[Gavin Ranson]

You just have to lift to upshift (no need for clutch)but need to use the clutch to down change, I think this is the same on the real car. I'd like to see a champ with mandatory h pattern and use of the clutch with no throttle blipping allowed but dunno how populated it would be and maybe a bit unfair for people without shifters 3 peddles etc. I like to challenge myself by driving all the cars how they are or were supposed to be driven. In a 20 minute race you can brake the gearbox with too many botched gear changes, even not blipping the throttle enough on downchanges can damage the gearbox on some cars, I think the lamborghini muira has the most fragile gearbox, 2 crappy gearchanges means you're out of the race.

Anyone who hasn't got a shifter should really think about getting one, makes the game so much better, I think I'd get bored of changing with the paddles all the time. The only car I don't like are the 90's dtm cars, all you seem to do is change gear, short ratios and six gears means far too much shifting.