I thought that sounded wrong haha. Yes xHP....

Seriously, you dont notice any delay? Even back before you started messing with your tune? Mine had a good .5 second delay from the time I hit the paddle to the time it actually shifted. Now its in the next gear by the time I release the paddle. It was quite annoying at auto-x since I would have to click the paddle well before 6k rpm so that it didnt hit the limiter.

 

Maybe it's a 2020 thang?

 

Mine is a '21 and I feel like it doesn't really shift all that quick. I mean, it's okay... but it seems like it should be better.

 

Our 2020 seems to randomly delay a shift. But for the most part is "close enough" to grabbing the paddle and getting a shift out of it.

I just wish the paddles were column mounted and stationary like the X MR, instead of on the wheel.

 

You know its always funny. I have talked to guys with column paddles complaining they want wheel paddles and all the guys with wheel paddles complain they want column paddles!

Personally, I am a fan of the column mount paddles.

 

Maybe it depends on your preference for hand position? I don't think I've had to move my hands from 9/3 so I like the paddles on the wheel. I could see how column-mounted could help in certain situations, as long as they were long enough.

 

Im all on board with wheel mounted paddles. Shufflesteering is dumb (100% IMO). And I have lots of friends with more championships than me that will fully disagree

Since my hands always maintain a reference to 9/3 I can always predict where the paddles are on wheel mounted cars. But yada yada preference and all....

 

Went back to Palmer CCW for the first time this year. I dropped my lap time 4 secs with the addition of aero and more power. There is still some left in it as I am still working my way up to fully trusting the aero. The rear tires go up in pressure much faster now with the aero so it's doing something.

Even though I am running a "low boost" tune the car was up 13mph in the front straight!

 

Shuffle steering is the first thing thats corrected when you do driver coaching with somebody hahah.

 

I don't shuffle steer. But it's easier for me to think about if the paddles are in a fixed position. Hard to explain, but I can certify Agree it's 100% personal preference on wheel vs column mount.

 

I get the logic i guess the downside is if they are fixed that you have to let go of the wheel if your turning in order to reach a paddle. Which can hinder your ability to control the car etc etc. end of the day its personal preference.

A good exercise is to film yourself driving in a session and look at your movements and seating position etc you might be surprised what you can pick up and improve around ergonomics. What might feel comfortable when resting might not be doing you any favours when driving.

 

My sim racing has wheel mounted paddles, and I hate it, especially when playing DR2.0 and I lose control and have to over correct and shift lol. The Evo with fixed paddles is much easier for me. I don't have to think about which side is up/down shift especially if the wheel is upside down. I also do shuffle steer, probably from starting out in autox'ing civic's with kinda big steering ratio.

 

Same but different, I plan on doing some videos of myself from different angles whilst on a 3 day long track day next weekend on my bike. I really want to see what my bad habits are and work towards ironing them out so they become muscle memory, then I can move forwards on concentrating on the speed rather than me.

 

What kinds of situations are you finding yourself in that you need to shift the car while the steering wheel is inverted?

 

I was going to ask the same thing. Seems like a lot of theoretical situations and made up preferences going on here. Well that and SIM racing references. 🤣

If you are opposite lock, shifting is the least of your worries. You can also still shift with the actual shifter stick, or are all the "auto Supra sucks" people suddenly pro auto paddle shifters? 😘