Most modern automatic transmissions let you pick a gear if you really want to, either with paddle shifters on the wheel or a sideways +/- slot next to "D" on the gear lever.
You don't get the sensation of letting the clutch go at juuust the right revs, but hey, there are always motorcycles.
Whenever I try that it seems to overrule my shifts. Can’t go to first gear above a certain speed. Stay in a low gear too long and we’ll go ahead and upshift anyway.
Not really. They’ve been available for ages now but not much uptake. This happens periodically - there was an automatic Honda back in the 80s that also didn’t sell.
WHat has changed, at least in performance bikes (broadly stated) is autoblippers/quickshifters. A skill you could learn (clutch less shifts) of course but never as fast as these.
The Honda Super Cub was pretty cool, and it dates back to the late '50s. Apocryphally, it used a centrifugal clutch to free the left hand so the rider could hold a package while driving.
You don't get the sensation of letting the clutch go at juuust the right revs, but hey, there are always motorcycles.