Should You SWITCH to MANUAL? The REAL DIFFERENCE in The Crew Motorfest

I was encouraged to make the switch from auto to manual in NFS Heat, and did. Initially, it made me slower, which is to be expected. After it became second nature, there was a subtle improvement in track times. I kept with it and have driven manual in every game since simply because I enjoy it more. The simplest advice I can give is: “Don’t look, listen”. Looking over at the tac constantly during races is just something I can’t do, and don’t want to do. I shift entirely on the sound of the engine. Personally, I think learning to do that will make for a more enjoyable experience.

I love using manual. However, it can be a little weird in the Grand Races when transitioning to the next car.

Manual is more fun n I feel like u got more control over your car whilst taking corners because u can take the turn in whatever gear u want… It also helps regaining traction really fast when your car starts swirling. In auto some cars take mad long to go to the next gear whilst you’re abusing the acceleration button… N for drifting it’s a staple. However H shifter + clutch is on a whole nother level!

You can use auto and give it half throttle at the start to trigger TC faster and you can launch just like the manual

2 sec is actually alot, Great video strange I manually shift my Porsche and Audi every day in real life but I never took the time to try it on here. I will take more time working on my track control and getting my cars together and I will comeback to this or wait to set up my wheel so it can feel more natural for me

almost 2 seconds is alot of time .and for those that dont understand manual and automatic basically automatic whill shift in whenever it think it needs to without factoring other things like:could you squeeze in more speed for the next shift ,do you need to stay in the power band or not .alot of that if done wrong will make you slower and automatic is prone to do it wrong all the time.besides your own car sounds will make you decide when its time to shift.

H Shifter + clutch is the quickest way to shift in this game for some reason there is a delay with upshifts and downshift using sequential I have tested it both ( using controller )

The reason why the difference is not extreme in Motorfest like it is on lets say Unbound is because of how the cars start in each game. Unbound gives you a perfect start chance AND a full bottle of nos. Whereas in Motorfest you start with jack shit and just hold the trigger down fully at the start. So even though you can pre shift in manual it is only good enough to save 1-3 seconds.

Thanks for good information

I have recently buy Motorfest, and try to find my settings to be perfectly opti, i try to learn manual but its even more hard for someone who has never drive IRL, its hard to know when you need to up shift and down shift, (for up shift i know i have to focus the red line) but in some case like at the start of a race to have a good grip etc

Where do i turn on manual? I cant find in options.

This game's force feedback signals when to shift with a faint vibration. It helps sometimes, particularly at the start.

After this video I've also changed to manual and in the first try in Grand Race, I won! Only with using Fords (Airfoil for Racing, GT for Hypercar and Shelby for ST2). I think, that it makes huge change in driving.

Great info 👍

Great video. I use auto in grand race because of constantly getting hit. In other events manual.

Tysm trigger and I went from top 5 in grand races to consistent 1st

I would recommend use it just because it makes a lot of difference in hypercars. using a higher gear in those fast cars in corners make it so much more controlable. for example the koenigsegg agera r is in automatic undriveable

Personally I prefer automatic in games, becuz I very much got used to it sence my first racing game IRL cars I prefer manual, becuz it's more fun to drive

It's a Crew franchise game, which means cheezers or bug-abusers are never far away. And of course, also in this topic they are around : macro users. They are using H-Shifter + Manual clutch, macro'd on one button, in this case stick of controller (yes, they don't even drive with wheel)....and macros are again faster, just like in previous game. Always remember, in games like TC2, TCM......it's not always about the driving, it's very often about who's cheesing, glitching, bug abusing and so on.

Love the vids always helpfull and unlike most youtubers you respond to questions😁