 2011 LM24hr and it took 20 minutes to convert back. They did finish.

20 Minutes... now that's some amount of time... and they still got third, am I right?

 

[sammy neuman]

20 Minutes... now that's some amount of time... and they still got third, am I right?

Yes, third-in-class. Simply because they did finish. That's the way rw endurance- racing goes sometimes.

 

[sammy neuman]

Sorry folks, if I could figure out how to delete this I would.