May 6, 2013 1:53:08 PM
- Carlos from Spain
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- Reply to: Gnil
Re: OFFICIAL: New 911 GT3 (991)
Gnil:
Carlos from Spain:
. If you liked manual shifting as I do for example, you would be shifting more in manual gearboxes than in PDK for example.
Carlos, actually you end up shifting more within PDK then with manual ( when doing spirited driving in manual ) . You do it in places you would never do it with manual, as the gearbox allows you to do it ( middle of curb for example ) + as the shifts are so fast , you can go up, or down , one gear just for a few meters, were you could not do it with manual as it takes too much time, and so not allowing you these quick up one gear down one ( for example between two very close narrow corners ) This is a fun part of the PDK , and does come more with time. But it is probably not more efficient, just fun
In that scenario yes, but that was not what I was referring to, in everyday driving overall I shift more with the manual because it's fun, I don't try to skip gears to avoid shifting like whoopsy mentioned, in the PDK however it gets so uninvolving compared to the manual that I while I start using it in manual mode and playing with it initially, at the end of the day I would just keep it in D and let it do all the shifting because I would get bored, yet on the manual it's the opposite, I look forward for the downshifts into the corner, and the upshifts coming out and the challenge it offers compared to flipping a paddle.
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