9secondko
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I'm fine with your definition of shift time not including the time it takes for the person to pull the paddle. However, IMO the definition you are using in this case seems somewhat arbitrary. Would you say that the DCT shifts faster than a manual transmission does? Does the shift time for a manual transmission include the time for a person to move the shift lever? Or would you say manual transmission shift time is infinite because the lever doesn't move by itself and you only want to include the things that take place automatically inside the transmission? Or is manual transmission shift time zero because there are no electronics in the mix (we are only timing the actions performed by electronics)?
If it were PURELY an illusion, it wouldn't impact lap times. If the car had electronics inside it that could read your mind and eliminate the need for you to pull on a paddle, my contention is that change would improve shift times even more (assuming the driver has the ability to optimize shift timing). I realize you would say it doesn't, but it would be a performance enhancer. Why even measure or consider how long a shift takes unless you are using the measurement to correlate with the car's performance?
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