The major benefit here is that if you use the gear to corner number declared you will find you’re doing an appropriate speed, if you drive automatic you’ll not really have easy judgement on slowing down for sharper turns as easy. At first it’ll take a little getting used to and add complexity but after a couple of hours it’s second nature and simple. If you can drive Manual Sequential do it. The only on screen help I have turned back on is the stage progress Indicator, helpful if you get a puncture, you can then make a call if it’s worth changing the tyre or limping to the end of the stage to not take a penalty. Also if your calls aren’t set early enough and your mid-air when you hear “caution, into 1 left” only to realise you’d need air breaks to stop in time… There’s still a couple of bugs that haven’t been ironed out where one or two calls are wrong. Turn off all on screen aids, listen to the co-driver (but set Phil Mills to make the calls a little earlier than normal, note Scotland wont make a difference as the notes can’t keep up!!), with all the on screen gubbings disabled you’ll learn to start paying attention to what’s around you and build up a mental image of the track ahead. Get used to driving on the left hand side, don’t then try driving RHD vehicles (Mini Cooper, Ford Escort Mk II, Mitsubishi Lancer Group A) It will only screw you up…
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