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      08-19-2012, 04:49 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by ticamihai2003 View Post
Nice points there but what about the gearboxes in racing cars like the ones closer to standard cars in WTCC. I know they are different quite a bit....does anyone know how different? They stopped using manuals in a long time now.
I'd assume these are no full automatics but semi-automatics. They don't decide on which gear to select, the driver does. The shift change is automated since it can do it faster. It probably also does the heel-toe throttle blip in a better way also.
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