Faster48

Manual always unless holding a coffee. Even on track I’ve always used manual. I should try auto just to see I Guess

WP0

Not a dumb question, and possibly answered differently by others, but I drive in auto PDK on the track because at full throttle, the engine gets to redline so fast, that you end up stalling out at the over-rev limiter if you try to use manual mode. . . unless you are paying more attention to the revs of the engine than the turns and cars in front of you!

VanMcQueen

Thanks. I’ve driven manual the last (and my first) two DE events. I’ll give auto a go next time.

C’mon spring!!!

Palting

Same here. In addition to the above, the PDK will downshift engine brake sequentially down several gears into the high RPMs while you threshold brake at the end of a long straight. My mind just cannot conceive of downshifting into 8-9K rpm to engine brake, while PDK will happily and safely do so and continue to do so quickly automatically.

bwhip

Last year I made a video while learning a new track with my GT3, using the PDK in auto mode with PDK Sport. The video shows pretty well how remarkably good the PDK is at giving you just the shifts you need - up or down, when you need them. In just this one fairly short lap, it shifts at least 20 times. I've always considered myself pretty handy with a manual transmission, and generally prefer them, but I know there's no way I could get around any track as quickly using manual mode compared to the genius of the PDK.