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Originally Posted by zero21
The thing about manual vs auto on track for me is; what's the extra three seconds going to get you? A trophy? It's like running a 4hr marathon and then spending 50% more time training to get to 3:30. It just doesn't make sense to invest that kind of effort IMO. Better to keep the manual and enjoy the experience since you won't get anything for your heroism anyway.
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I would say it’s less about lap times or trophies and more about having focus in the right place. When you’re going the speeds you do on the track, the last thing you want to be worried about is rev matching, timing your shifts based on the speed of the corner coming up, thinking about what gear to be in, etc. The fun on the track is on how effective you can get around it, not on how effective you can manipulate the transmission. The point of going out on the track is to “drive the track” but with the manual, sometimes it feels like you’re “driving the transmission.”