Clutch System

Luxe · August 19, 2009

The reason I'm wondering about this is that it seams there is already a make shift clutch system in the game. If your stopped, put the car into gear without the proper revs, it hesitates and struggles to take off. This shows the developers were already thinking of this. Also, when changing gears in cars that are truly manual transmissions (cars that don't have semi-auto paddles) I've noticed that letting off the throttle during the change, then reapplying it exactly when the shift is complete makes much smoother shifts. This shows up in some cars more then others. Try this with the RUF RTurbo. If you leave the throttle down during the change, the revs often blip and the car acts kinda strange. If you do the shift as you would in an actual car, the change is much smoother. Once again, I don't take this as a coincidence.

I love Test Drive because it's a DRIVING SIMULATOR to me, and I think it needs to move towards being as realistic as possible. Racing is one thing, but driving around the island carelessly is what I really enjoy!

There needs to be a clutch option in my opinion. I don't expect a separate clutch button, but improving and increasing the realism I mentioned about would be fantastic.

-If you don't got the revs to get the car moving, stall the car.

-Make a manual tran car shift in a way that requires proper throttle application

-Downshifting could be improved by not automatically blipping the throttle on downshifts. More driver input on downshifts would be awesome.

People that play Driving/Racing games are passionate about cars. Especially the people who play TDU. If you noticed what I was speaking about in the beginning or you like the ideas, I'd love to hear your feed back.

-Thanks :twisted:clu