Hello all, I am a big fan of game and in game rivals mode across all races and classes. My thought in the transmission categories is can there be room on the leaderboards for WR attempts in Manual Clutch, Manual and Automatic respectively? Myself and many friends have very decent times, but far from the capabilities of a Manual Clutch vs an Automatic transmission. All three transmissions have three different levels of competition and just think some racers out there are amazing drivers in automatic, but just cannot compete with the seconds saved by going manual clutch. Thanks for your time in reading this and looking forward to seeing if this can come to fruition.

Iceman

I think the usage of a different transmission is simply an indication of the driver's skill and is not game-changing enough to impact WR times posted on this site. In reality, very little time is saved by using M/c instead of automatic, but seeing the top times on a leaderboard played with m/c exclusively may give one the impression that such a change can lead to several seconds shaved off, which is not the case. Those players are incredibly talented no matter the transmission they use but of course they prefer the more skillful and rewarding option if is available.

Automatic - Game has full control of gearing / shifting. Easiest but slowest method. Requires Clutch / Transmission upgrades to counteract sluggish shifts & specific optimisations in tuning. Manual - Gives the player control over gears. Allows for optimal gears for the power band in terms of shift timing and cornering and avoiding 'bogging' / hopping between gears at awkward cornering speeds. Requires Clutch / Transmission upgrades to counteract sluggish shifts. Intermediate option. Manual with Clutch - Gives the player full control over shifting and clutch. Allows for advanced techniques such as clutch kicking, powershifting and decreasing shift times significantly, as it no longer relies on the Clutch upgrade path. Only Transmission upgrades needed for shifting speed boost. Expert / fastest option.

To make separate areas for A/M/MC transmissions though would be subdivisions upon subdivisions which would, as far as I see it, get very confusing and unintuitive fast. We can however, see if there can be extra data entries, similar to Car Class, for Transmission / other Assists.