Originally posted by Chuck 98 RT/10
No doubt.
But slamming the brake, depressing the clutch, blipping the throttle, downshifting, letting the clutch out and turning all at the same time is a lot more fun and requires a lot more skill than just braking and turning. Any bozo can do that by the time they are 16 years old. But not everybody is good at heal n toe.
You still slam the brakes, downshift, turn, and accelerate with this transmission. The only difference being you don't have to depress the clutch. It still takes great skill to maneuver a car around a track quickly, regardless of whether or not you have an extra pedal to depress. I too think I'd rather have the complete experience with a regular manual transmission, but I wouldn't think of it as cheating or lack of driver skill if people decided to use this sort of gearbox on the track.
I would have thought many of the drag racers would love this sort of transmission seeing as though the goal is to get down the strip as quickly as possible. Quicker shifts = lower E.T.s