There are no options in game to enable manual gearing in most wanted.
(missing a gear during an epic chase could be costly.)
EXACTLY! "we didnt add manual shifting cuz its hard, and you might mess up! we want to make the game as easy, and BORING as possible." way to go, again. its not like this feature isnt already available in other NFS titles, it could be as simple as copy and paste some code and reuse material from another title... thats never been done before /facepalm.
The Need for speed series were great just about the second you removed the manual gearbox option. This is why I have not bought any NFS game since the first NFS game without. The only reason I ever tried this game was because it was "on the house" but I was let down again as there are no manual gear box option.
You should learn from the WRC game series. Great experience when it comes to difficulty and these will be my preferred games until you get back to your roots.
All you are left with in NFS is: Yay, I pushed a button! Yay!
