Ideally the controlling of any machine should be as straightforward

Stale pasta and bad bait.

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>Powersliding through corner
>Modulating throttle to control slide
>Loosen up on the throttle when slip angle increasing too quickly
>Automatic trans decides to upshift
>Sudden traction; suspension unbalanced

This is why automatics are dangerous.

>>17480919
Yes, and the control shouldn't be hidden away behind layers of abstraction and lack of control

> Driving along
> Put foot down slightly to close gap
> CLUNK THUNK CLUNK
> Automatic transmission changes down
> Car brakes suddenly
> Engine redlines
> CHUNK THUNK CLUNK
> Transmission changes back up
> Revs drop suddenly
> Car lurches forward from sudden deceleration
> CLUNK THUNK THUNK CLYUNK
> Car changes down again
> Eventually even it out by playing with the throttle

> Climbing hill
> Losing revs
> Losing revs
> LOSING REVS
> Van struggling to keep moving, now
> Don't dare take a hand of the wheel
> BANG THUNK CLUNK
> Gear changes suddenly
> Accelerate sharply because my foot's flat down still

> Descending hill
> Gearbox is missing gears without notification
> Goes from 5th to 2nd
> Van jerks sharply
> Engine races
> Everything in the back jumps and rattles
> Seatbelt the only thing stopping me from being hurled into the passenger footwell

Manuals don't do that.

>>17480919
lets all laugh at the guy who has never been on a track or even tried testing the limits of his car

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>coming out of corner
>plant foot
>need to ease off a little for whatever reason
>automagic computer thinks its upshift time
>now have 0 acceleration
only thing autos are good for are businessmen pretending to be racecar drivers on the motorway in their mercs and 2 speeds in top fuel dragsters

>>17481344
>top fuel dragster
>two speed
Nigga what

>>17481352
i heard dragsters use stone age auto transmissions because they're built tough as fuck

>>17480919

>in a race
>choose to stop momentum for several seconds each shift
>because muh physical shifting

>>17481360
>in a race
>decide to have 99% power loss between engine and transmission
>because lazy

>>17481374

>in a race
>choosing combustion engine

>>17480919
Well with an auto you can just not worry about, but if youre' capable, mannys give you absolute control over the powertrain... Which is nice, desu...

>>17480919
the keyword here being "controlling", not "let the machine decide what fucking ever"

>>17481382
>in a race

>>17481385
>>17481384

dual clutch =/= single cuck

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>>17481385
>mfw auto cucks get to wiggle their suggestion knob while manual alphas get a command rod

>be homo sapien
>have a brain capable of making complex decisions
>drive a slow heavy automatic that chooses gears for you but only never as accurately as you, yourself, would

Apparently this makes sense to some people.

>>17481399

how's that limited human response time again, single cuck?

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>>17481409
>limited human response time again
speak for yourself sub human lmao

>>17481407
>>17481409

a single clutch and a single cuck, match made in heaven

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automatics are replacing manuals and there is nothing you can do about it

>>17481431

>mfw clutchcucks literally pay more for slower shifting option