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Originally Posted by tdott
Makes sense I can understand where you are coming from the sound perspective now, just usually when someone describes a car as mechanical or analog, first thing that comes to mind is they are referring to rowing the gears of a manual transmission and the lack of electronics overpowering the driving experience, it's hard to associate that with a paddle shift dual clutch with all the Japanese tech it was known for.
Also adding to the video game feeling, was the electrics and paddle shift, it was one of the first cars that people said basically drove itself, you point and shoot type of thing.
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Well, yeah.. its very technological but that technology is all mechanical and old fashioned - it doesn't feel electronic. Even the clicking of the paddle is mechanical like you're operating a lever. The transmission would clack into gear loudly and it'll jolt you every time. The transmission is not very refined, many times you're better off shifting your own gears because the auto mode is very stupid. So in many ways it's very manual, complex and mechanical. If you've ever driven a 1st generation Lamborghini single clutch transmission car, it feels a bit like that. It's not fun to drive in a every day situation. Any generation M3 would feel super refined and more comfortable by comparison.
But the artificial feeling handling gives people the impression it's very "video game".