Forza 5

[novicius]

Does the "manual-with-clutch used with damage off" trick still provide unnatural boost? Hell does that still work in Forza 4?

[Tom Servo]

I'm unaware of the trick, but happy to try it out if explained.

[novicius]

1. Set your damage level to "Cosmetic" and transmission type to "Manual w/. Clutch".
2. Race.
3. Profit.

[Kchrpm]

Is that all it was? I thought there was more to it for some reason.

[novicius]

I thought Turn 10 had patched F4 so that you couldn't powershift like this but I can't remember.

Currently, I just use a straight "Manual" setting but I can test it tonight.

[jimeez]

you can d/l tunes from other players.
For tune setups, go into upgrade from the main career menu and use the back/share button on the controller to open up the setup manager and it'll have an option to view tune setups.

Found that for tunes don't know if it works I don't have F5

[novicius]

Booted up Forza 4 last night and tried the "Manual w/. clutch" + Cosmetic damage -- yep, it's been nerfed. If you try to shift without using the assigned Clutch button, it grinds and slows you down now. Shifting with the assigned Clutch button did seem a hair quicker than straight "Manual" but far too much hassle.

We'd need Cheeto here to confirm.

[Phil_SS]

Booted up Forza 4 last night and tried the "Manual w/. clutch" + Cosmetic damage -- yep, it's been nerfed. If you try to shift without using the assigned Clutch button, it grinds and slows you down now. Shifting with the assigned Clutch button did seem a hair quicker than straight "Manual" but far too much hassle.

We'd need Cheeto here to confirm.

The inherent manual w/clutch design flaw is still in F4. The issue has always been that manual w/clutch causes a surge of power that is not realistic. It's like a neutral drop at every shift. That flaw is still in the F4. Just go to the leaderboards, every top score is done with the manual w/clutch and it is painfully evident on the drag leaderboards. Over the course of a 1/4 mile it can be the difference of a few seconds.

Hopefully it is not in F5.

[novicius]

Am I not doing it right? When I shift without the clutch and (thought I was) looking for the boost with the ragged shift, I didn't "feel" it.

[Kchrpm]

I think what he means is that when you shift using the manual clutch properly, the car accelerates noticeably faster than if you had used manual w/auto clutch.