I tried using “Manual with Clutch” on the Chevy Indycar at Daytona Class X999 and I have an issue with the car not seeming to be in gear if I attempt to shift in less than 1 second. The gear doesn’t seem to “engage” and it just bounces off the rev limiter. if I wait, down shift, up shift slowly (about 2 seconds to engage and lift clutch) sometimes it comes back, meanwhile, I’m down half a lap.
Is this supposed to be written into the game as an “overheated clutch” aspect? I see no damage on the clutch in the game damage screen.
I’ve tried various dead zones 5,95 - 10,90 - 20,80 - 0,20, - 55,75 … none of these really seem to make a difference.
I’m leaning towards a hardware issue with the clutch pedal, but figured I’d ask here first if anyone have a similar experience?
I’d suggest you adjust clutch deadzone to be 1 inside, 21 outside or somthing similar. means only a slight push of the pedal is needed to disengage/engage the clutch. That’s what I use with my ClubSport pedals
Turn on the telemetry screen and watch the clutch numbers to see what is happening when you depress the pedal - you should see a pretty quick change from 0% > 100% > 0%; if it’s bouncing all over the place or you can’t hold the clutch number at a pretty steady value other than 0 or 100, by pressing partway, that could be an indicator of a clutch sensor issue (either the load cell is bad or the pedal potentiometer is bad).
If you were driving an actual car with foot clutch I doubt very much that you would be changing gears in much less than a second with out causing damage anyway.
Thank you… found the issue. The gears on the Clutch pedal aren’t meshing well and they sometimes skip teeth on the return stroke leaving the clutch in the game partially or even fully engaged… Have to talk to Fanatec.
P.S.: According to the accelerometer data from my real life Subaru Time Attack car, I can shift from 3rd to 4th with as little as 0.18 seconds of lost vehicle momentum. That wasn’t even flat-foot shifting. Typical though is in the 0.24 to 0.32 second area if I need to find time. It takes a custom mix of gear oil to get the synchros working that fast, but it can be done without damage. Gear box rebuilds for fresh synchros every four years or so. That was with a Bully four puck sprung ceramic racing clutch. The current Exedy twin-plate doesn’t move that fast so I have to shift a bit slower.