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This has nothing to do with advanced engines. The problem is that everybody wants to be Schumacher without putting in the effort and the factories gladly oblige, by making auto trannies (yes, F1 and SMG included), which are faster shifting than a 6-speed. It sells, that's all.
Why do we make babies the old-fashioned way, when we could do it artificially?
Same question applies to handling a "stick" (
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this is where all this started from your reply to my statement. If what I am saying is not true and manuals are not becoming obsolete than why is the tip faster. Why are more and more super/performance cars evolving this way? The automatic has been around for a very long time and you think now they are starting to market them in sportscars to sell more to the "Schumacher" wanabees? I dont think so the auto trannies are becoming more efficient and better performers. These are high performance machines and the competition is incredible. They better bring on the very best if not its closing time. Just like the races, these are the big league.
The automatic transmission has been around for decades and it has NEVER replaced the manual. The only reason the Tip achieves better times is because of pre-boosting. You could achieve the same or better times by keeping the gas pedal on the floor while shifting with a manual.
Now I don't understand why Porsche didn't program the manual in a way that would pre-boost at each shift.
For example: if WOT throttle is followed by pressing the clutch, it would automatically pre-boost the turbos, so that when you released the clutch, you'd already bee at full boost. I'm sure it can be done, I'm just not sure why Porsche didn't do it. I still feel that they wanted to sell more Tiptronics. $5000 extra per car at several thousand cars does leave an impression.
Regarding the Schumacher wannabees, I was referring to fast sequentials (and in this car's case, the Tip).
Automated isn't always better. Do you want your throttle, steering and brakes to be computer-operated? It will certainly be a faster and more competitive car, with you out of the equation. But would you be willing to sacrifice the fun factor, in order to enjoy it?
PDK is as far as I would go, with a preference of the manual still.
Oh, and one more thing:
F1 is going back to manual, clutch operated transmissions real soon . I'd say they're in as big a league as it gets.

And to answer why all performance ccars are this way: it's because the average human is an immediate-gratification-seeking dummy, who doesn't want to put in any of the work and just wants to be perceived as "a racer". The factories also get a substantial margin on every such transmission they sell. That's it.
Crash, about the return of the clutch pedal in F1, may be, may be not.
Mosley made some extrem propositions to the teams, and one of them was the return of a manuel gearbox, but these are mainly political propositions: by doing so and knowing the teams won't accept them in the first place, he then will bring more reasonable propositions to be accepted.