How do you shift?

[TurboRacer35]

I shift with my keyboard, auto shift off, auto clutch off, the way a real racer would drive a Stick. It's easy.

clutch-shift-rev-gas-clutch-shift-gas-clutch-shift-gas-clutch-shift-gas-clutch-shift lol

Edit: sequense fixed

[AndroidXP]

Errrrr... what?! :hypnotize

[yozzer]

:Looking_a Medic !!!!

think he bumped his head ontoo the rollcage

:nurse: :nurse:

[SHIFT_]

rofl @ yozzer :p

I have a DFP and Act-Labs pedals with the clutch, so I usually keep autoclutch off, my method is lift, clutch, shift, back on the loud pedal. Sometimes if I feel lazy I'll turn the autoclutch on and just lift a bit between shifts.

Most people I think just use the paddles on their steering wheels, so there isn't a whole to explain about shifting.

[Fonnybone]

Off with his head !!!! :headbang:

[P5YcHoM4N]

...shift-clutch-gas...
You shift before clutch o_O That can't be good...

[TurboRacer35]

You shift before clutch o_O That can't be good...
I clutch it after 5th on a 5 speed?

Edit: Oops: I got the beginning messed up.

[(SaM)]

Lol, dont do that when you get to drive a manual in real life, that's cog grindage.
In LFS, you can clutch in, shift, clutch out and get on the throttle. That's the way I do it and that's the way you have to do in just about any car.

Clutch in - shift - clutch out - gas - clutch in - shift - clutch out - gas etc.

But you can also shift first and then press clutch in LFS.

[TurboRacer35]

Lol, dont do that when you get to drive a manual in real life, that's cog grindage.
In LFS, you can clutch in, shift, clutch out and get on the throttle. That's the way I do it and that's the way you have to do in just about any car.

Clutch in - shift - clutch out - gas - clutch in - shift - clutch out - gas etc.

But you can also shift first and then press clutch in LFS.

Shifting first and clutching will stall if you're not quick if you don't use autoclutch (like me.)

[eindewege]

Shifting first and clutching will stall if you're not quick if you don't use autoclutch (like me.)

Not in LFS, I do it all the time.
Its the other way around, if you release the clutch before you've finished shifting, it will go into neutal.

[bbman]

clutch in - shift - slight throttle - clutch out - full throttle
Copy that another 5 times to get the way to 6th...

[Qurpiz]

I have DFP, and I use the buttons that replaces the paddles. I have autoclutch on (I know, I'm lazy)

[the_angry_angel]

With my hands and legs.

[Michael Miskella]

auto clutch and padels, dfp

[TurboRacer35]

I have DFP, and I use the buttons that replaces the paddles. I have autoclutch on (I know, I'm lazy)

TURN OFF THE AUTO CLUTCH, WiMP

Edit by Fonnybone: I took the liberty to reduce your font size a bit, seriously though, i hope you are joking. Either that or you are a fire:)man.

[AndroidXP]

TURN OFF THE AUTO CLUTCH, WiMPYour font is too small, I can barely read it. Please use a bigger font next time

[geeman1]

TURN OFF THE AUTO CLUTCH, WiMP
I used to have a additional pedal as a clutch and I used the DFPs shifter. After a while I started to feel bit weird. In reality car's dont have sequential gearboxes and use a manual clutch (atleast I don't know one). Also LFSs manual clutch does not feel right. Not having any forces in the clutch pedal makes it feel unrealistic and also difficult to judge does the clutch work right. You can actually shift faster with manual clutch by just only hitting the clutch a really tiny amount (Even faster if you press the gear change button before applying clutch). And in LFS the car won't stall anyway, the autoclutch kicks in when you are about to stall even if you have set it off.
So now I just use the paddles in DFP (with autoclutch).

Also real race cars like GTRs in LFS probably would have a sequential gearbox with autoclutch anyway.

[NotAnIllusion]

I shift with my keyboard, auto shift off, auto clutch off, the way a real racer would drive a Stick. It's easy.

I shift with the keyb mostly, so here

Up:
release gas
tap the clutch and shift simultaneously
pedal to the metal

Down:
step on the brakes
tap clutch and shift simultaneously
tap brakes if wheels lock :p

And downshifting w/ pedals & stick (autoclutch):
step on the brakes
tap clutch, gas (manual blip) & shift simultaneously
loosen up on the brakes if wheels lock

[tailing]

You can actually shift faster with manual clutch by just only hitting the clutch a really tiny amount

Your wrong here, as long as I've been playing with a clutch pedal you've needed to fully depress the clutch to change gear. That's the most common cause of a miss shift for me, not depressing the clutch far enough and ending up in neutral.
Maybe there's some setting I don't know about but this is how it is afaik.

btw, sequential shifter, manual clutch, all aids off :thumb:

[geeman1]

Your wrong here, as long as I've been playing with a clutch pedal you've needed to fully depress the clutch to change gear. That's the most common cause of a miss shift for me, not depressing the clutch far enough and ending up in neutral.Tiny was maybe a little wrong word here, but any way you don't have to press the clutch all the way anyway. About half way maybe, when I used manual clutch I just pressed the clutch as fast as I could, so it's hard to tell how fully it went. Only thing I am sure of is that it's a lot faster to use manual clutch than autoclutch, because the autoclutch is really slow.

[[RCG]Boosted]

mouse driver...autoclutch , handshifting.
tried manual clutch also but thats too hard lol
will try it when i get a wheel :D

[CrazyICE]

me only siwtches up and down :)

kidding...
autoclutch, manuel shifting of course!

[JoonasK]

Hi!
I have a old'n cheap microsoft wheel and extra pedals from flightsim use i use as a clutch.

So paddles on wheel+clutch.
I like it's more fun to drive like this.
Maybe for formula cars i switch autoclutch on.

-Jone-

[Don Merino]

I have a clutch pedal - I simply bolted 2 sets of pedals on a base plate - 1 MS Sidewinder one Thrustmaster GP. The Thrustmaster pedals are more sensitive and accurate but I hate the feel of them, so I use the Sidewinder pedals for gas and brakes. Heel-toeing is also easier with the Sidewinder pedals, as they are further apart than the Thrustmaster's.
Oh, and I use the Thrustmaster Wheel and shift with the stick.
I started building an H-shifter, too; mechanics are already done, but after getting a bill from the motorcycle garage that was three times higher than expected I had to put the project on ice.

[v4forlife]

shift?!?!? what the hell?

and what are gears??

ohh, i think this will explain so much for my lap times

[Theafro]

yeah, i think it's them numbery things that live in your dashboard :) but seriously, if you've got the opportunity, Try racing with a clutch, more immersion and more control, i can't quite explain why, but if i use auto-clutch my driving deteriorates and i start making a real mess of things. (mainly with downchanges). so i stick with pedalling the 'ol gal.

[herki]

since october 30th i shift with 3 pedals... unfortunatly i don't have a H-shifter :/

[tailing]

Tiny was maybe a little wrong word here, but any way you don't have to press the clutch all the way anyway. About half way maybe, when I used manual clutch I just pressed the clutch as fast as I could, so it's hard to tell how fully it went. Only thing I am sure of is that it's a lot faster to use manual clutch than autoclutch, because the autoclutch is really slow.

More like about 80-90% ;) seems to depend on whether you've shifted gear or not before depressing the clutch. Your right about all the rest though, it is faster but that's the reward for doing it all yourself which takes extra skill and effort :thumb:

[Rotary]

I manual shift with my left hand. I use sequential shift and auto clutch as my wheel only has two pedals and a up/down shifter... can't think of to many cars that need you to press button to use the clutch when shifting gears :p

[-SE1Z-]

I manual shift with my left hand. I use sequential shift and auto clutch as my wheel only has two pedals and a up/down shifter...

Same.
Except... i have the shifter on the right :Looking_a
Not sure why, It may have something to do with the amount of time I used to play Daytona in the game arcades... damn american cabinets :smileypul

[VTcommodore]

shift using left hand with a clutch totally need a H shifter cus i did sumtn stupid in ma car after playing LFS for a while and i prefer not to talk about it

[Rotary]

shift using left hand with a clutch totally need a H shifter cus i did sumtn stupid in ma car after playing LFS for a while and i prefer not to talk about it

LOL, you have to tell now :D

:nod:

[Rotary]

Hehe, ouch. :)

[TurboRacer35]

Pwn3d.

[xapexcivicx]

I have a feeling he downshifted when he meant to upshift
in that case
aahhahahahhahha
sorry. <3

Anyway, since my damn logitech pedals just stopped working I now use the padel shifters as gas+brake and the two buttons on the top center for shifting.

It
sucks
alot.
(200 degrees by the way)

[Mikkel Petersen]

I have a feeling he downshifted when he meant to upshift
in that case
aahhahahahhahha
sorry. <3

Or maybe he used the normal gearstick as it was a sequential gearstick without clutch. So he pulled it either up or down without clutching. :\

[Matrixi]

I'm shifting 100% manual.. manual clutch (3 pedal set), H-pattern shifter (Act-Labs). Heel & toe is so fun now that I can do it fluently and with no issues at all. Certainly ain't faster than with sequential gearbox and automatic clutch, but it gives much more to the "being there" feeling imo.

[Theafro]

shift using left hand with a clutch totally need a H shifter cus i did sumtn stupid in ma car after playing LFS for a while and i prefer not to talk about it

Hehe,:tilt: I caught myself looking for my split times when i left my road t'other day, kinda scared me a little.:schwitz:

[Batterypark]

I don't shift, I let LFS do it for me.