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gear box problems using automatic shift

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I'm brand new to F1 racing games.  I bought F1 2019 and am racing at the beginner skill level with full assists and an automatic gear box.  I couldn't get a finish in Barcelona (though i'd managed my best grid position of 6th) without the gearbox breaking down and losing mid gears and the ability to shift quickly so i would be in 20th place over and over.  The pit crew recommends that i shift early on up shifts and late on down shifts to save the gear box, however, i have no control over this because it's set on automatic.  I tried changing the gearbox to manual w/gear recommendations, but my skills are not good enough to do all that at once.  eventually, i crawled into the finish in last place having dropped 14 places in the 17 lap race.  On my workstation for the next race it says my gear box is at 95% of it's use and clearly won't get me through the next race.  I restarted the session many times in Barcelona and eventually just took the loss.  But i had even tried turning the damage off in settings but that seems to only apply to body damage on the track.  Any suggestions on how to use the automatic without burning up the next gearbox?  If i change it, i'll get a grid penalty.

 

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If you dont get any reliability upgrades for the gearbox, in the beginning of your career youll likely wont get through 6 events without fitting a new one. Dont worry, its kind of part of the game. The real problem of missing gears etc usually starts at 70-80% wear. I always make sure to change it before I hit 80% and just take the penalty.

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Thank you Andrew!  Yes, i didn't understand the r&d stuff until a race or two ago.  

 

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