I was actually not planning on chiming in here, but I can't help but getting really annoyed by this constant bickering about having to manually cut the throttle on upshifts. It is more realistic, frigging easy and almost impossible to misshift if done properly. I bet all formula bmw drivers do it in rL without feeling stupid at all. And no, I don't have a clutch pedal.
Also, since this has been brought up, on the big GTRs and on the FOX you don't need to cut, because those sequentials have ignition cut.
Geez, people get over it, just because you're used to use LFS in an unrealistic manner, doesn't mean that you shouldn't have to adjust now that it becomes more realistic. No matter what kind of lame excuses you think you've found.
And further more, we'll sooner or later get engine damage. Will you then still insist that LFS should do the driving for you, because you're too stubborn and lazy to use it properly?
rant over.