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Old 01-16-2011, 03:33 AM   #4 (permalink)
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What Frank and NachtRitter said. If you know your car's BSFC "sweet spot", then you can shoot for that in your acceleration :

http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...-got-1466.html

Like Frank said, a manual has more control over that. I wonder if a paddle shifter would "obey" your wishes or shift when it wants to.

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