Automatic gearbox too late upshifts - after patch 1.06

The patch has ruined the game for me for what has happened to gear shifts. At best, I'm a casual racer and I know my limitations, so I have a lot of the assists turned on - e.g. ABS, Traction Control and Auto Gears. The hardcore sim racers out there will ask what the point is, but it's a game I want to enjoy playing and this stops me from doing just that!