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Originally Posted by MoreSpeed

I kind of wish all of this technology was not allowed in racing as well. That soft squishy lump in the drivers seat is absolutely the limiting factor today. The cars are amazing now. It would be nice to get back to some of the old day series racing where everyone had the exact same low tech vehicles.

Also, with a manual, a well executed heal toe downshift is a thing of beauty. Oh wait, even the Manual 6 will do that for you with rev matching. Oh the manual has stability control as well, traction control, variable magnetic ride suspension, high tech LSD, etc... It looks like we would all have to be racing 1969 series cars to get away from all of the go fast, be safe technology that even the basic Camaros' have today. All these technologies also take away driver involvement. Ever drive an old 1970 with hardly any brakes and all that body roll fast? That is involvement.

As to no skill needed to drive a modern A10... "just push the gas pedal", that is a bit misguided and I am sure said to spur conversation. Pretty much every week, there is someone who stuffs their high tech car into the Armco. Driving at 9/10th or 10/10th's is anything but easy. Throw different drivers in the mix, different closing speeds, variations in track grip, the radiator fluid that the bozo in front of you just squirted all over the track with his or her non maintained car... off camber turns, etc,, etc.. It is a lot more involved than initially meets the eye for either a manual or Auto. Based on the above initial statement, it should be easy to be an Astronaut. All you have to do is sit in a chair.

My cars are all manuals... I won't buy an auto sports car... Watching that A10 shift on the nurburgring is unreal... It keeps the car at peak power the whole time.... Auto cars will continue to get faster and faster, however, manual users should not worry, this will continue and eventually, maybe manual users will have their own category or a comment after a timed event that says "manual".... Manual users are very talented drivers, and maybe soon they will be identified at the tracks.