Community Question | Your Favourite Shifting Method

[brrupsz]

There is only one true, correct method. LALT, RALT, Space for clutch.

 

[guidofoc]

H-shifter, heel and toe for downshifting and left foot braking when not downshifting. Sounds complicated but once it becomes familiar the driving speed and pleasure increases a lot, especially with the more "savage" cars like the F40, Ruf Yellowbird and Shelby Cobra.

 

[Shovas]

I use what the car has in real life. I mean it would be weird to use a h-pattern in a modern GT car and it would also be weird using the sequential shifter or paddles in a car from the 70s.

On modern cars I use a mix between paddles and sequential stick. I upshift with either the right paddle or the sequential stick and downshift with onlt the seq stick, the left paddle is used as a handbrake (I have the DFGT). In GT cars I use the paddle+stick, in rally I would use the stick for both up and downshifts, because the DFGT has small, wheel mounted paddles, it's sometimes difficult to find them, when you need to shift mid turn.

On the other hand H-shifter is more interesting to drive and it's even more satisfying since I made the shifter myself.And there's an added bonus of realism when you lose a gear in pratice and have to "rebuld your gearbox" (resolder the switch) just befor the race. I've had that happen a few times But I'm improving it and it's been working better lately

This guy's building wooden gear shifters

What have you done lately?




Seriously impressed, though

 

[Gerzson]

If only there was a H-shifter with physical gate locking ability...

 

[shadow118]

If only there was a H-shifter with physical gate locking ability...

When you DIY, anything's possible

 

[tibi]

S for upshift X for downshift

 

[RCHeliguy]

If only there was a H-shifter with physical gate locking ability...

I've been waiting too. ProSim has been working on a lockout device that would be driven by your clutch through software.

So far we have this little video from a ways back, but my H-pattern shifter is still waiting to get one.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1081717862171283

 

[Gerzson]

I've been waiting too. ProSim has been working on a lockout device that would be driven by your clutch through software.

Is that going to be completed ever?
I have not seen any sign of it on their store.

 

[RCHeliguy]

Is that going to be completed ever?
I have not seen any sign of it on their store.

Hmmmm......

 

[Alex72]

SEQ stick and noob H pattern. However loving to learn heel toe. Damn hard though downshifting AND being fast at the same time...

 

[Rob Gray]

I prefer to use the method authentic to the real car. Sometimes though, it's harder to be competitive using this method (I'm looking at you heel and toe h-shifter). H-Shifters are the most satisfying to me. I feel like I'm driving the car .

 

[stenovitz]

Almost everything with heal&toe + H-shifts since my real life experience in a Formula 2000 Reynard SF-84, in year 2000.
Everything with heal&toe since January 2nd 2012 when I got my Logitech G27 with clutch pad, even my lawnmover and Moccamaster.
Joke aside I prefer authentic driving - so If the Scuderia Ferrari SpA 640 says semi-automatic, I go with this.
However, I just love heal&toe + H-shifts driving in cars dedicated to this, therefore racing most of my time in these cars.

 

[Durge Driven]

Authentic shifting for realism then go and use virtual mirrors when real racing drivers say " I never saw him '"

All engines need to model it proper first, grinding trans, clutch slip
Would be better in a universal sim engine
For decades would like 2 versions of every sim
pro version every cars shifting method would be locked along with no aids and real mirrors
ama version you could do what you liked

Studios would sell more sims because some drivers would go from ama to pro
even pro drivers buying ama version to race with friend

All controls I owned with 12" feet is not good need to buy CSP, my TM's are too small

In my real cars I liked bare feet, wrap your toes over top of clutch pedal to rip it out faster