Aww god I thought there's a new official topic about an update or it's a progress report ... got so excited!
And yeah, turn on auto clutch if you want to drive like that.
BTW, the stall/no shift is there like.. long... I'm sure the last major update to clutch simulation was during F BMW release, after Scawen learned they are shifting without clutch. And I think this update didn't introduce those things, just refined them.