yeah, when I was young when the Tiptronic just came out and those BTCC/JTCC cars screaming around with those "Sequential". I already foreseen that the Manual trans or people driving it beautifully will be a lost of art.
Interestingly, this issue of EVO evaluating the CSL M3 and they have the same point there talking about Manual vs SMG and the Race Rubber vs. the Stock Hi Performance tires... Do we really need a race car for the enjoyment of street driving? ( Mountain, Backroad driving, actually.)
I don't know how many people would like the involvement of driving, seems like more and more people only cares about the bragging right of owning a "fast" car and beat the guy next to him at the stoplight. For those, which is probably the majority of the population, will push the Manual transmission to death. If you really think about it, cars in 50's /60's, people used to race with double de-clutching, and match rpms everytime they shift up/down. What a hassle, but probably will make us smile even when just going out for a gallon of milk. The syncro take care of that for us nowadays. (Even we die-hard nsx'ers still worshipped the lost art wholeheartly. )
For decades, even Automatic was being labeled hp robbing device, and only for those who doesn't know how to drive, I'll say, at least half of the drivers on the road will drive faster with Auto than Manual in a competition manner... Now that the SMG not just narrowed the gap, it actually shifts faster than any human can do. That's an Evolution. But in a sad way.
Interestingly, this issue of EVO evaluating the CSL M3 and they have the same point there talking about Manual vs SMG and the Race Rubber vs. the Stock Hi Performance tires... Do we really need a race car for the enjoyment of street driving? ( Mountain, Backroad driving, actually.)
I don't know how many people would like the involvement of driving, seems like more and more people only cares about the bragging right of owning a "fast" car and beat the guy next to him at the stoplight. For those, which is probably the majority of the population, will push the Manual transmission to death. If you really think about it, cars in 50's /60's, people used to race with double de-clutching, and match rpms everytime they shift up/down. What a hassle, but probably will make us smile even when just going out for a gallon of milk. The syncro take care of that for us nowadays. (Even we die-hard nsx'ers still worshipped the lost art wholeheartly. )
For decades, even Automatic was being labeled hp robbing device, and only for those who doesn't know how to drive, I'll say, at least half of the drivers on the road will drive faster with Auto than Manual in a competition manner... Now that the SMG not just narrowed the gap, it actually shifts faster than any human can do. That's an Evolution. But in a sad way.
You should already be in the appropriate gear before you make your turn, that is why racers use heel and toe before the turn so they will be ready to be on the gas at the apex, or sometimes before the apex.
