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Just a thought I've had from reading the posts on people being accused of hypershifting. Why not just run all league races as auto? Or is there not a way to POLICE this in the game? I understand it's a game and the shifting makes you a little bit faster. But, is it that big of a difference where we would miss it that much? Just something going through my head as I'm sitting here bored at work ! Would like to hear others opinions on this.

Well I don't think you could police it is why people don't do it. I do wonder if F1yer could make a car where you're only in first or second gear the whole time where one of the gears are rendered useless like in rFactor. From what I've seen in the car files, it looks possible...and I think it would make things better especially for people just learning how to drive in dtr2 without having to worry about shifting.

speaking to what shock wrote , im surprised someone hasnt done that yet - render a gear useless , wouldnt that be more realistic when it comes to sprint cars especially - dont sprint only have 1 gear?

I run in the ATR league and we all run auto. It is a little slower but still a lot of fun. It's all on the honor system and besides everyone knows about what the fast times for auto are. If someone comes in quite a bit faster than everyone you pretty much know they're shifting and you just deal with it accordingly, if they keep it up they will probably get booted. I think the idea of a non shifting car might be the answer but for now its just the honor system.

VLR_Shock wrote:

Well I don't think you could police it is why people don't do it. I do wonder if F1yer could make a car where you're only in first or second gear the whole time where one of the gears are rendered useless like in rFactor. From what I've seen in the car files, it looks possible...and I think it would make things better especially for people just learning how to drive in dtr2 without having to worry about shifting.

I dissagree shock it can be policed cause a person can hear in a replay if their shifting or not just takes everyone turning in replays all the time and to take the time to listen to them

actually real late models are technically auto's they run a bert same as my mod low gear is called creaper gear. you use it to get the car moving from a dead stop untill you hit 3500rpm then shift into high and never shift again unless you are stopped for any reason

ya My mini sprint had 5 gears, but I would only use the selected 1 gear to run a track, most of the time i would be in 4th or 5th on a bigger track. The Street stock I ran had a regular auto tranny, just use 1st to get on the track then 2 nd to race, never have shifted in real racing, that's the only thing I have ever hated about this game, The shifting!