PDK shift pattern change
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
PDK shift pattern change
For PDK guys,
If you could reverse the up shift and down shift pattern like the 991.2. Would you or are you very comfortable with the way it is on the 991.1?
If you could reverse the up shift and down shift pattern like the 991.2. Would you or are you very comfortable with the way it is on the 991.1?
#7
Race Director
Originally Posted by Harsany
For PDK guys,
If you could reverse the up shift and down shift pattern like the 991.2. Would you or are you very comfortable with the way it is on the 991.1?
If you could reverse the up shift and down shift pattern like the 991.2. Would you or are you very comfortable with the way it is on the 991.1?
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#8
Rennlist Member
I'd switch...just to have the Porsche match our other two cars (BMW and a MINI).
#10
Nordschleife Master
While I do not mind how it is now (forward upshift, backwards downshift) I know that many wish it were the opposite and that racecars have it the "opposite" way. Just wondering how the racecar convention started - seems more intuitive to me to upshift by pushing forward and to downshift pulling back (usually in a manual car, the higher gears are obtained by shifting forward and the lower gears are obtained by shifting back or down).
#11
I only use the paddles.
I assume it was done in race cars because when you are accelerating you are being pushed back in the seat and makes more sense to pull the stick back. Just a guess. Same for slowing down moving forward in the seat makes sense to push it forward.
I assume it was done in race cars because when you are accelerating you are being pushed back in the seat and makes more sense to pull the stick back. Just a guess. Same for slowing down moving forward in the seat makes sense to push it forward.
#14
While I do not mind how it is now (forward upshift, backwards downshift) I know that many wish it were the opposite and that racecars have it the "opposite" way. Just wondering how the racecar convention started - seems more intuitive to me to upshift by pushing forward and to downshift pulling back (usually in a manual car, the higher gears are obtained by shifting forward and the lower gears are obtained by shifting back or down).
Frankly I'm surprised that porsche didn't get this right. I would 100% switch if it were possible.
#15
Drifting
Either way is fine for me -- I'd likely change if it were a cheap, easy software change. But the only reason I'd switch is because all other cars plus Porsche (2017+) do it "forward = lower gear" and if I wind up with another DCT car I'd just as soon they be matched.
Now what would suck is to have two Porsche PDK cars, one of each type. You'd initilaly be confused every drive, no matter which one you were in, and even when you got used to "today's drive" in the heat of battle you'd be just as likely to revert.
Now what would suck is to have two Porsche PDK cars, one of each type. You'd initilaly be confused every drive, no matter which one you were in, and even when you got used to "today's drive" in the heat of battle you'd be just as likely to revert.