Reverse with Manual Trans

[RbdPanda]

Why can't I reverse w/ the left trigger with a manual transmission? It works with auto trans, and it works with manual trans in EVERY other driving game ever. It's such a pain when running from police or if I get stuck somewhere b/c of a turn gone wrong to have to downshift from 4th or 5th gear all the way to reverse.

[MinionJoe]

I've never liked the Brake=Reverse mechanic in racing games. Gas is gas and brake is brake. Brake to go backwards is just... ug. Granted, manually shifting gear to gear, all the way from 6th to reverse, after plowing into a wall/tree/schoolbus sounds like a total PITA.

There are games (Forza comes to mind) that will downshift immediately to 1st if you're stopped. That makes it a lot quicker to "downshift" into Reverse.

Been thinking of picking up The Crew for XB1, but I only play with manual transmission and having "Press X to Reverse" sounds... ug.

Thanks for sharing this bit of info!

[RbdPanda]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Charlie Kelly:

You can get your desired effect by switching to automatic in the controls you know?

It is more fun to drive in manual, plus the amount of extra control it offers your car makes it much better, provided you know what you're doing. My point is the effect should be available in manual as well as auto...especially since auto sucks ;)

[Charlie Kelly]

Opprinnelig skrevet av DmD.RbdPanda:

Opprinnelig skrevet av Charlie Kelly:

You can get your desired effect by switching to automatic in the controls you know?

It is more fun to drive in manual, plus the amount of extra control it offers your car makes it much better, provided you know what you're doing. My point is the effect should be available in manual as well as auto...especially since auto sucks ;)

It's funner in real life sure but in vidya manuals are a pain in the ass as you've experienced.

[UBE Chief]

I'd personally rather play in Manual than have to listen to my car straining to get to the redline in Automatic, because the Auto settings force the car to redline every time to shift up. Shifting down early for a turn is also easier with Manual, because you don't have to wait for the car to get to a certain rev limit to automatically shift down for you.

[BordBrain™]

I've been tempted to pick up The Crew on PC for this reason-

I assumed that key bindings would allow me to address the issue of using manual transmission, but I've yet to find anything other than hard coding in new key bindings in the game files.
Love to know if there's been any updates.

Having only recently picked it up on Xbox for free and then having my ass beat down by cops every time I get above one star is annoying, especially because playing this game in Australia comes with the added "feature" of cars lag spawning in front of you when you're near another player.

[Jackrabbit_V6/ RSProduxx]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Afroninjaen:

because manual gear means manual. you can't just reverse from any gear. never heard of the "every other racing games" ur talking about. to me it's always like this.

this...manual transmission means you have one gas pedal and one brake, that´s in EVERY other game... the reverse with brake on an automatic is a "easier to do" thing...just dedicate a button to reverse gear... done...

[RbdPanda]

You can't 'dedicate' anything with this game, or at least couldn't at the time of my post. If you're using a controller you're stuck with their control layouts and none of them offer rebinding for reverse gear. Like I said, in other racing games (for example the new NFS) if you brake and come to a complete stop, then hit the brake button again, it will switch to reverse. It works EXACTLY the same as having a dedicated button for reverse gear without actually binding one. Instead, in the crew, if I ♥♥♥♥ up or something spawns in front of me while I'm doing 200 mph and suddenly I have to reverse, I have to slowly shift down from 6 to 1 and then into reverse. In real life, I could just shift directly to reverse while stopped, just like having that button press would do

EDIT: and by slowly I mean SLOWLY. You can't quickly shift down by mashing the button 6 times, you have to pause for about a full second in between each or it won't register

[s p a c e j a n i t o r]

Opprinnelig skrevet av RbdPanda:

You can't 'dedicate' anything with this game, or at least couldn't at the time of my post.
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in the crew, if I ♥♥♥♥ up or something spawns in front of me while I'm doing 200 mph and suddenly I have to reverse, I have to slowly shift down from 6 to 1 and then into reverse. In real life, I could just shift directly to reverse while stopped, just like having that button press would do

EDIT: and by slowly I mean SLOWLY. You can't quickly shift down by mashing the button 6 times, you have to pause for about a full second in between each or it won't register

That's how it was when I played and I would like to know if its changed at all. Whatever bindings were there would not work any differently than RbdPanda explained.