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      01-13-2020, 05:27 PM   #40
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Originally Posted by pbar View Post
To be honest, I'm not all that surprised...

The whole direction with the ZF8 is more gears, closer ratios, lower redline and shorter times between shifts. This only works when the car gets to decide when to change gear.

It's getting super-hard for a driver to be part of that process. Especially with the lag between hitting the paddle and a downshift happening.

Sadly, the car can't see the road ahead. The car doesn't know what gear I want to be in 3 seconds from now. And that is both frustrating and dis-satisfying for the driver. I'm really hoping that this isn't the box they put in the new M3/4.

Check out the review below from 4m20s onwards to see what I mean:
I guess I don't follow. I see the gears change and he appears to be in S3 mode.
The car has somewhat big paddles so shifting may not be visible other than in the cluster.
I find the ZF to be very well mated to the car and aggressive and fast shifting in D3 mode, not unlike a Dual clutch.

While a controversial move I think the ZF has proven itself in the M5/M8
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