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5 speeds.... how does one do that??? do I just sent 6th gear so high that you dont need it??

I was wanting to take one of the free builds (the GTO) and try it as a 5 speed, it looks like it has the stats for it... but more or less just as a learning project.

You can set 6th to whatever you want, but if the car has enough power to top out 5th, you'll still have to go to 6th.

but no real way to make a 5 or 4 speed... just making sure I was not missing something..LOL... I have been known to do that...

but if I set 6th to max, and I actually get into 6th at that setting.. LOL that might be funny to watch... LOL

Correct.

well for those that care... I took the GTO as built on the muscle pack here.. and I redid the gears so that 6th was .1 and set the rest so that it would be like a 5 speed.. it did well for the most part, in fact within a few tenths of a second off my normal times...

to me it felt better, but that may have been a mental thing cause it seems normal for me to have 5 gears to manage.. it also made it so I was in a lower gear, higher revs in the long corners... that seemed to make for a nice roll onto the gas on the way out...

now, I am using the auto trans right now, still working on getting used to manual with a clutch and the RWD cars are just a tad touchy to get used to in the first place then add in the clutch in this game and well... the point is, I think I can get more out of the 5 speed once I have the manual down.

I'll give you a tip or two on using the manual with clutch option.

Set your clutch to button a, and handbrake to the left bumper. When down shifting, use the middle of your thumb to hit A while using the tip to hit the shift button like you normally would. When up shifting, use the tip of your thumb to catch both buttons at once. This will allow you to downshift while still using the brakes, instead of having to lift off the brakes to shift like you would with the clutch applied to the LB button.

Also, when downshifting, give the accelerator a little blip. This way, your engine and trans won't have to force themselves to match speed, which causes wheel spin/lock up in vehicles with a big difference in gear ratios.

all well and good and I do thank you for the advice, but I have the MS wheel...lol... right now I have the up and down set to the paddles, and B is the clutch... but the blip on the gas will help lots I had been trying to partly match what I figured was needed on the gas and for the most part that I do ok at.. its the fact that this is unnatural to me...

I have been on motorcycles and manual shift cars now for 20+ years, it seems odd to me not to have a shifter and to use my thumb for a clutch... I miss my 3rd peddle and or the clutch should be on the left side... its not a matter of learning how to drive a manual car, its a matter of I catch myself looking for the 3rd peddle...LOL