So the Bel Air in game with stock engine has 2 gears meaning it uses the powerglide transmission but after some research every source claims that it’s an automatic transmission. Yet the one in game is completely manual with clutch.
Can this be explained or is it just laziness by Turn 10? Or am I just somehow completely wrong?
It depends on your difficulty setting, if you have manual w/ clutch, it is in effect for all your cars, regardless of their stock setting. The Plymouth Prowler is a semi-auto, which also shows up in the game as you can tell from the gear indicator on the dash, but it can be used as a manual w/clutch as well.
It doesn’t affect all cars. The Tesla definitely stays auto, but I guess it only has one gear so there’s no room for manual shifting.
But really it should be automatic and it annoys me that it’s not. Having to change settings is not an acceptable fix for this problem.
It is an automatic and is modeled as such. It acts as a manual w. clutch, since that is how you have it set up. It is not a problem, just an annoyance to you and a setting change is the only fix. All cars work this way, even if they only have one gear, like the Tesla. I can guarantee the Tesla will still need to use the clutch and B button to change into to reverse instead of just simply pressing the brake, like the automatic difficulty setting.
As was previously stated, this has been the same throughout the Forza series. no matter what the stock setting is for the car, your personal transmission setting in the difficulty tab is how the game decides how the car shifts.
Just do what I do, if you really want to be immersive. Change the difficulty to the correct type when you’re driving a specific car. I do this between all three depending on what type of transmission the car has. Example, the Rolls-Royces have automatic transmissions, so when I am driving one, I switch the difficulty setting to Automatic, when I drive a car with a paddle-shifted transmission, I switch it to manual(no clutch). When driving a vehicle with a full manual transmission, I change it to manual w/ clutch.
I have a 2 speed powerglide in my 64 chevy c-10. You can shift it or leave it in high gear as an automatic and the transmission will shift for you.
For better performance I shift it it to avoid being too low in the power band when in high gear. However, for typical street driving, it’s not a big deal. It’s only a big deal if I have to get up to speed quick when getting onto a higher speed highway.