Are the new Scanias to be found with stick shift IRL?

[Ruff Leif]

It seems that all new trucks nowadays come with automatic transmission. Searching the web, I can't even find that stick shift is an option on the new Scanias IRL.

[Mr. Nice]

I believe not. Even with the 2012 range, the higher power engines were only available as automatics.

[MosGuy]

Some of them can be optioned with a manual transmission depending on engine size. Tho automatics are more common in Europe these days.

[Mike]

Scania offers an optional manual clutch for the new Scanias, but they don't produce manuals in their standard lineup afaik... It's a thing you have to request (and I don't know whether or not they equip your truck with it at all)

[Ruff Leif]

Thanks! That rhymes with my impression. Thing is, I used to drive truck in the stick shift days, so got a g29 with H-shifter. I like driving with it. But then I also like realism and it actually feels like I’m losing out on something when using the H-shifter on the newer models.

[Polarlicht]

I drove about 3 years in manual, but since the new Scanias came out i switched to real automatic, and it feels better. It feels wrong to manual shift a new modern truck.

[Mike]

I'm not the only one who uses automatic transmissions for realism

[Mr. Nice]

Well clutchless sequential is also realistic. You can map a key to swap between auto/squential and realistically swap between depending on circumstances.
I go with H-shifting for the "fun" factor, I'm used to driving a manual car IRL anyway. I mainly use the 2012 Scania Streamline, which at least did have traditional manual available, although I believe not with the V8 730 I use.

[Polarlicht]

does anyone know why when you go off the brake it doesn't crawl forward in real auto?

[Mr. Nice]

I assume it's because they aren't modelling old schoold torque converter automatics, but new style automatics, which seem to go by different names by different manufacturers, but are essentially manual gear boxes but with electronically controlled clutch and gear selection (and hence why they almost always can be used in sequential manual mode too). So it doesn't actually change up from neutral until a bit of throttle is applied.
However, I've never driven a new style automatic myself, and I guess it's not impossible to emulate torque converter automatics creeping once of the brake by slipping the clutch when off both pedals and near stationary, but don't know if they actually do that IRL.

[Ruff Leif]

Actually had the crawling happen with the new Scania and the 6 step gear box. Flat ground and light trailer.

[Stormmaster]

New Scania R-series can be optionally equiped with manul transmission, S-series is automatic only. However, in the game there is no variant with manual.

Originally posted by Ruff Leif:

Thanks! That rhymes with my impression. Thing is, I used to drive truck in the stick shift days, so got a g29 with H-shifter. I like driving with it. But then I also like realism and it actually feels like I’m losing out on something when using the H-shifter on the newer models.

Yeah, in fact all transmissions in unmodded game (and in ATS too) are automatic (even though you can play any of them as if they were manual), so the most realistic way is the real automatic option.

However, I used to use a good mod adding realistic manual transmissions. Some trucks in the game don't have animation for mode selection (R-N-D knob or switch), MAN being one, so together with modded manual transmissions it felt nice.

But now I am going to switch to new Scanias and will probably use real automatic again. I just wonder how to set mode selection up. The real selector is on the steering column, so shifter selection for R-N-D isn't realistic. Maybe mouse wheel?

[Jackrabbit_V6/ RSProduxx]

Originally posted by Stormmaster:

I just wonder how to set mode selection up. The real selector is on the steering column, so shifter selection for R-N-D isn't realistic. Maybe mouse wheel?

luckily my wheel has a dpad. i use that for up/down and blinkers.

[TurboZamykaciuk]

:)

[alex85khil]

Originally posted by Tommy1995 GER:

I drove about 3 years in manual, but since the new Scanias came out i switched to real automatic, and it feels better. It feels wrong to manual shift a new modern truck.

Yeah. This little hard to move in first or second position.