gears ETS2: Automatic gears or manual?

[Cloofter 82]

What's your style of changing gears? Do you let the truck do it, or are you a manual person? Personally manual has the advantage, especially over those pesky hills.

[McclaudEagle 140]

Mine is set to Simple Automatic because I don't have a shifter yet, and I've never really liked using manual shifting on controllers.

[-Greenfox- 38]

Definitely manual. You can speak with the engine with manual. With automatic you can just hear the engine but not speak with it. 

With manual transmission you can interact with the engine way better. With automatic it's actually very boring to drive. In rally or racing games I would choose automatic because you are faster with it but in this type of game the better way to go is to play with manual gearbox.

[Mr.Tea 23]

Hey,

manual. U can decide yourself, when u want to shift in the next gear. 

[BalZzen 1]

Hi, for me it's manual with a shifter and a clutch pedal, it's so much fun to play with the engine rpm ^^ Even if it needs an investment in a good driving wheel.

 

BUT, in convoys I usually use Simple Automatic because the truck accelerates faster with that and the performance mode... did you noticed that as well ? Or am I doing something wrong ?

[RazvanRO15 489]

I manually change gears. It's better when you climb a slope.

[courtz49 1104]

i use manual H-Shifter, i find it more realistic

[BLITZ32 7]

Mine is set to Simple Automatic I have a steering wheel and shifter G290 but the desk I have I cant attached the steering wheel or shifter to I need a new desk lol

[DylanRees 215]

I use real automatic with my shifter, 3 for D and 4 for R. 

 

I sometimes use H-Shifter when I feel like it but most of the time I use auto. 

[Finlandezu 135]

Cheers lad,

Basically from the start of my ETS2 "career" u started playing with my mouse, i've been steering, accelerating braking and such with my mouse, ofc shifting with mouse 4/5 button, indicating with scroll  

so basically i don't need my keyboard, hopefully that solves your question, i drive manual

[ScaniaFan89 1155]

Sequential Manual / Adaptive Automatic via XB1, so Manual for normal driving but switch to Adaptive Automatic in low fps or convoys. 

[Callum Johnson 240]

Definitely manual, much more realistic and as said above, you can control and speak with the engine much easier.

[T.Rucker 703]

My preference is definitely going towards manual. Even though I'd like to have a proper shifter, I am still preferring the sequential gearbox - which I currently use - over an automatic one. Back in the days when I switched from automatic to sequential, the in-game automatic was terrible, especially with heavier loads, so you could drive way more efficiently with manual gear changes. I don't know how the situation looks like with the current automatic gearboxes, as SCS has changed quite a bit in the meantime, but I won't even bother changing back to automatic, as it's just funnier and more challenging to drive with a manual gearbox. I think it just adds a bit more depth into the gameplay and makes driving a bit more challenging than just pressing a few keys/buttons/pedals...

[[Lima CEO] Phon 7]

Always full H-Shifter for me, with a 12 speed and a splitter button. It just feels the best and most "realistic" (even though most trucks nowadays are auto  ). 

[Bill97649 4]

Generally I use automatic on multiplayer as normally I forget to change gear as I’m only watching the road xD

[ThiagoBR_ 499]

I love playing in the Manual!

But I only play on automatic

[[ChExp] Yuz [UA] 4]

Only hardcore.
Minimal power engine (320-360 HP), full load (45-61 t.), montain roads, quarries, off-roads and, of course, manual gearbox (at least 12 speeds).

[tattytate 89]

I’d love to use manual but I’ve never managed to get the game to find the cluch 

[Millennium1001 13]

I like both. Im usally driving with automatic but I also like it to drive with manual. Both have advantages, with automatic you can concentrate more on the traffic and with manual you have a way better control about your truck, something that annoys me is that my truck isnt shifting into 6th gear when driving 80kmh, but when I drive manual I can do that myself. Both have adventages and disadventages. 

[General18 21]

Manuel (Pad shifters) You can prepare for hills, and you can accelerate sooo much faster,  if you do it right  

[Juan.Cruz [ARG] 28]

In SP, it depends of the truck, just to add more realism to the game. If I'm driving a new generation Scania, I would be using an automatic transmission (with some eco / power mode, so the behavior depends on how far do you press the gas pedal), and if I'm using an old Renault, or an old Scania (like a 114h), I would be using a manual, so you know the difference about driving experience between an old truck and a new one.
 In MP, I always use manual, no matter what truck would I be driving. The experience in MP is different (in SP I use physics and truck mods, where you can't go more than 80 km/h because you will have a rollover crash), and I need total control on my truck, just for emergency situations (example: emergency braking on a hill= with an automatic: 80% of possibilities to get stuck | With a manual: having skills with the clutch is the important thing for not getting stuck.

[[G.T.R] I 001 I Atz - Xm 6]

I've always used a real manual transmission to better experience driving pleasure.

[YoungCaptain 13]

Hello ; 

 

Manual Transmission is More Advantageous at Take Off.

 

 

So my favorite...

 

Good Games ; 

Good Forums ;

[[IMPERIAL] ScR1oN 45]

I have a Logitech Driving Force GT gaming wheel, it has a sequential gearshift switch. I usually use an automatic transmission, but when overtaking or driving uphill, I switch to sequential mode, this helps me almost not lose speed. I advise you to try to do this 

[[ConSecGroup] jensk2610 4]

I use simple automatic, since I just like relaxing and not having to think of gears