As said in post #89, the paddles are not so great on winding roads as they do not following the steering wheel as you turn, so you have to constantly find the paddles when you change gears while turning. It works great and very convenient for normal daily driving, but in more aggressive driving situations where there is a lot of turns this may drive you nuts.

By using the base shifter you won`t encouter the same problem, but you will have to take your hand off the steering wheel to shift between gears.

This GT shifter is the linkage between the two methods, which allows let you use the base shifter, and reduce the time of your hand needed to come off the steering wheel when shifting.

 

I guess it boils down to personal preferences. I never seen a jap video like the moto-ring series that showed the driver using the stick. Seem like they prefer the paddles and look so comfortable using them during turns and straights. Didn't know it was that hard to find the paddles since they are fixed on the neck instead of with the wheel. Like i would always know to look at my 3 and 9 when looking straight to find the paddles.

 

Exactly. It all comes down to your driving habits and what you find most comfortable with.

F1 cars have paddles that rotates with the steering wheel for good reason, and some car manufacturers too. There are good and bad reasons for both mounting options, again it all comes down to your personal preference.

Maybe the BM guys also find the base shifter too low, plus the Tsukuba track doesn`t have a lot of tight twisties any way so it doesn`t really matter. Just my guess.

 

Is this thread really going on still?

How much TRACK driving do you do exactly, if you're going to be touting this ricey-*** shifter as such?

 

I would like to use the console shifter more but it's just short enough to make shifting uncomfortable. I like the general idea of this shifter but at $700(is that right?!?!) and the excessive design makes me say skip it.

 

No, MSRP is $300.

 

psst...

You shouldn't be changing gears in corners anyway....

...unless you want to be going slower and upset the car's balance...

RE: Street Cars.

That is all...

 

I still think it would look a lot better if you replaced the ball-style shift knob with something that matches the shifter. What does the red lever do??

 

Shoots missiles

 

I may replace it with a column type knob, the red lever lifts up the shift lock to switch between P, R, N, D.

 

 

Man I must live under a rock. They make auto evos these days!?

 

shift during corners?? do you know how to drive..... ;-)

 

I think it might look better if you extended the shifter boot to hide it. Maybe???

 

surprised it took so long for someone to say this