The automatic gear shifting logic has been changed long ago. It feels much more sluggish and the AI will not switch gears at all when simultaneously turning and accelerating. The latter part used to only happen when reversing and turning, but nowadays it is the case even for forward motion.
Maybe it’s related to the issue that I can’t manually switch gears with the cruise control buttons in automatic transmission mode? Used to be possible
I see no one talking about this, so maybe it’s unique to my game install?