So I'm forcing myself to always be in manual mode, in NYC, and as comfy and easy as the car is, it's like learning to drive a manual when I was a teenager (contrary to popular belief, I'm no longer a teenager, at least physically
Anyway, is anyone else coming from driving manual all their life and trying to master and intuition with the manual paddles? Part of the intracacy is learning what is the "right" gear to be in. 7 is ridiculous. This car probably only needs 3! I'm starting to get a feel for the more high wound gears. 5th is a sweet spot for high speed passing. 6 still pulls too, albeit not as immediate. 4th is insane vision blurring.
Anyway, one thing I notice is when you're stuck in traffic, the car does not want to shift from 1st up to 2nd unless you hit about 2000rpms, but then is perfectly willing to go just as slow crawling in traffic in 2nd. Which makes no sense. Anyone else notice this. I think this could be tuned in a software update. The car has enough torque for me probably to start it in 5th! so I should be able to kick it to 2nd even at low rpms to keep it from being so jumpy. I think this gets to the 458 having better immediacy/shifting at low speed perception.
The car certainly lets me make bad decisions (which is a good thing). For example, letting me shift down to 1st at 45mph and hearing the wail. The more mistakes the car lets you make, the more immediate it will feel.
Right now the 2nd gear lockout at low speed is the only time I seem not to be able to get the gear I want. This is with suspension in normal, and power in sport/manual mode.
Anyhow, after a bunch driving and learning to shift I come out of the car smiling like an idiot, but with sweat down my back from all the focus!
Weirdly, at high speed the thing is already wired into my brain. Haven't quite got pre-cog wired in, but the car just wants to "cruise" at 100-110mph. This is not good for my long term driving privileges! Worse still, even when you're going by other traffic at these speeds, it just doesn't seem that fast. Is insane. Going in other cars at this speed, you just feel the speed so much more, but the Mac lets you go so much further out before you start feeling the need to focus.
Car is so good I want to lick it after every drive. Crazy f'n car!
Anyway, is anyone else coming from driving manual all their life and trying to master and intuition with the manual paddles? Part of the intracacy is learning what is the "right" gear to be in. 7 is ridiculous. This car probably only needs 3! I'm starting to get a feel for the more high wound gears. 5th is a sweet spot for high speed passing. 6 still pulls too, albeit not as immediate. 4th is insane vision blurring.
Anyway, one thing I notice is when you're stuck in traffic, the car does not want to shift from 1st up to 2nd unless you hit about 2000rpms, but then is perfectly willing to go just as slow crawling in traffic in 2nd. Which makes no sense. Anyone else notice this. I think this could be tuned in a software update. The car has enough torque for me probably to start it in 5th! so I should be able to kick it to 2nd even at low rpms to keep it from being so jumpy. I think this gets to the 458 having better immediacy/shifting at low speed perception.
The car certainly lets me make bad decisions (which is a good thing). For example, letting me shift down to 1st at 45mph and hearing the wail. The more mistakes the car lets you make, the more immediate it will feel.
Right now the 2nd gear lockout at low speed is the only time I seem not to be able to get the gear I want. This is with suspension in normal, and power in sport/manual mode.
Anyhow, after a bunch driving and learning to shift I come out of the car smiling like an idiot, but with sweat down my back from all the focus!
Weirdly, at high speed the thing is already wired into my brain. Haven't quite got pre-cog wired in, but the car just wants to "cruise" at 100-110mph. This is not good for my long term driving privileges! Worse still, even when you're going by other traffic at these speeds, it just doesn't seem that fast. Is insane. Going in other cars at this speed, you just feel the speed so much more, but the Mac lets you go so much further out before you start feeling the need to focus.
Car is so good I want to lick it after every drive. Crazy f'n car!