Which transmission do you prefer?

[Skygrasper550]

I think it's time to throw my old Driving Force away and pick up a G25 to get some real shifting done.

yeah, that's the way!!

i envy you guys, really, some of you have force feedback wheels, while i do my driving and tuning with a DS2..,

 

[shoman]

yeah, that's the way!!

i envy you guys, really, some of you have force feedback wheels, while i do my driving and tuning with a DS2..,

Man I had to get a wheel my hands are to big for anything else! I had to use a auto with the DS2. Now with the wheel I use manual trans and love it. It's abit funny at first, but you will be that much faster!!!

 

[CyborgGT]

I started using manual a few months ago and it's just so much better. With automatic, sometimes you have to slow the car down more than is necessary just so it will drop down to the next-lower gear and not take forever to build up the revs and accelerate quicker. It took maybe a day to get used to manual in the faster cars, but now I can't stand automatic.

 

[VTiRoj]

yeah, that's the way!!

i envy you guys, really, some of you have force feedback wheels, while i do my driving and tuning with a DS2..,

As do I, and occasionally I do tune something nice. 👍

 

[tfujiwara]

I started using manual a few months ago and it's just so much better. With automatic, sometimes you have to slow the car down more than is necessary just so it will drop down to the next-lower gear and not take forever to build up the revs and accelerate quicker. It took maybe a day to get used to manual in the faster cars, but now I can't stand automatic.

I'm just like you man, I started using MT a few months also now I feel like my brain is controling all of my manual movements by it self. Is like you cant even notice it.

 

[Darla Starch]

For me, it's hard to think of a time when I EVER used an automatic transmission in GT4.

 

[superturbo]

I like MT, that's all I'm going to say. I got scoffed at the last time I went into even slight detail why.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I like MT, that's all I'm going to say. I got scoffed at the last time I went into even slight detail why.

Well, you got my curiosity! 💡 and so why is that?

 

[m4xwellmurd3r]

I can't stand auto's in GT at all. they suck at keeping the power IN the powerband. they down shift when you start yelling "ARGH YOU IDIOT COMPUTER" if you know what i mean.
needless to say, I've been using manuals since....forever. I think ever since i started playing any video game in the arcade it's been a manual. and when I first played GT1 whenever it came out with my friend, I've used manual. and never EVER touched auto, except the 2 times I wanted to see how they worked. they sucked.
I don't care for auto's in real life either, but that's all my mom's Solara has. it's not too bad, I just like being 100% in control of my car. not being able to shift takes away that ability.
I'm glad my 280z is an all muscle car (no power anything)

 

[Kurei]

Depends on what I'm playing with,

If I got my DFP and a good racing game, Manual is more fun and satisfiying

If I'm playing a game on my PSP, Auto, I don't have the flexibility in my index fingers necessary to use Manual on the PSP, same with a DC2 controller

 

[phone]

Manual, I just got a DFP I am learnig shift points and brake points together. Sometime its hard to do it all at once, like I said I am still leaning.

 

[mustangGT90210]

Wanna know what kicked me into manual? Need For Speed: Most Wanted.

I beat the game, and wanted more challenge, so I started using Manual. I then came to GT4, and I must say, it's a bit tougher, but you just gotta know where you make max power at. Downshifting is nice!

Not to mention kick a Supercharged Charger down from 3rd to 2nd, and you hear it bark. Ride it to the Rev limiter and upshift, you hear the grumble. Jack up a stereo, and enjoy.

 

[jwane]

Funny you should mention that, Parnelli. I used a bone-stock (not even an oil change) Corvette '62 (C2) in the 1000 Miles! championship some time back, and I learned that there was a MUCH better time to shift for acceleration than at the typical redline. This car hits its power peak around 4,500 rpm, and it actually doesn't redline until much closer to 6k, so shifting at redline means that there is a LOT of revving done with far less than optimum power. For myself, I found that shifting near 5-5.5k made for much faster acceleration with the original 3-speed transmission, but it still had plenty of power to get up over 200 km/h.

Knowing your car is very, VERY useful, indeed.

As for answering the original question, I prefer manual. IMHO, it connects me to the car in a much more "real" way.

I had the same problem with the '65 Shelby GT350, and '66 AC Cobra.
I went ahead and got the adjustable transmissions and used the gearing that was actually used in the Ford toploader at that time. This means you'll be ignoring 5th gear unless you want it as an overdrive. I ignore it just for the fun of it and haven't needed it. With a final drive of 3.07 (actual Ford 9" gear set) the Cobra will hit 185mph on the Mulsanne. Both cars are much more fun to drive now. Try this with your 'Vette and see what happens.

 

[Parnelli Bone]

I had the same problem with the '65 Shelby GT350, and '66 AC Cobra.
I went ahead and got the adjustable transmissions and used the gearing that was actually used in the Ford toploader at that time. This means you'll be ignoring 5th gear unless you want it as an overdrive. I ignore it just for the fun of it and haven't needed it. With a final drive of 3.07 (actual Ford 9" gear set) the Cobra will hit 185mph on the Mulsanne. Both cars are much more fun to drive now. Try this with your 'Vette and see what happens.

Dude, I just did something similar with my Nissan Bluebird 1600 (Datsun 510 if you live in the States).

The Bluebird has a 4-speed tranny stock. Well, that just wouldn't do for the 1000 Miles! events. So I got a full-custom tranny, which happens to have 6 speeds in GT4.

Well, that just seemed unrealistic to me. So then I got an idea. I looked at my notes from my GT2 days. Turns out, I kept a record for the Datsun 240Z-G's stock gearing, which goes as follows:

1st: 2.957
2nd: 1.858
3rd: 1.311
4th: 1.000
5th: 0.852
6th: ignore...don't use.

Final: 3.90

Interestingly, the Full-custom gearbox for my Nissan Bluebird already had a final drive of 3.90...I just had to auto-set the gearing till I could configure the rest of the gears.

And thus...it's just like swapping out the Bluebird's 4-speed for a Datsun 240Z's 5 speed!

Only problem was at Sarthe. 5th gear wasn't tall enough for the long Mulsanne straight, so I cheated a bit and lowered 5th furhter from .852 to .818 i think. I also used the stock 4-speed for the shorter Paris and Cote d'Azur tracks.