02-16-2019, 01:11 PM
Both.
Moving from Flappies to H, and the dog in the box.
My personal experience shifting (hah!) from paddles to H, you gain using a clutch to start (not me as I make the worst starts ever) but can lose about .5 sec every time a shift is missed, that I have down pat.
I try to use the appropriate shifter for the car, paddles or H or sequential on the floor, no matter how frustrating it is.
My feet can get confused going from left to right foot braking (or a combo), the occasional push of the clutch expecting a brake and freewheeling into a fence is part of the learning curve. Talking to my teammate during practice seems to make me reach for a flappy to shift, very annoying.
To complicate the situation I found that the Lotus 25 loves to downshift w/o a clutch, which can allow for precise trail braking using left foot braking but requires a clutch for smooth upshifts, while the Shelby presents difficulty with clutch-less(?) downshifts but upshifts are a breeze, until they are not. The 60% damage limit helps!
Two hands on the wheel feels secure, 'riding' the brake to stabilize or rotate the car, allows for faster and more consistent times, no 'missed' shifts, no freewheeling in N, looking for 5th and finding another N, but who doesn't love the sound of an eng/trans being shifted from 5th to 2nd (or 1st, see 'freewheeling into...').
And, there is the problem of the reality shift
when driving a manual out in the (gasp) real world, haven't hit a fence yet, but I have up and downshifted clutch-less and brainless, it seems.
There it is, now you know you only have to sit behind me (after you spin, which in my vulture ways is how I pass) and wait for the bolts and gears to spill out on the track.
Up way too early this morning, need coffee, but you asked the right question.
Good Racing
Jim c Russell
slobros
Moving from Flappies to H, and the dog in the box.
My personal experience shifting (hah!) from paddles to H, you gain using a clutch to start (not me as I make the worst starts ever) but can lose about .5 sec every time a shift is missed, that I have down pat.
I try to use the appropriate shifter for the car, paddles or H or sequential on the floor, no matter how frustrating it is.
My feet can get confused going from left to right foot braking (or a combo), the occasional push of the clutch expecting a brake and freewheeling into a fence is part of the learning curve. Talking to my teammate during practice seems to make me reach for a flappy to shift, very annoying.
To complicate the situation I found that the Lotus 25 loves to downshift w/o a clutch, which can allow for precise trail braking using left foot braking but requires a clutch for smooth upshifts, while the Shelby presents difficulty with clutch-less(?) downshifts but upshifts are a breeze, until they are not. The 60% damage limit helps!
Two hands on the wheel feels secure, 'riding' the brake to stabilize or rotate the car, allows for faster and more consistent times, no 'missed' shifts, no freewheeling in N, looking for 5th and finding another N, but who doesn't love the sound of an eng/trans being shifted from 5th to 2nd (or 1st, see 'freewheeling into...').
And, there is the problem of the reality shift
when driving a manual out in the (gasp) real world, haven't hit a fence yet, but I have up and downshifted clutch-less and brainless, it seems.There it is, now you know you only have to sit behind me (after you spin, which in my vulture ways is how I pass) and wait for the bolts and gears to spill out on the track.
Up way too early this morning, need coffee, but you asked the right question.
Good Racing
Jim c Russell
slobros